Local News
Fears over Columbia Basin dams, hydroelectricity grow as agencies lose hundreds of employees
Hundreds of federal employees managing the nation’s main hydropower corridor have retired, resigned or been released due to ...
Local News
Willamette Falls Trust, tribal members ask for state funding to acquire land on West Linn side of the falls
As the United States District Court for the District of Oregon weighs whether to allow Portland General Electric ...
Business
Craig Prins, appointed after bourbon scandal, plans to exit OLCC this summer
The head of Oregon’s commission overseeing liquor and marijuana plans to leave his position by July 1, he ...
Government
20 state AGs, including Oregon’s, sue feds for tying transportation and disaster funding to immigration enforcement
Two new federal lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island Tuesday, May 14, against the U.S. ...
Government
Federal chaos leaves Oregon’s economic outlook sluggish, uncertain, short hundreds of millions
Oregon lawmakers will have nearly $756 million less than they anticipated to spend in next two years, according ...
Food and Drink
Proposed federal SNAP cuts would leave Oregon families hungry, governor and senators warn
More than 700,000 Oregonians receive aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Oregonians will go hungry if congressional ...
Government
$1 billion-a-year Portland infrastructure crisis prompts City Council reaction
The Portland City Council is moving to address Portland’s growing infrastructure crisis, now estimated at more than $1 ...
Business
Child care providers, parents call on Oregon Legislature to support subsidy program
Victoria Mendoza opened up a child care business in Salem 16 years ago — a decision inspired by her own ...
Local News
Molalla mayor has had enough, calls for ODOT audit
With new taxes proposed, Molalla Mayor Scott Keyser thinks enough is enough with ODOT's financial desires
Business
Environmentalists argue PacifiCorp’s wildfire liability burden is fueled by coal-protecting bills
When Berkshire Hathaway bought PacifiCorp — Rocky Mountain Power’s parent company — in 2005, stakeholders didn’t consider the ...