Erik Neumann

Southern Oregon University will require students, faculty and staff who will be on campus this fall to get a COVID-19 vaccine or show proof of a medical or nonmedical exemption.

A project to convert a hotel in Grants Pass into low-income housing using state funds recently fell through. It was one of a dozen proposals throughout Oregon meant to quickly create housing to support people displaced by wildfires or who are struggling with homelessness.

This year, climate legislation remains a tense topic of debate in Pacific Northwest politics. Why has a carbon pricing program worked in British Columbia but not in Oregon?

Elected officials in Siskiyou County are trying to crack down on the growth of what they say is large-scale illegal marijuana farming. As Northern California enters a deepening drought, they’re doing it by restricting where water trucks can drive.

An effort to recall three of the five Shasta County supervisors hit a roadblock this week, but is expected to continue.

After the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Tuesday for the murder of George Floyd, leaders of Southern Oregon’s Black activist community reacted with a mixture of relief and hope that it will lead to broader change.

Farmers, tribes and wildlife are facing what could be the driest year ever recorded in the Klamath Basin. The magnitude of that reality came on Wednesday, when the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced the annual water allocation for farmers in the Klamath Irrigation Project.

The McCloud River in Northern California is among the nation’s most endangered, according to a new report from the conservation group American Rivers.

A yearling black bear that was killed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife after being captured outside Ashland on Highway 66 late last week is prompting criticism of the department and Oregon State Police.

Lawmakers in Oregon are trying to regulate a lesser-known compound derived from cannabis. It’s an artificially derived product from hemp that produces a high but which is sold with few restrictions.

Over a dozen outdoor preserves throughout Oregon will soon open for the first time in more than a year. On April 1, the Nature Conservancy will reopen the majority of their Oregon locations that have been closed to public access during the pandemic.

For the first time in a century, visitors to Redwood National and State Parks could soon see a group of endangered California condors in the parks’ ancient redwood forests. A partnership between the Yurok Tribe, National Parks Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finalizing plans to reintroduce an experimental population of condors into Northern California.