In the late 1700s, the tree of heaven plant was introduced to the U.S. by horticulturists who sought it out as a unique ornamental tree.
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SALEM — Oregon is experiencing August-like fire danger conditions in mid-July, creating the likelihood of a historic fire season for the second year in a row.
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SALEM — This week, Oregon children will begin receiving the first of three monthly payments of up to $408 per child to help their families afford to feed them.
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Though Oregon shed a record number of jobs last year during the first two months of the coronavirus pandemic, the people most affected were women, racial and ethnic minorities and the youngest…
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A pandemic political deal and feuding Democrats have made for a noisy start to the makeover of Oregon’s congressional maps in time for the 2022 election.
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SALEM — A recall effort against Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, has been officially approved to begin circulating petitions, the Secretary of State said Thursday, July 15.
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PORTLAND — U.S. Forest Service leaders got a message from their top boss Wednesday.
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GATES — “911, what is your emergency?”
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PORTLAND — In a most unusual introduction of a head coach to his new city and fans, the Portland Trail Blazers opened their June 29 news conference for Chauncey Billups by announcing they had …
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Extreme weather like the deadly heat wave that hit Oregon at the end of June are a sign of things to come, state officials said Monday.
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The Oregon Capitol in Salem reopened to the public Monday, ending a nearly 16-month lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After hitchhiking a ride from Asia five years go, an unusual worm has been wiggling its way across Oregon.
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The person tasked with investigating workplace complaints within the Oregon Legislature quit recently after only a little more than two months on the job, citing a disorganized and dysfunction…
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A sliver of the Oregon Senate refuses to come to the the Capitol for votes, killing an entire session of the Legislature.
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PORTLAND — Mark Wonser, owner of Wonser Woods Estate in Estacada, planted 13,500 Christmas seedlings in May. After Oregon’s historic heat wave in late June, he found his nine acres of tiny tre…
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PORTLAND — State officials for the first time Friday, July 9, detailed the ethnicities of people confirmed to have died of hyperthermia amid Oregon’s heat wave, as well as the ZIP codes where …
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SALEM — New rules to protect workers laboring in excessive heat were enacted on Thursday, July 8, but some groups worry they won’t be enforced rigorously enough to prevent future deaths.
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SALEM — Oregon State University fine arts student Chloe Zinda has won Oregon’s $1 million vaccine lottery.
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PORTLAND — Air quality advisories are in effect for a large swathe of South and Central Oregon as two large wildfires in the region burn through forests, forcing road closures and prompting ev…
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PORTLAND — The toll from a heat wave that shattered temperature records across Oregon now stands at 116 people whose deaths were likely to due to heat-related causes, with more being discovere…
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SALEM — The delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading in Oregon, albeit slowly, while other states and countries are requiring or recommending facemasks to curb its spread.
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SALEM — As state officials report more than 100 deaths from the region-wide heatwave last week, Gov. Kate Brown has announced she’s directing state Occupational Health and Safety officials to …
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PORTLAND — Oregon’s daytime temperatures have increased an average of 3 degrees since 1990, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found.
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Abolishing the police — once a fringe issue — has become a mainstream, albeit minority opinion.
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Oregon has a long history of terrible natural disasters, and almost all of them come in one of four bitter flavors: flood, fire, windstorm and earthquake.
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Reports of race and bias to Oregon’s bias hotline rose by 134% during the second half of 2020, according to an annual report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.
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PORTLAND — Just two weeks into the summer, Gov. Kate Brown has already declared a wildfire state of emergency as blazes big and small prompt evacuation notices.
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WILSONVILLE — Andrew Morton saw the weather forecast and decided to get ahead of the heat by switching up his schedule.
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Oregon officially reopened for business and pleasure Wednesday, June 30 after more than 15 months with strict rules to limit the spread of COVID-19.
