Oregon News

The take-home pay packet of many Oregon farmworkers is less annually than before the agricultural overtime law was passed in 2022 because farms reduce working hours to avoid overtime payments. According to data researched by Oregon State…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Fire crews from Jackson County Fire District 3 responded to reports of an RV fire on Quebec Circle, White City, shortly after 7.30 a.m. on Sunday, March 2. They managed to extinguish the fire, but the person and…

SALEM, Ore. — A 20-year-old man reported to be carrying a gun was arrested near the Riverfront Park playground on Friday afternoon by Salem Police officers. It was late afternoon when a member of the community reported spotting a male…

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden says, if allowed, the Trump administration will not stop at immigrants when invading private taxpayer data. Strongly opposed to the administration's pressure on the IRS to disclose taxpayer data, Wyden claims it…

Mass DOGE federal firings at the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have been criticized by Oregon climatologists. They say the layoffs will negatively affect weather tracking in Oregon, which in…

Although the Trump administration continues to freeze hundreds of millions of dollars to states from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Oregon Attorney General, in a coalition with 22 other state AGs, continues to fight for…

Chipmaker Microchip Technology indicated that it will lay off factory workers on Monday at its  Oregon and Colorado plants following poor results postings driven by declining sales. Arizona-based Microchip manufactures embedded chips…

The body of an adult male resting on top of shopping carts in the Troutdale Home Depot parking lot is under investigation as a suspicious death by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to a welfare call at 5 a.m.…

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s nighttime shelter program is expected to become a heated topic of debate next month when residents can participate in joint discussions with the City Council on solving its $92.8 million budget shortfall.…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, in a coalition of 20 U.S. AGs, filed an amicus brief in the Columbia U.S. District Court yesterday supporting the former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in a lawsuit against President…