Oregon News

Oregon educators continue to increase bi-literacy at schools, where students speak a total of 379 unique languages. Since joining the State Seal of Bi-literacy (OSSB) program in 2016, Oregon has consistently increased the number of…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect in the November 23 Medford Police Department officer-involved shooting, 30-year-old Shane Wesley Smith, was taken to the Jackson County Jail after being released from the hospital. Smith, of Medford, received…

Twenty-six-year-old Daniel Andrew McGee of Springfield, who spent at least one month researching and planning an attack on a gay man, appeared before a U.S. District Court yesterday, charged with one count of a Hate Crime Act involving an…

Testing by BP, the company that operates the Olympic pipeline, east of Everett, uncovered no leaks in the 16-inch segment, allowing it to be safely restarted on Tuesday morning. Plans are being developed for a 20-inch segment where a leak…

Oregon has joined with 20 other states in a lawsuit for illegally upending support to tens of thousands of Americans experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.” The New Rules Will Create Administrative Chaos The federal…

The Oregon Attorney General co-signed a letter with District Attorneys from 3 counties- Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas, yesterday to the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) Pam Bondi and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Kristi…

The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) urged SNAP and TANF recipients to actively protect their benefits after approximately 220 households reported to ODHS that nearly $86,000 worth of SNAP food and TANF cash benefits had been…

EUGENE, Ore. — A terrified Eugene shopper was held at gunpoint by a 7-Eleven employee at the West 13th Avenue store in the early hours of Sunday morning. The employee, known as Akashdeep ‘XX’ according to Lane County Jail records, was…

ASHLAND, Ore. — The Ashland City Council has partnered with OHRA, which will run the severe weather shelter to provide a good experience for those using the service. With grant funding, the city purchased the land in 2023, and OHRA was…

Coordination between the Oregon Governor’s office and philanthropic organizations has leveraged additional funds of more than $6 million to provide food to needy families statewide – from Tillamook County to Klamath County, and from La…