According to some Oregon and Washington legislators, it's high time to get rid of the twice-yearly ritual of changing clocks.

A counter-protest to the #MeToo movement was met with backlash from Portland protesters in a demonstration that resembled the type over which the city's mayor sought more power.

Left-leaning Portlanders came to protest a so-called #HimToo rally, which was billed as the antithesis of the #MeToo movement and was started by people who believe that men are victims of false accusations of sexual assault.

After recent talk of disaffection in their ranks, Oregon Senate Democrats on Friday tapped their longtime leaders to serve next year.

At a coastal retreat, the chamber's Democratic caucus chose Peter Courtney, D-Salem, as Senate president and Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, as majority leader, the same leadership team that’s been in place since 2015.

They’ll have a slightly different supporting cast, including Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, D-Beaverton, serving as deputy majority leader, and Sen. Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, as majority whip.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is embracing a proposal by the Oregon Health Authority to raise cigarette taxes — but she’s rejecting the agency’s bid to raise alcohol taxes.

Brown said she buys the agency’s argument that smoking is a major factor in driving up health care costs in Oregon and that tobacco taxes should play a bigger role in helping fund the Oregon Health Plan.

But the governor said that increasing taxes on beer, wine and cider faces too many political hurdles.

A city official is responding to an FBI report showing Eugene has the highest number of hate crimes in Oregon. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports. 

If you've traveled the central Oregon coast, you might remember the signs marking Depoe Bay's claim to fame: the "World's Smallest Harbor." But now that harbor is getting even smaller because of accumulating silt.