The Oregon House has voted to close all recreational and commercial beaver trappings near impaired waterways in an effort to encourage the spread of beavers, who have a natural instinct to dam up ...

U.S. Forest Service officials will soon begin conducting controlled burns in parts of the Willamette National Forest to ...

Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California ...

NewsWatch 12 saw a large plume of smoke on scene and firefighters going through the roof of the building. Part of the area is blocked off. Medford Fire is asking the public to avoid the nearby area, ...

SHADY COVE, Ore. -- Crews are on scene right now at a structure fire in Shady Cove at 725 Bond Rd. Jackson County Fire ...

The Texas A&M softball team is primed to become the nation's top-ranked team after both top-ranked Texas and second-ranked Oklahoma lost t… The Aggie softball team has been ranked first for two weeks ...

Scientists say a newly discovered green comet likely has broken apart and won’t be visible to the naked eye. Comet SWAN hails ...

Hope Dies Last” publishes on Earth Day this week and author Alan Weisman deserves applause for finding some truly ...

A fire broke out in blackberry briars off New Hope Road on Saturday from a yard debris burn. It happened near the entrance to ...

When the newly elected Pope Francis returned to the front desk of his hotel in Rome to personally settle his bill a day after being introduced to cheering crowds in St. Peter’s Square in 2013, it was ...

Born out of these tragedies—and the political discourse they ignite—a sub-genre of science fiction novels has emerged: ...