By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s second highest court ruled in favor of natural gas utilities seeking to invalidate the state’s landmark climate program. The state’s Court of […]
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Changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change
About 25% of all the remaining old-growth trees across all national forests and grasslands in the lower 48 states are in national forests in the Northwest that are managed by […]
PacifiCorp to pay $250 million in timber company settlement for 2020 southern Oregon wildfire
By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting For the second time this month, the utility provider PacifiCorp will pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to end a lawsuit over its alleged […]
Oregon Supreme Court weighs arguments from GOP senators seeking to run for re-election
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — As Oregon Supreme Court justices intently listened on Thursday, lawyers parsed and dissected Measure 113, a voter-approved law that bars state legislators from […]
Oregon, Washington and tribes reach “historic” deal with feds over Columbia River Basin fish and dams
By LYNNE TERRY and BILL LUCIA/Oregon Capital Chronicle A decades-long battle over dams in the Columbia River Basin had a breakthrough Thursday, as the Biden administration announced a deal with […]
BOLI settled racial discrimination lawsuit from second ex-employee under now-congresswoman Val Hoyle
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries this fall settled a lawsuit from a second former employee who alleged racial hostility under then-commissioner […]
Kotek, task force recommend more cops, public drug use ban, business tax breaks to help downtown Portland
Gov. Tina Kotek speaks Monday with Derek Thompson, a staff writer for The Atlantic, about housing in Portland. BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle PORTLAND – Gov. Tina Kotek and […]
Fiddler who headlined Yachats Celtic Festival recovers his equipment stolen in Portland
By AIMEE GREEN/The Oregonian/OregonLive World-renowned fiddler Alasdair Fraser’s massive social media campaign paid off – he’s gotten back his violin and bows after a thief stole them from his […]
Idea to stash planet-heating CO2 under national forests alarming some critics
By PAM RADTKE/Floodlight A proposal that would allow industries to permanently stash climate-polluting carbon dioxide beneath U.S. Forest Service land puts those habitats and the people in or near them […]
Habitat plan for state forests in western Oregon could cost counties $18 million a year in timber revenue
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle To avoid major lawsuits under the federal Endangered Species Act, state and federal agencies have crafted a plan to reduce the amount of timber logged […]