Oregon’s experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday
August 30, 2024
The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has sued the city of Spokane, alleging its anti-homeless laws violate the state constitution
August 01, 2024
Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, says it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs
June 03, 2024
Centrist district attorney candidate Nathan Vasquez has ousted the incumbent progressive prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, after running a campaign in which he vowed to be tough on crime
May 22, 2024
A centrist candidate who has vowed to be tough on crime is leading in the race for top prosecutor in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, in a contest that is seen as a referendum on voter concerns over homelessness, public drug use and disorder
May 21, 2024
Texas officials say power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston after thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the city and killed at least four people
May 17, 2024
An Oregon sports bar focusing on and showing only women's athletics has plans to expand across the country through a franchise model
April 27, 2024
Idaho families with transgender children are desperately scrambling for solutions as a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors has taken effect
April 16, 2024
The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court
April 14, 2024
Momentum is building in a major case regarding homeless encampments that's before the U.S. Supreme Court
March 05, 2024
Facing a housing shortage, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would tweak the state's pioneering land use law
February 25, 2024
A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers are working to boost funding for jails to provide medication used to treat opioid addiction
February 22, 2024
An attorney representing passengers of an Alaska Airlines flight that lost a door plug in midair says a “whistling sound” was heard on a previous flight of the same Boeing 737 Max 9
February 08, 2024
The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection
February 01, 2024
An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled will relaunch its print edition next month
January 28, 2024
Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law
January 23, 2024
Two weeks of storms in the U.S. have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix
January 19, 2024
The Pacific Northwest is bracing for more hazardous winter weather after a weekend storm that resulted in at least seven deaths
January 16, 2024
A police accountability law in Washington state is in the spotlight after three police officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis
December 23, 2023
Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record
December 20, 2023
A pair of rare Nike sneakers donated to an Oregon homeless shelter in Portland sold for nearly $51,000 at auction on Monday
December 18, 2023
A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature to be allowed on the ballot after their terms end
December 15, 2023
An ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight while off-duty and riding in an extra seat in the cockpit has been released from jail pending trial, after an Oregon judge approved it with conditions that include keeping away from aircraft
December 07, 2023
Authorities in Oregon are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest
December 06, 2023
An Oregon judge has ruled that a voter-approved gun control law violates the state constitution
November 21, 2023
Police say active shooter in Kentucky left numerous people shot
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope to bring in a ton of humanitarian aid to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Anderson .Paak's 'K-Pops' draws on an identity rooted in two cultures
Canada beats United States in U.S. for first time since 1957, winning friendly 2-1