A section of Highway 101 near Brookings, Oregon, will partially re-open to a single gravel lane, with flaggers on either side, Saturday at noon after a massive landslide last month. 

More people used Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act to end their life in 2018 than in any other year since the law took effect in 1997. Now, state lawmakers are considering proposals that would expand the law to make it easier for someone to seek medical aid in dying.

Since the start of the racing season in late December, a shocking 21 horses have died at the famed Santa Anita Park racetrack in southern California.

It's horrified the racing world and experts say there's no clear answer as to why this is happening.

Santa Anita's owners, The Stronach Group, announced on Tuesday that it was halting racing and training at the park in order to test the main track – a picturesque spot tucked next to the San Gabriel Mountains where the champion racehorse Seabiscuit won big.

With an eye toward schools, health care and saving for a rainy day, top lawmakers unveiled their first crack at a spending plan for the next two years on Thursday — and it didn’t take long for aggrieved factions to begin taking shots.

The $23.7 billion proposal is a framework for how the chairs of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee believe Oregon should use money in the state’s general and lottery funds in the 2019-21 fiscal years.

Last fall's deadly Camp Fire has brought renewed questions about whether towns in high-risk areas like Paradise, Calif., should even be rebuilt.

Barry Long recently tried to squash those questions immediately as he kicked off a crowded town hall meeting at Paradise Alliance Church.

"One of the first questions we get is, 'Are they really going to rebuild Paradise?' " Long said. "And we say that's not a question. [The Town] Council made an immediate decision [that] we're going to rebuild Paradise."

Last year, we reported the Blockbuster Video store in Bend was the last one remaining in the U.S.  Now the Australian Associated Press reports that with the scheduled closure of that nation’s last store this month, the Bend Blockbuster will be officially the last one on the planet.

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams was in the Pacific Northwest Wednesday to highlight the measles outbreak.

Adams was joined by Cerise Wilson, a Vancouver mother who had been hesitant to vaccinate her 15-month-old son, based on advice from friends and information she'd found online. Misinformation on the internet was a focus of the Surgeon General's visit. 

“We are working with Facebook and Google – we’re expecting an announcement from Facebook this week about efforts they’re making to try to help get the correct and accurate information out there,” Adams said.

Secretary of State Dennis Richardson built his political reputation in Oregon’s House of Representatives — cultivating a relentless work ethic and sharp debating skills, while impressing even foes with his fundamental decency.

It was in the same House chamber that Richardson was remembered Wednesday, by a bipartisan array of dignitaries who’d gathered to honor the life of Oregon’s 26th secretary of state.

Gov. Kate Brown said Richardson “embodied what it means to be a dedicated public servant.”