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 ...

Oregon ranchers want higher payouts from the state to recoup their losses for cattle and other livestock killed by wolves. But the fate of a bill that would increase those payments will be ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...

The latest version of the Oregon Wildfire Hazard Map is raising concerns from homeowners all across the state, especially in rural areas. The problem is that many claim the map is inconsistent.

SO THIS IS TRACY CHIEF RANDALL BRADLEY HEADS THE SOUTH SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY AND HAS BEEN ANTICIPATING CAL FIRE’S RELEASE OF THE FIRE SEVERITY MAPS. SO 6000 HOMES AND THIS IS WHAT ...

covering Northern California coastal areas from the Bay Area up to the Oregon border, including Sonoma and Napa counties. The new maps will add 1.4 million acres of land statewide into higher fire ...

For several years, residents in rural, Republican-leaning eastern Oregon have been laying the groundwork to separate from the Democratic-dominated counties on the western side of the Cascade ...

It makes more sense for conservative counties to be under Idaho governance than Oregon governance. Eastern and southern Oregon voting patterns are very conservative; it would be expensive and ...

Bend MSA (Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson Counties): Labor force statistics for Oregon metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) are produced by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

SB 726 proposes stricter methane monitoring and reporting requirements for landfills. The bill was introduced in response to methane leaks at Coffin Butte Landfill. Opponents argue alternative ...