Sure, there are official CDC quarantine guidelines and a state hotline and website for people who test positive. But sometimes you want to hear from another human. These Oregonians share what was difficult and what helped them get through.

The Uniform Bar Exam is currently the sole pathway to attorney licensure for people in the state. The Oregon Supreme Court last week unanimously made a move toward alternative pathways for attorney licensure

The Pacific humpback whale is at the center of a lawsuit filed last week against the National Marine Fisheries Service. It claims that they failed to protect the endangered species from entanglements in fishing gear.

According to recent data from the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, coal plant closures in the Northwest and an increase in natural gas generation means fewer heat-trapping emissions recently contributed to climate change.

The four-term lawmaker from Corvallis won approval from fellow Democrats on Sunday, all but ensuring his election when the House votes Feb. 1.

Lawyers for former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof plan to make the case that not only does Kristof meet the state’s residency requirements to run for Oregon governor, but denying him the chance to run could lead to voter suppression in future Oregon elections.

Essential workers say they are bearing the brunt of the pandemic again but this time, there is less government support. Economists say jobs in California’s low-wage sectors could take longer to recover.

Buffy Wicks, the new Assembly Housing Committee chairperson, talks about her priorities for strengthening California's response to the state's acute shortage of affordable housing.

The number of California children diagnosed with COVID-19 during the omicron variant surge has “skyrocketed,” challenging earlier notions that the coronavirus largely bypassed children. Child vaccination rates are relatively low, and children who contract COVID-19 could be at increased risk for rare conditions and diabetes.

The omicron variant of COVID-19 has hit California’s teacher workforce so hard that many schools are weighing closure and in some cases forced to dip into emergency days. The quality of instruction is suffering, but some teachers say they still prefer this to remote instruction.

California is asking some 1.4 million unemployment recipients to prove their eligibility months after receiving aid as part of a fraud recovery campaign. But some people say they’re caught in the Employment Development Department’s dragnet because they don’t have the documents to be cleared. Now, some risk having to pay back more than $30,000 — or face collection.

An undersea volcano erupted near the Pacific nation of Tonga, sending tsunami waves crashing across the shore there and around the Pacific, including a surges along the U.S. West Coast.