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JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — As the Upper Applegate wildfire reported Wednesday continued to grow, reaching an estimated 350 acres and still growing, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry, several fire crews worked to contain the fire as…

Marion County Commissioner Danielle Bethell, testifying before the Oregon State Legislature’s Joint Committee On Addiction and Community Safety Response earlier this week, proposed renewed focus on House Bill 2467 over House Bill 2005 as a…

The Sierra Club, America’s most influential and largest grassroots environmental organization, has praised the Oregon Legislature for recognizing the economic threats that climate change poses to the retirement savings of public workers.…

A former nurse from Oregon will spend four years and three months behind bars for helping a friend obtain fentanyl and methamphetamine that ultimately led to her death by overdose. Danika Danielle Whitman (46) was sentenced on Monday by…

Following President Donald Trump’s federalization of the National Guard in California in response to protests in Los Angeles, three Oregon lawmakers introduced a bill to strengthen state oversight. The three lawmakers- all Democrats, are…

Five people were arrested on Friday evening as Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers collaborating with local law enforcement agencies undertook a targeted mission in downtown Portland aimed at disrupting illegal drug activity. OSP…

EUGENE, Ore. — A 33-year-old Eugene resident is in custody after allegedly damaging a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) vehicle in a rock-throwing incident. Kielan Robert Eugene Fitzsimonds is charged with willful damage to federal…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The City of Medford considered a market evaluation and feasibility study at their June 11 Study Session. The study is the first phase of establishing whether a regional medical school campus to help train and retain…

Before the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses on Saturday, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that will conceal the residential addresses of elected public officials and candidates. Yesterday, Oregon lawmakers in the House…

Following Providence Health's announcement that it is cutting 600 full-time-equivalent positions, the not-for-profit health system operating across seven Western states, the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) condemned the layoffs,…