Oregon News

Several Oregon lawmakers have targeted high application fees and deposits- two significant expenses that can prevent renters from finding a new home. Proposals were presented last week that could: Ban landlords from charging…

Oregonians are up in arms about President Donald Trump’s executive order to increase industrial logging, saying that old-growth forests are crucial for carbon storage, clean water, and wildlife. The Executive Order The executive…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A recent AGU (Advancing Earth Sciences) study of mountain cities in Oregon rated Medford, Bend, and Grants as the top three smokiest cities in the US from 2019 to 2023, but Medford was the smokiest. Survey Says…

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…