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Officials recommend wearing N95 masks, monitoring air quality and using cleaner indoor spaces as smoky conditions continue across the region.

A controversial initiative petition to ban killing or harming animals in Oregon with almost no exceptions may not qualify for the November ballot.

One new California law promotes heat illness education in schools. Another law, rolling out this month, requires rules for outdoor activity during extreme heat.

The tree-killing emerald ash borer is expected to continue south through Oregon, eating away at ash trees along the way. Experts are saying the community can help stay on top of the insect.

School districts are reporting positive effects on students since the governor's executive order went into effect in January.

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing to hire more foresters, forestry technicians, land surveyors and heavy equipment operators to increase timber sales in Oregon.

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big healthcare costs and, he argued, strain taxpayer funds.

A woman who lost her two sisters, cousin and uncle calls the bill ‘a crucial and urgent step towards making the airspace safer.’

Shelter staff said people do not have to stay overnight to use the shelter's services. The Jackson County Fairgrounds is also available for evacuated livestock.

Humboldt County supervisors directed staff to draft a ban on ICE detention facilities and a one-year moratorium on new data centers.

Supporters said the changes would improve oversight, while opponents argued they would create new obstacles without solving the city's broader homelessness challenges.

The defendants stole cash, gold and firearms before investigators uncovered separate crimes involving the former zoo owner.