17+ hour, 27+ min ago   (734+ words) Federal protest prosecutions that began on Portland streets are returning to Oregon courtrooms this fall, where the U.S. Department of Justice faces an uneven record in converting allegations of assaults against federal officers into felony convictions when defendants take their cases…...

17+ hour, 40+ min ago   (532+ words) Southern Oregon’s long-running hospital staffing battle has reached the state Capitol, where nurses and other medical professionals are pressing legislators to intervene as penalties against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center have climbed to $1,564,250 under Oregon’s hospital staffing law. Southern Oregon…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago   (558+ words) After nearly seven weeks with the nation’s firefighting resources committed at their highest preparedness level, Oregon U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and four Western senators are seeking answers from the Trump administration over federal staffing, firefighter safety and the billions of…...

17+ hour, 26+ min ago   (581+ words) More than 110,000 marijuana plants, 81,000 pounds of bulk cannabis and 86 firearms were seized as authorities moved across six properties in Clackamas and Marion counties during a three-day operation targeting a suspected large-scale drug trafficking network. The coordinated raids dismantled cultivation sites…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (497+ words) Southern Oregon motorists heading into Labor Day weekend are encountering another expensive trip to the gasoline pump, with Oregon prices climbing sharply just as one of the final major travel weekends of summer gets underway. The statewide average for regular…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (375+ words) Federal authorities are expanding a nationwide crackdown on commercial trucking violations after a three-day enforcement operation across four Midwestern states produced 86 arrests, 766 out-of-service orders and nearly $1 million in recovered stolen cargo. Operation Highway Shield moved through Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (254+ words) The law does not eliminate recycling expenses or guarantee lower garbage bills. Instead, it changes where a portion of the money originates. Packaging now carries potential financial obligations for covered producers after products have entered Oregon commerce, connecting the cost…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (963+ words) Questions surrounding Oregon’s weather-modification activities are expanding beyond the technology used to produce additional rain or snow, as an independent inquiry seeks records concerning both the legal authorization for ongoing cloud-seeding work and the environmental fate of silver iodide released…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (460+ words) Four days from now, hundreds of cyclists will begin arriving in Southern Oregon for five days of riding through Rogue River country, the Siskiyou foothills and the vineyards and rural backroads of the Applegate Valley as the 2026 Cycle Oregon Rally…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (986+ words) Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew R. Haden, a longtime federal prosecutor who twice served as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California, was found dead Wednesday, Aug. 19, inside a federal building in downtown San Diego. He was 48. Haden was discovered inside the…...