Ryan Haas

A $1.6 billion class-action lawsuit that accuses the utility PacifiCorp of failing to shut off its power lines during extreme fire danger in September 2020 heads to trial Monday. It is likely the first time a utility has taken such a class-action case to a jury trial.

The complicated financial landscape around psilocybin means none of the early businesses are guaranteed to survive the next few years as Oregon tries to navigate the uncharted landscape of allowing therapeutic use of a drug that is still illegal federally.

Retreat Guru said it expects as many as 90% of Synthesis Digital's 220 former students to continue their coursework and join the ranks of Oregon’s first psilocybin facilitators. The Canadian company took over Synthesis' Oregon operations earlier this month due to a financial collapse. The fate of Synthesis' Buckhorn Springs Resort training facility near Ashland is unclear.

The sudden collapse of one of Oregon’s biggest psilocybin players raises questions about the rollout of an untested industry.

Attorneys in a class action lawsuit for people harmed by the Labor Day fires in Oregon say the messages and other evidence presented in a court filing Tuesday show PacifiCorp knew early on it likely played a role in starting the fires.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Gov. Kate Brown was within her authority to grant clemency in 2020 and 2021 to around 1,000 people convicted of crimes.

The National Weather Service is warning that temperatures between Wednesday and Saturday could once again put people at risk of heat illnesses.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she will follow CDC guidance on mask requirements, allowing large gatherings and indoor activities to resume for fully vaccinated people.

Widespread violence not seen since the start of 2020's massive protests for racial justice erupted in Portland on Friday night, following a fatal police shooting earlier in the day.

Thirteen counties are now in the lowest COVID-19 risk category, allowing businesses there to more substantially resume operations. Only two counties, Coos and Douglas in Southern Oregon, remain in the extreme risk category, which entirely prohibits indoor recreation and entertainment.

The extraordinary statement is just the latest backlash the Oregon Republican Party has received in recent days for a Jan. 19 resolution.

In a statement Tuesday, the Northwest office of the Anti-Defamation League called the Oregon GOP's statements "offensive" and "absurd."