Oregon News

PORTLAND, Ore. — Responding to a report of a body lying near the intersection of Flint Avenue and North Tillamook Street, on a grassy area next to Interstate 5, yesterday morning at 7:04, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers from the North…

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has red-flagged wildfire prevention as a top priority for the upcoming federal budget, pledging to fight for the funding needed to reduce risk factors. Forest Thinning and Controlled Burns are Essential…

GRESHAM, Ore. — A shooting in an apartment on the 4700 block of SW 11th St., Gresham, shortly after 1:30 a.m. yesterday turned deadly after gunfire sprayed through the walls, severely injuring a sleeping 13-year-old next door; tragically,…

Oregon’s contentious gun control Measure 114 continues to be hotly debated by pro-and-antagonists as legal challenges reduce its progress through legislative committees to a snail’s pace. Now, further restrictions on gun purchases are…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland, a sanctuary city since 2017 that limits its cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts, especially those aimed at deporting immigrants, has won a reprieve from the Trump administration’s executive…

Following the revoking of the visas of many international students across the US, including at Portland State University (PSU), the University of Oregon, and Oregon State University (OSU), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has…

The names of people winning Oregon lotto games will be kept anonymous if a State Senate Bill is passed. Oregon, like 23 other states, allows public disclosure of lottery winners. The ruling was regarded as integral to transparency and…

An Oregon Senate bill preventing utility companies from pushing part of the financial burden of wildfire-related damages onto consumers when a court finds the company liable for causing the fire passed the senate on Thursday with a vote of…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the state has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in a lawsuit filed that challenges the US Department of Education's threat to withhold federal funding from state and…

EUGENE, Ore. — A fund has been created to protect Oregon University faculty members targeted for unlawful conduct by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The United Academics of the University of Oregon passed a union policy…