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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal highway officials have endorsed an accelerated timeline proposed by Oregon and Washington transportation officials…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday passed a comprehensive energy storage package that includes provisions from Sen. Ron…

(Update: Adding alleged traffic violations, photo) A La Pine man who crashed a stolen off-road motorcycle after a brief chase Tuesday night was taken…

Ocean-based actions have greater potential to fill in gaps in climate change mitigation than previously appreciated, an Oregon State University…

From Thursday through next Tuesday, Oregon Adaptive Sports will host five alumni from Denver’s Craig Hospital, a leading neurological…

The Central Oregon Fire Chiefs Association announced Wednesday that debris burn season will open at sunrise next Tuesday, Oct. 1, for many local fire…

A reduced threat of severe wildfires has prompted Deschutes County officials to end public fire use restrictions a few weeks early. Earlier this…

Oregon Zoo animal staff are providing around-the-clock care and some extra TLC this week for Chendra, a 26-year-old Asian elephant whose…

Rebecca Jones Gaston will serve as the new director of the Child Welfare program, the Oregon Department of Human Services announced Wednesday. Jones…

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, issued the following statement Wednesday in response to the summary of…

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), said Wednesday they have reintroduced legislation to reinstate the…

(Update: Adds comment from Bend PD Lt. Juli McConkey on similarities to real guns) Two teens have been charged in the weekend theft of an airsoft gun…

The jury in the murder trial of a Redmond couple accused of starving their 5-year-old adopted daughter to death heard Tuesday from two Redmond…

-Good Wednesday Morning, Everyone… A fairly stationary high pressure center off in the Pacific will continue to feed us fair conditions for the…

(Update: Adding Wyden comment in tweet) Sen. Jeff Merkley, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., released supportive statements after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

As Oregon teachers and communities celebrate the Student Success Act, the first phase in how funding will be doled out is beginning. The bill’s…

In 1936, Seattle resident and rising artist Takuichi Fujii was among 10 artists chosen to represent Washington state at the First National Exhibition…

Oregon has a new road map for addressing rising ocean acidification and hypoxia – two climate change-induced conditions that could have widespread…

Fees will be waived at U.S. Forest Service day-use recreation sites in Oregon and Washington on Saturday for National Public Lands Day. This fee…

Major League Soccer is lifting its ban on signs and banners featuring an anti-Nazi symbol for the remainder of the season and the playoffs. A handful…