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UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. — The Two Rivers Correctional Institution was on high alert yesterday afternoon, evacuating and securing the administration building, after a suspicious substance was identified in the mail. A strong odor was…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Firefighters are lining and mopping up three small fires burning in Southwest Oregon that were knocked down by yesterday afternoon. Firefighting crews from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Southwest Oregon…

The FBI is making progress in the investigation and arrest of foreign nationals involved in ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy targeting an Oregon tech company, as well as similar operations throughout the United States.…

The Oregon manufacturing sector continued its downward spiral in June, shedding another 1,200 jobs. Three contributing factors are cited for the job shrinkage of the state’s manufacturing sector - Oregon's decline in aerospace…

As part of a multistate settlement against Gilead Sciences, Inc., Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield helped secure a $202 Million Settlement over a kickback scheme involving HIV medications between 2011 and 2017. Oregon Settles…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) detectives seized 988 illegal marijuana plants, 22 pounds of processed cannabis, and $3,000 in cash during a search of a black market cannabis grow on a farm in rural…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A Blackhawk helicopter from the Oregon Army National Guard rescued one of the three hikers struck by a large falling tree branch while hiking near Harriette Lake on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on Sunday at around…

The decision by Oregon State University to end two programs coincides with similar decisions by colleges nationwide in response to the Trump administration’s threat of federal funding cuts to education institutions offering diversity,…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A Crater Lake park worker rescued 26-year-old Yu Xia, a Chinese national visiting from Delaware, with a broken leg early Sunday morning after Klamath County Search and Rescue (SAR) teams could not descend to the…

PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio has ordered the immediate release of a transgender Mexican woman who is in solitary confinement for her personal safety after she was admitted by ICE agents to a men’s detention center in…