The bill is a priority for Gov. Tina Kotek, who said it simplifies permitting and addresses other barriers to residential construction.

As President Donald Trump's agenda unfolds, people have begun returning to public spaces equipped with signs and megaphones.

Home to Oregon State University, this Oregon town was named the state's best college town by World Atlas. Here’s why.

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This popular red grape originated in Burgundy but has spread across the New World. Like its white Burgundian counterpart Chardonnay, Pinot Noir is early-budding, early-ripening and thin-skinned. The ...

Vital waterways like Parrott Creek and many others are marked out in a newly updated map from the Oregon Department of ... including the Columbia, Willamette and Clackamas rivers.

They are asking anyone with information to reach out to their Special Victims Unit. The Oregon Department of Human Services is asking for the public’s help locating a missing 4-year-old girl.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Oregon Food Bank has been left in limbo after a major source of federal funding has been put on the chopping block. This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact [email protected], attention Traffic Investigations Unit, and reference case number 25-077554.

(KATU) -- The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for western Oregon and Washington ... begin to fire storms in the southern Willamette Valley in the early afternoon ...

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He was extradited to Oregon and is currently lodged at the Marion ... Anyone with information about Arellano is urged to contact Special Victims Unit Detective Sabrina Hunter at 503-540-2443.