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Oregon is under a statewide emergency declaration due to wildfire danger, Gov. Kate Brown announced Sunday.

The deadline for finalizing the general election line-up is next Tuesday - leaving less than a week for the Oregon Secretary of State to finalize who is in and who is off the Nov. 8 ballot.

SALEM — Later this month, thousands of Oregon students will begin to head back to schools across the state, the third school year affected by COVID-19.

CORVALLIS — Oregon State University scientists are proposing management changes on western federal lands that they say would result in more wolves and beavers and would reestablish ecological …

A $100,000 check from a longtime conservative Oregon political donor to Republican Christine Drazan.

A plan to protect thousands of miles of rivers and streams in Oregon received renewed attention last week when dozens of organizations banded together to encourage politicians to speed up the …

Oregon businesses and workers will begin to see the rollout of a new computer system for the Employment Department after more than a decade of false starts and frustrations.

Oregon voters will decide Nov. 8 whether to require firearms training and ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.

The BA.5 omicron variant has swept into Oregon to become the dominant strain of COVID-19 and increasing the risk of re-infection.

Hornets and Eagles will battle for control of the skies over Oregon the next two weeks.

The Oregon National Guard is barring members who have not followed orders to be vaccinated against COVID-19 from taking part in military duties, officials confirmed Thursday.

Voters in Multnomah County will see a ballot measure this November that would expand voting rights to residents who aren’t U.S. citizens.

Only two initiatives appear likely to qualify for a statewide vote Nov. 8 as Oregon’s deadline approaches for petitioners to submit signatures.

On the left, Terrebonne attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner, the progressive Democrat who vanquished seven-term U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Canby, in the May primary.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to overturn nearly 50 years of abortion rights protections sparked an outpouring of condemnation in Oregon where reproductive rights are protected by l…

SALEM — A majority of Oregonians support stricter gun laws, according to a new poll by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz said Friday, June 24, that he was unaware that a colleague had recommended a presidential pardon for his Jan. 6, 2021, vote to challenge the 2020 election re…

SALEM — Oregon’s governor, lawmakers and state agency officials have often touted the state’s reproductive rights law as one of the most comprehensive and equitable in the country.

Proponents of Initiative Petition 3 — named the Abuse, Neglect and Assault Exemption Modification and Improvement Act — took another step toward qualifying for the 2024 general election after …

A new report released by the Oregon Health Authority found young people are experiencing negative mental health impacts due to the climate crisis.

SALEM — More than 300,000 Oregonians who buy health insurance for themselves or through a small group plan are likely to see a spike in premiums next year.

SALEM — Despite a long winter and cold and wet spring, Oregon fire authorities are preparing for a challenging season.

SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown’s political career began in earnest when she won the Democratic primary for a House seat by seven votes.

SALEM — Xavier Becerra says the federal government will be there to support mental health services — starting with the new national 988 hotline for suicide prevention — if states also step up.

SALEM — About one in five Oregon voters, including about half of Republicans, believe voter fraud changed the results of the 2020 election.

As much of Oregon faces another year of drought, water experts say farmers and ranchers should be aware of all the tools available to them under the state's water laws.