Oregon News

By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle In a closed-door meeting with more than 40 business leaders, community advocates and local, state and federal elected officials on Tuesday, Gov. Tina Kotek laid […]

 PeaceHealth is moving services from its hospital in Eugene to Springfield.  By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle In the latest potential shakeup of Oregon hospitals, PeaceHealth announced plans to close its […]

By JACOB FISCHLER/States News Service The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is recommending sending $106 million to 16 salmon and steelhead recovery efforts in five Western states, the federal agency […]

BY JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s new secretary of state plans to publish monthly databases with information about campaign finance scofflaws. Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade said Monday […]

By APRIL ERLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Amazon’s plans to install an undersea fiber-optic cable off the Tillamook County coast gained approval from state leaders last week, although with some reluctance. During […]

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon employment officials are preparing for a monumental undertaking: the launch of the state’s new paid leave program. The program, Paid Leave Oregon, covers […]

 In solar grazing farms, sheep and other livestock are able to eat weeds, grasses and plants on the same land that’s used to host solar panels for clean energy generation. […]

By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — State auditors found the Oregon Racing Commission in disarray, with delays in filling openings for commissioners, weak oversight and limited transparency of money […]

 Willamette Falls is located within the ancestral homelands of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The tribe has some site-specific rights to fish at the falls. (Meghan Kearney/U.S. Fish and […]