According to a new poll, Oregonians support tighter gun control regulations at the state and federal levels. (Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Across geography, age, race and […]
The new 988 service will be available to call, text or use online. (Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregonians in a mental health crisis have an easy new […]
Oregonians gather outside the Multnomah County Justice Center to protest the June 2022 Supreme Court Decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, ending a nearly 50-year-old constitutional right to abortion. (Alex […]
People without air conditioning units or heat pumps often rely on fans when temperatures soar. (Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Legislature allocated millions of dollars in […]
Thousands of Oregonians whose homes or businesses were damaged by the 2020 wildfires are eligible for state grants to help protect them from future wildfire damage. The state Department of […]
Linn, Lincoln and 11 other counties have appealed a case over the state’s management of forests and timber revenue to the Oregon Supreme Court. By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Linn, […]
ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Colette Peters, director of Oregon’s prison system, was appointed Tuesday by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons. In […]
Emerald ash borer tracks in the bark of an ash tree in Minnesota. (Hennepin County Master Gardeners/Flickr) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Portland biologist recently found an iridescent bug […]
By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Monday that all of its fire districts, which combined cover about 16 million acres, are officially in wildfire season. […]
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters seems increasingly impatient as the state continues to violate the constitutional rights of criminal defendants charged with crimes […]
