Pipeline protesters block trains at Port of Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Environmental activists staged a protest at the Port of Vancouver, blocking train tracks with the goal of disrupting…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Environmental activists staged a protest at the Port of Vancouver, blocking train tracks with the goal of disrupting…
Continue Reading(Update: Adding details, reactions) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Court of Appeals on Thursday put a halt to the state’s ban on…
Continue ReadingGovernor Kate Brown on Thursday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff in honor of the U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings,…
Continue ReadingProlonged exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity,…
Continue ReadingFor the first time since the Oregon Department of Education reported rates of chronic absenteeism among students, the rate did not increase from the…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Environmental regulators say pesticide levels in some Oregon waterways have dropped to fractions of former concentrations due to…
Continue ReadingWOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has concluded that a school district in Oregon serving…
Continue ReadingThe 2019 Oregon County Data Book, produced annually by Children First for Oregon, was released Wednesday. This is the latest edition of…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The race to become Oregon’s next secretary of state has heated up, with former House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Air Force wants to fly supersonic fighter jets at lower altitudes in lightly populated areas of southwestern Idaho,…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two Oregon counties, Jackson and Umatilla, are offering the opportunity for U.S. military members, their dependents and others…
Continue ReadingOregon State University has been awarded $8.8 million to help lead a 3½-year effort to make the volumes of data arising from cancer research more…
Continue ReadingCORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — As he stood amid the thick old-growth forests in the coastal range of Oregon, Dave Wiens was nervous. Before he trained…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have found a 75-year-old woman who disappeared Saturday while picking mushrooms east of Vancouver, Washington.…
Continue ReadingA more than $1.5 billion tax surplus was confirmed by the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis this month, triggering a tax surplus credit, or…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown’s Executive Order to enact a temporary ban on the sale of flavored tobacco and cannabis vaping products took effect Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingPrices at the gas pump are falling for most drivers across the country, as crude oil prices remain relatively low. It’s a different story on…
Continue ReadingOregon’s unemployment rate barely moved — yet again — in September, but state economists saw continued signs of a slowdown in…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ted Wheeler has announced he will run for re-election as the mayor of Portland, trying to become the first person elected to…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has found no criminal wrongdoing by Portland police who fatally shot Lane Martin in the…
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