With U.S. overdose fatalities at an all-time high, state legislatures are considering tougher penalties for possession of fentanyl, the powerf…
Five robotics teams from the Klamath County School District are headed to the 2023 VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, Texas.
The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South whe…
Fir trees in Oregon and Washington died in record-breaking numbers in 2022, according to as-yet unpublished research conducted by the U.S. For…
A new study shows that hundreds of thousands of low-income patients seek mental health care every year in emergency departments across the cou…
In each of the last few years, supporters of afterschool and summer learning programs have seen a familiar pattern: they show up in Salem to p…
A fishing community in southern Brazil has an unusual ally: wild dolphins.
A second local teenager faces a criminal assault charge related to an alleged hazing incident involving members of the Klamath Falls Falcons b…
WASHINGTON — The new Republican chairman of the U.S. House agriculture committee and a top Democrat on the panel have laid out anti-hunger ini…
A white pickup truck with a rack of roof lights blazing pulled up to an electrical substation in the small town of Morton, Wash., about 70 mil…
The youth of Oregon are invited to participate in a newly revived poster contest warning of the dangers of radon as part of National Radon Act…
Everywhere they look, Pacific Northwest scientists find teeny-tiny plastic pollution. Broken down particles are in our water, falling out of t…
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Three years ago, eight environmental groups asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency to do something about nitrate contamination in d…
Changes are taking effect at the Ashland-based Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Congress is directing a federal watchdog to examine the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ tribal jails program, which has come under fire for numerous…
Across the country, states are inking agreements with neighbors or striking out on their own to pursue billions in federal funding to set up “…
The states of Washington and Oregon have submitted a joint bid to the U.S. Department of Energy to get a share of $8 billion that Congress set…
The federal government is granting more than $2 million to help Oregonians living with HIV/AIDS maintain stable housing.
Monster waves and strong winds were forecast to batter much of Oregon on Tuesday. The storm arrived Monday night, knocking down trees and powe…
For Oregon and the nation, 2022 was a historic year for legislation and funding to combat climate change.
Oregon’s health care system will begin 2023 with a fresh start as a new director for the Oregon Health Authority takes the helm and Gov.-elect…
A new survey of LGBTQ youth across the country finds 45% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide in 2021, the year survey responses were c…
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If the holiday season has sparked your inner Santa Claus, and you’re itching to give back to those in need, then pack up your sack of gifts to…
SALEM — The Oregon Department of Forestry is seeking members for an advisory committee for its new Certified Burn Manager (CBM) Program, one o…
Environmental and industry groups are urging Gov.-elect Tina Kotek to increase staff and budgets to tackle water, wildfire, agriculture, clima…
