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Bradley W. Parks/OPBIn a public appeal to members of the Oregon State Bar, Chief Justice Martha Walters asked attorneys to take on clients and help cover the shortage of public defenders in the state. -
Erik Neumann/JPR/County officials in the Klamath Basin are appealing to federal water regulators for help with hundreds of wells that ran dry last summer. They’re also trying to fix empty, cracked water canals to avoid flooding.
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Lawmakers want to create stricter vaccine mandates, especially for children. They anticipate an especially fierce fight in the coming months. -
Environmental advocacy group Food and Water Watch says clean air violations by Oregon’s largest dairy should disqualify it from participating in California’s low-carbon fuels program.
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The former New York Times columnist, and critics of his gubernatorial candidacy, have made their final legal arguments to Oregon Supreme Court justices.
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Since the surge began in December, some smaller law enforcement agencies, including in Mount Shasta, have been forced to increase overtime, reduce services and reroute non-emergency calls to online portals.
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The Alsea School District in Benton County has put masking decisions in the hands of staff and families. The state says that will deprive Alsea schools of federal COVID-19 funds.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
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For a second time, Oregon judges have found a former Gresham bakery could not refuse service to a same-sex couple on religious grounds. But the court found problems with a $135,000 ruling.
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With Justice Stephen Breyer stepping down, President Biden has his first nomination to the high court. He campaigned on picking a Black woman for the lifetime appointment.
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Oral traditions of people native to the Pacific Northwest and lots of scientific data point clearly to a major earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone in 1700, and another one is looming.
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Behind the scenes, Breyer, 83, pushed and prodded his fellow justices for consensus. His decision gives President Biden his first opportunity to name a new justice to the court.
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Save the Redwoods League purchased and donated the 523-acre area to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wildnerness Council, a group of 10 tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years.
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A local political drama is playing out in Shasta County ahead of a Feb. 1 recall election. Just one member of the county board of supervisors faces removal. But it’s emblematic of the way frustrations over pandemic mandates have pinned targets on local elected officials.
