Business
Oregon Gov. Kotek calls for repeal of transportation funding package she championed
Kotek is asking the state Legislature to instead redirect existing transportation funds to core programs and to come…
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Feds award Oregon $197 million for rural health care as state grapples with billions in cuts
Oregon will receive more than $197 million to invest in rural health care projects in 2026, federal health…
Government
From stronger consumer rights to harsher criminal penalties, these Oregon laws are now official
Last year’s legislative session saw a historic number of bills — more than 3,400 — introduced in at…
Government
Federal income tax relief for Oregon wildfire survivors ends
Congress failed to vote on an extension of the 2024 Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act that Oregon Sen.…
News
Sluggish start to season has NE Oregon snowmobile riders waiting for storms
Snowmobilers in Northeastern Oregon can’t avoid uttering the word they despise. Waiting. They would, naturally, much rather be…
Business
Trump administration threatens to yank food stamp administrative funding from Democratic-led states
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin next week to block nutrition assistance funding for states led by…
Government
Wyden, Merkley urge feds to fund Columbia River Gorge fire recovery
Oregon’s U.S. senators are urging their peers on a powerful budgeting committee to send emergency funding to Oregon…
Climate
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon’s western forests
A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched…
Elections
Response to Trump’s agenda key sticking point in Oregon 2026 governor’s race, poll says
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on Portland and cuts to food stamps and health insurance his party passed this…
Outdoors & Recreation
Volunteer program proves American pika populations growing in Columbia River Gorge
The tiny mammals, which resemble rabbits, are a bellwether species for the effects of climate change The population…
