By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A federal judge in Eugene has dismissed a timber company lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service over its response to a destructive and deadly blaze […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum rolled out a toolkit Wednesday so immigrants in Oregon can protect themselves and know their rights under the […]
By KRISTINE DeLEON/TheOregonian/OregonLive Mired in deep financial woes, executives at Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay are courting a private equity-owned health company to “assume operations” of the facility. […]
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon is on track to become the first state to launch a recycling program that holds businesses financially accountable for the packaging waste they produce. […]
By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report After years of pandemic-induced health care worker shortages, Oregon is adding more licensed nurses than ever and is on track for more. But hospitals and […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Health Authority Director Sejal Hathi wants to improve Oregon’s health care system, including keeping rural hospitals open and supporting homeless people and testing children […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 1,800 Oregonians died of drug overdoses in 2023, a rising trend that state leaders want to reverse with new programs to combat addiction. […]
By ROB MANNING/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has released its third in a series of audits of the Oregon Department of Education’s High School […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadasting SALEM — Oregon lawmakers unleashed a flood of emergency funding Thursday, as the state grapples with its most expensive, expansive wildfire season in modern times. […]
