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Hemp farming has increased dramatically in Southwest Oregon, since it was federally legalized in 2018. Today, Jackson and Josephine Counties grow more commercial hemp than any other part of the state. That’s created concerns about illegal water use in rural communities.

Temperatures are going up. Wildfires are happening more often. Sea levels are rising. Climate change has entered the conversation in Oregon.

The president faces an article of impeachment for inciting a riot in the U.S. Capitol, but the insurrection that unfolded last week was in step with extremist movements that have ties to county commissioners, legislators and other leaders in the state.

Oregon, Washington and British Columbia pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions. In a decade full of big talk and epic battles, they all failed.

In September, the Almeda Drive fire left unprecedented destruction in the Southern Oregon towns of Phoenix and Talent. While wildfires are nothing new here, the level of urban destruction was striking. What could the Almeda Fire tell us about future fire risks to communities in Oregon?

Rural communities in Oregon are being saddled with millions of dollars in costs to provide their citizens with clean, safe drinking water because the state isn’t protecting their watersheds from logging-related contamination.

It’s been more than a month since rising virus cases prompted Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to issue more emergency public health orders. Now, defiance is growing.

Kaiser Health News checks back with an emergency department doctor who was at the center of the Bay Area's COVID-19 lockdown last spring. As California hovers near the edge of running out of ICU capacity, we asked, 'What's the situation now?'

The fight to save the life of one woman reveals a grim pattern: In Oregon, people with disabilities were denied health care during the pandemic, even without a shortage of ventilators or other care.

Retailers are facing the first holiday season since the COVID-19 pandemic began 10 months ago. In small towns like Ashland, with many independent retailers, the stakes are especially high.

Utility companies are carrying out numerous tasks to prevent wildfires, from ramping up line inspections to replacing antiquated equipment. But critics say that PG&E and other electric providers should be focusing less on the cheap stuff, like cutting trees, and more on upgrading its thousands of miles of old lines and aging equipment.

2020 has been a stressful year. The election, wildfires, a pandemic, and now… the holidays. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Sean Connolly, an older adult behavioral health specialist with the Rogue Valley Council of Governments about how to maintain your mental health in spite of everything this season.