Citing concerns about legal risks, Pacific County officials on Thursday began the process of creating a new jail department.

Alex Baumhardt / Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties — and schools in other Western states — will ...

The bill backed by Ron Wyden would add federal protections to more than 1 million acres centered around Eastern Oregon.

Oregon has sued the companies that allegedly botched construction of homes for Jackson County wildfire survivors.

Across the country, there’s a shortage of behavioral health care providers — and it’s particularly pronounced in small towns ...

A federal judge denied Freres timber companies’ complaint that firefighters did not do everything possible to stop the spread ...

Attorney General-elect Dan Rayfield says members, including a broad swath of left-leaning groups, will help the state react ...

However, the court declined to dismiss the case itself. The decision will likely be appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court.

The Yaquina Bay lighthouse, which sits 161 feet above sea level, is believed to be the oldest structure in Newport.

When he came to New York to study photography five years ago, he found a trove of images of life in Africa, past and present, in the archives of the city’s libraries, galleries and museums.

Fans cheer before an NFL football game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs in Mexico City in 2019. The NFL plans to play as many as eight international games beginning next ...

The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 acres, about half of that federal land ...