The gesture comes as county commissioners face pressure from property owners — mostly in rural areas — to advocate against ...

The population of Multnomah County, the dense urban core of the Portland metro, rose a hair last year, even as it remained ...

The U.S. hasn't seen a major realignment of state boundaries since the Civil War. It's unlikely to happen now.

A public town hall was held Saturday at White Mountain Middle School in White City about Oregon’s wildfire hazard map.

Whether a tiny nonprofit or a corporate behemoth looking to curry favor with a Multnomah County commissioner to influence policy or funding decisions, it’s no holds barred, for the most part. And it ...

Residents of Jackson County gathered at a town hall meeting on Saturday, March 8, to discuss the flaws in the state's ...

Oregon's statewide wildfire risk assessment map has been a source of contention ... This would be done through county classification committees made up of members from the state fire marshal ...

The new maps add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire severity categories, accompanied by stricter building and local planning code requirements for property owners. To view the ...

Joe joined Newsweek in April 2024 after graduating from City ... On Monday, the map suggested the flooding risk area would be reduced primarily to the westernmost areas of Oregon and Washington.

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The state of Oregon introduced a new loan program on Thursday which provides 0% interest loans to cities and counties to build new housing. “When Oregonians making a good ...

Tina Kotek has paused any further agency action on the state’s new Wildfire Hazard Map until the Legislature decides what to do with it. Kotek on Monday directed the Oregon Department of ...