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EUGENE, Ore. — College Officials from the Univerity of Oregon (UO) recently presented a study suggesting that warnings on wildfire smoke-choked air quality to the public often don’t reach residents until after the smoke has already swept…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Citing the state's inability to keep up with the project's rising costs, Gov. Tina Kotek indicated on Monday that plans to toll Portland-area highways are halted. Kotek’s letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission,…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Using Artificial Intelligence (AI), more fraudsters are using tactics like distressing voicemails impersonating loved ones supposedly in dire situations and meticulously crafted scam texts pretending to be from reputable…

Oregonians have voiced dismay in the wake of a new round of energy price increases announced by three power utilities. The proposed new rate hikes add 40% to power bills for some customers of Portland General Electric (PGE) since January…

ASHLAND, Ore. — “This is a big win for us” is how the delighted interim executive director, Tyler Hokama, described the $2.5 million+ funding for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) approved by the State Legislature last Thursday. Oregon…

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Internationally recognized Lightwire Theatre Lightwire Theatre- a semi-finalist on season 7 of “America’s Got Talent," is bringing their futuristic meets prehistoric production, DINO-LIGHT, to the Ross Ragland Theatre…

In what some regard as a historic session, Oregon lawmakers ended this year's short but impactful 35-day session by pushing through a set of bipartisan bills that will address housing shortages, campaign finance limits, and drug policy…

With a growing need for workers in the semiconductor industry, Oregon's lawmakers have passed House Bill 4154 (HB 4154) which establishes a $10 million Semiconductor Talent Sustaining Fund. The bill supports workforce training at public…

Lawmakers, the police, and the criminal justice department can collectively sigh with relief that Oregon’s soft approach to drug possession is over. The majority decision by the House of Representatives and the Senate to recriminalize the…

A controversial plan that will change the way the state's logging activities comply with the federal Endangered Species Act is moving ahead but will reduce logging on Oregon's state lands west of the Cascades. Oregon forestry officials…