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Proposed new emergency preparedness rules would allow nuclear plants closer to where people live. Companies say the plants are safer, but they need the rule changes for a viable business model.

A well-used bridge across the Illinois River south of Cave Junction near Takilma, Ore., was blown up around the turn of the 20th century by a Josephine…

In an interview with David Greene, two men from Webster County, Ky., argue over race at first, but then a disclosure about deeply personal history leads to a bit of unexpected common ground.

Oregon's second special session of the summer could also consider bills related to policing and COVID-19.

President Donald Trump on Thursday repeated what election experts across the United States say is a false distinction between “absentee” and “mail-in” voting.

The coronavirus pandemic has served to remind many of us how much we count on strangers staying healthy so we can restock our cupboards and go about daily life.

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The scientific foundation for decisions about how much water goes to hundreds of thousands of acres of irrigated farmland in the Klamath Basin is up for review. This week the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced they will fund a new science initiative to study the contested water along the Oregon-California border.

Fire crews are conducing mopping up operations on the Worthington Fire, about 5 miles northeast of Eagle Point..

Many severely mentally ill Californians are cycling in-and-out of forced psychiatric holds due to a lack of treatment options when they’re released, according to a report this week from the state auditor.