Union County Sheriff Cody Bowen speaks to reporters outside the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse after a hearing on Dec. 2, 2022, on a lawsuit to block Oregon Measure 114, […]
Assault style weapons are used in many mass shootings. (Connor Radnovich/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By GRANT STRINGER/Oregon Capital Chronicle As Oregonians scramble to purchase firearms before the state’s new gun regulations […]
By GEORGE PLAVEN/Oregon Capital Bureau A new water year is off to a slow start in Oregon, where much of the state remains mired in a multi-year drought. Warm and […]
Police tape blocks off North Commercial Street near Jefferson High School after shots were filed on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. Jonathan Levinson / OPB By JONATHAN LEVINSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting […]
By OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING A new state law allows Oregon cities — and some counties — to apply for the authority to designate speed limits on their roads. In the […]
Volunteer Rose Mary Garrels heads off to deliver groceries to a client during the Keizer Community Food Bank at Faith Lutheran Church in Salem on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. (Moriah […]
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s new voter-approved gun law is facing its first legal challenge as a number of county sheriffs have pledged not to enforce it. Voters earlier […]
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — With just over a month left in her term, Gov. Kate Brown has issued a sweeping pardon for Oregonians convicted of possessing a […]
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon Health Authority director Patrick Allen told agency employees Thursday that he will step down in early January, when Gov. Kate Brown’s term ends. He […]
GILLIAN FLACCUS/Associated Press/Oregon Public Broadcasting United States regulators approved a major milestone Thursday in a plan to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles […]
