The Oregon Department of Forestry deployed 21 firefighters and one agency representative to North Carolina over the weekend.

ODFW staff at the Ashland Boat Inspection Station found quagga mussels on a motorboat that was being transported from Lake ...

Oregon media organizations are urging Gov. Tina Kotek to veto House Bill 4177. Opponents argue the bill undermines Oregon's Public Meetings Law by allowing governing bodies to meet privately. The ...

Oregon lawmakers approved a campaign finance bill on Thursday that critics fear will allow the politically powerful to continue flooding elections with cash. House Bill 4018 passed through both ...

The Oregon Senate passed a bill March 4 to increase the hotel tax to pay for an array of wildlife conservation programs. The bill passed 20-9, surpassing the required three-fifths majority to raise ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) occupies a unique position, as the only Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation. But in Washington, D.C., his party has control of the ...

Oregon has one of the smallest populations of Black residents in the U.S., a reality shaped by its history. Oregon was the only state to include a Black exclusion law in its founding constitution in ...

Proposed changes to Oregon’s public meetings laws would allow more secret discussions among public officials, (“Bill could enable secret government talks, Oregon ethics chief warns,” Feb. 18).

Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishing community came out in force Friday against proposed rule changes aimed at protecting humpback whales from becoming entangled in fishing gear. The rules, proposed in a ...

Saskia Hatvany / OPB Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced Friday she’s requested a major disaster declaration from the White House for several Oregon counties still recovering from damage caused by severe ...

Gov. Tina Kotek has asked President Donald Trump for a major disaster declaration as Oregon communities struggle to recover from flooding caused by December storms, the Oregon Department of Emergency ...