The Watkins decision, as it came to be known, came two years later, when Oregon’s highest court determined that all ...

Health care spending in Clackamas and Deschutes counties averaged roughly $7,900 per person in 2019, the most of anywhere in ...

On Feb. 17, Republican lawmakers convened en masse in Salem to savage the map, the final version of which was published in ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office recovered the bodies of two people who were killed in an avalanche Monday near Broken ...

Baker County’s three commissioners have signed a letter opposing the Oregon Department of Forestry’s latest version of a ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.

Amid mounting criticism from the public and lawmakers from both parties, Gov. Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

Snow, ice and freezing rain are likely to continue impacting roads and schools until a widespread warmup midday Friday across the Willamette Valley.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the Willamette Valley for snow and ice Thursday and Friday.