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A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.

The Montague gallery has expanded beyond its original focus on incarcerated artists and their families.

Grants Pass has faced years of lawsuits over its treatment of homeless people. Many residents cheered the recent opening of a new shelter. But the nonprofit Park Watch says some of the problems have shifted elsewhere.

Gov. Tina Kotek is showing no signs she’s worried about a lone third-party candidate.

It’s legal for anyone under 18 in California to get married. That may change with a bill on Gov. Newsom’s despite efforts by the ACLU and Planned Parenthood to protect the practice.

With the Labor Day holiday over, the race to be the next governor of Oregon is speeding up and it’s safe to expect the candidates will hone and amplify their messaging.

Oregon and Washington have their own policies protecting gray wolves from recreational hunting.

University of Washington researchers plan to take a vaccine for fentanyl into human trials.

Scientists and high school interns are studying gray whales in Port Orford and the changes in kelp and zooplankton that may explain their scarcity.

In November, California voters will choose who oversees one of the biggest insurance markets in the world.

The federal government is proposing to overhaul its rules governing livestock grazing on millions of acres of federal public lands across the West, including Oregon, California and Washington.

Nearly half of California’s land is owned by the federal government, and for years a federal policy known as the roadless rule has protected millions of acres across the country. But those protections could soon come to an end.