By TED SICKINGER/The Oregonian/OregonLive A Multnomah County jury slapped PacifiCorp with nearly $18 million in punitive damages Wednesday after determining its conduct during the 2020 Labor Day wildfires […]
By NICOLE BALES/The Astorian ASTORIA — Clatsop County will accept applications and renew permits for vacation rentals again after voters narrowly rejected a ballot measure in the May election that […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — Top lawmakers appeared to near a deal over the weekend to end a weeks-long standoff threatening to scuttle hundreds of bills remaining in […]
Oregon State University will graduate 7,338 students during its university-wide commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Reser Stadium on the Corvallis campus. More than 3,700 students are expected to participate in […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon senators are engaged in intense negotiations to try to end the Republican-led walkout that started on May 3 and has prevented the […]
By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting After seven weeks of detailed analysis about topics as far-ranging as fire plumes and metallurgy, jurors will soon decide whether the electricity provider PacifiCorp should […]
BY ALEX ZIELINSKI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland City Council approved a new policy that criminalizes homeless camping Wednesday. The ordinance bans camping on public property from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. […]
By MEERAH POWELL/Oregon Public Broadcasting An ongoing disagreement over religious expression in a government-funded program has led to the apparent termination of a decadeslong partnership between Oregon State University and […]
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Federal criminal investigators are looking into former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the two cannabis entrepreneurs she briefly worked for, records show. According to […]
Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Portland, speaks during a press conference about the Senate Republican walkout on Tuesday. By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians have much to lose if […]