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SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown called on Oregonians Friday, July 2, to be mindful of how much water they’re using in what’s emerged as a hot, dry summer, but she stopped short of calling for w…
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Imagine Bend being Oregon’s eastern most city, a short drive from Redmond, Idaho.
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SALEM — Oregon on Friday, July 2, reached the milestone of 70% of adults having received at least their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to officials from the state health authority.
PORTLAND—This summer, Oregon Humanities is offering grants of up to $20,000 for general operating support for humanities-focused organizations or project funding for any Oregon organization fi…
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SALEM — After some last-minute jockeying and wordsmithing, both backers and advocacy groups who had opposed elements of Oregon’s omnibus wildfire response bill say they are satisfied with the …
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SALEM — The era of mandatory masks and social distancing is at an end in Oregon — at least, for most people, most of the time.
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SALEM — Oregon’s public universities and community colleges will receive the full amounts of funding they requested from the state.
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The last day of the 2021 Oregon legislative session was largely free of drama or surprises. But by the time the final gavel dropped at 5:37 p.m. Saturday, lawmakers had approved billions of do…
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SALEM — Oregonians seeking relief from the heat this weekend can visit pools, shopping malls and movie theaters without capacity restrictions, the Oregon Health Authority announced Friday, June 25.
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SALEM — Summer is underway, and the Oregon Department of Education has released a new “resiliency framework” for schools this fall. In the 21-page document, the state agency doubles down on a …
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SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown pledged Friday, June 25, to reopen the state by no later than June 30 — ahead of the 4th of July Holiday. When the state is reopened, decisions about masks and s…
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SALEM — Oregon will lift pandemic limits in place for over a year no later than next week, Gov. Kate Brown said Friday, June 25.
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SALEM — Beginning next year, Oregon voters will be able to drop their ballot in the mail on Election Day without worrying it will be rejected, under a bill that has passed the state Legislature.
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SALEM — What are the odds of winning Oregon’s $1 million vaccination lottery drawing on Monday, June 28? With roughly 2.2 million adults vaccinated in Oregon so far, it’s one in 2.2 million.
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SALEM — Oregon lawmakers plan to spend more than $67 million over the next two years to significantly expand publicly funded preschools, under a bill moving forward in the final days of the le…
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A new class of dental therapists, working under the supervision of dentists, would provide basic services to patients under a bill that is headed to Gov. Kate Brown.
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Experts at Oregon State University held a virtual forum Monday to discuss this year's drought and fire conditions with reporters. Meanwhile, several large blazes are already burning thousands …
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SALEM — A far-reaching bill aimed at reducing Oregon’s wildfire risks has passed a key budget-setting committee despite fears it could impose excessive restrictions on rural areas.
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SALEM — Oregon Democrats said Monday, June 21, they won’t fund an additional stimulus bill for the state’s essential workers this session. They pledged to revive the idea during the Legislatur…
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SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday, June 22, announced what she said would be the last adjustments in the state's county COVID-19 infection risk levels.
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Many Oregon businesses will see smaller increases in their unemployment payroll taxes, and even forgiveness of some amounts, as a result of a bill now headed to Gov. Kate Brown.
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SALEM — A bill introduced to the House of Representatives Monday, June 21, would ban lawmakers expelled from the Oregon Legislature from receiving an appointment to a vacant legislative seat.
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SALEM — With 68.7% of Oregonians 18 and over vaccinated with at least one dose of a COVID-19 shot, less than 50,000 more people need to get a first dose for the state to reach the 70% target G…
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SALEM — In the 1950s, when University of California forestry professor Harold Biswell experimented with prescribed burns in the state's pine forests, many people thought he was nuts.
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SALEM — Earlier this month, the Oregon Legislature expelled one of its members for knowingly shepherding rioters into the Capitol in Salem in December. The same day as that expulsion, a study …
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SALEM — Vaccination rates in Oregon have continued to plummet, with the seven-day average number of doses dropping over 8% from Saturday, June 19 to Sunday, June 20.
