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Photo courtesy U.S. Forest ServiceFederal officials announced in August they would terminate a 25-year-old rule protecting from development on nearly 60 million acres of forests, including 2 million in Oregon -
Saskia Hatvany/OPBPresident Donald Trump said Iran must meet his latest deadline to strike a deal that includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, or a “whole civilization will die”
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California joined a growing legal fight against a Trump administration policy requiring many detained undocumented immigrants to remain in custody without the opportunity to request a hearing to determine whether they can be released from jail before a trial and under what conditions. -
Canada accounted for 29% of international visitor spending in Oregon in 2024, the most out of any other foreign group at $211 million that year. -
Oregon, the first state to adopt universal mail voting, is one of more than 20 states suing to block the order -
Several years ago, offshore wind energy was seen as key to meeting Oregon’s climate goals but coastal communities and federal disinvestment have stymied plans. -
The Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to get visas for guest farmworkers. But it might not lead to a drastic uptick in foreign workers in the Northwest – at least not right away. -
State leaders, including Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read, say they plan to challenge the order. -
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has no current plans to build new detention facilities or expand existing ICE locations in the state of Oregon, a top ICE official said, tempering months of speculation that a new facility could be coming to the Oregon Coast. -
Oregon’s congressional Democrats are asking federal officials to give the public more time to learn about and comment on new plans that would open up millions of acres of federal forests in Oregon to logging activity not seen since the 1960s. -
The Trump administration handed down a rule that would cut the minimum wage for immigrants with H-2A visas, including farm workers. -
Attorney General Dan Rayfield warns merge of KOIN-TV and KGW-TV’s parent companies would damage local news across the state and nation. -
The funding could send more Sacramento River water to farmers in California's Central Valley, but opponents warn the project could harm rivers, fish and sacred sites. -
The rules would hold pollution magnets like warehouses, ports and railyards accountable for the trucks and ships they attract.
