With the Oregon Working Families Party’s decision, the state is on pace to have its least crowded race in more than two decades. Gov. Tina Kotek has clinched the last outstanding nomination of a minor ...

A majority of the subjects in the first rigorous study of legal psilocybin reported fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression ...

Dr. David Morens, a former aide to Dr. Anthony Fauci, has pleaded guilty to violating federal law by trying to conceal emails ...

The fires, some of which are still burning, have cost more than two-thirds of what the Department of Natural Resources spent ...

“Salmon Wars” tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations. In ...

The shelves in the food bank in Dallas, Oregon, are stocked with canned tuna, ramen, rice and beans, tortilla chips and more. Fresh fruit — peaches, plums, bananas, cantaloupe — cover a table beside ...

Lane County officials are exploring whether to locate a waste and recycling diversion facility, the CleanLane project, at Short Mountain Landfill.

An Oregon farm reached a $6.2 million settlement agreement with a group of residents living in Morrow and Umatilla counties this week, in a federal lawsuit accusing the farm and several other ...

A recent series of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has exposed vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure during the Iran war.

At least 47 people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation. The quake ...

Amelia Templeton is OPB’s health reporter. She’s reported for OPB since 2010. Her beats in the past have included Portland City Hall, housing and homelessness, and public lands. Amelia’s reporting has ...

A group of wildland firefighting trainees work to mop-up a controlled burn during the annual five-day Mid-Willamette Valley Interagency Wildland Fire School, hosted by the Oregon Department of ...