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In July, Congressional Republicans passed their budget reconciliation bill. Among many changes, it will require Oregon to pay hundreds of millions of dollars more to cover the cost of its SNAP ...
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Feeling pressure from labor shortages, some farmers are betting on robots to be the fruit pickers of the future.
Authorities in the region report at least 70 people have been killed after torrential rain overpowered the area.
The voter-approved Measure 110 is nearing its end as the Legislature sends a bill unwinding Oregon's drug decriminalization toward the governor's desk.
Portland General Electric has built a first-of-its-kind facility that will use an innovative battery technology supporters are calling a “game changer” for Oregon’s renewable energy transition.
Editor’s note: This article documents the rise of a hate group in Oregon, and includes descriptions of racism, religious bigotry and an anti-immigrant slur.
On Thursday, dozens of young kayakers from a variety of Indigenous tribes will embark on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the country’s largest dam removal project was ...
A $500 million project will remove four dams from in Southern Oregon and Northern California and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that's been blocked for more than a century.