The Trump administration is seeking to fast-track logging in forests recently burned by wildfires in a policy shift that’s starting with Central Oregon.

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

Northern spotted owls have been on the endangered list since the 1990s. Researchers say that’s due to habitat loss from logging and invasive barred owls outcompeting them for prey and space.

While most firefighters make $25 an hour on the fire line, Oregon’s incarcerated firefighters earn $25 a day. During a 12-hour day, that amounts to about $2 an hour. They can also earn a monthly award based on their performance.

Oregon is one of seven states that uses prison labor to fight wildfires. Incarcerated firefighters make significantly less money than other firefighters but face the same safety risks. Still, it's amo...

With wildfire season in full swing, the town of Mosier held a public meeting to explore whether the Indigenous practice of prescribed burning is right for their community.

A longtime ranching family in north-central Oregon risks it all for their cattle as a wildfire heads toward them.

People on the Warm Springs Reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened as more than 1 million acres in Oregon have been consumed by wildfires.

The Bench Fire is one of several burning through Central Oregon, as hot and dry conditions continue to challenge fire crews.

Under an unstable grid, diesel pollution could threaten communities with large clusters of data centers.

More than 1,000 people in Oregon have been ordered to evacuate their homes this week

Women inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.

The proposal could bring drastic changes to 5 million acres of forests and grasslands in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington.

The roadless rule has long prevented new road construction in certain forests, including 4 million acres in Oregon and Washington.

The federal government planned to log forests in Southern Oregon that included large, old trees. A federal judge ruled that those plans broke environmental laws.

President Donald Trump is invoking an obscure law that allows the military to pollute waterways.

Wildlife Services, a program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture, accidentally killed two protected Oregon wolves last summer. Wildlife conservation groups are skeptical it was a mistake.

A U.S. District Court judge found that President Trump's executive ordering the defunding of NPR and PBS violated the First Amendment.

Indoor climbing community reacts to announcement, rallies to find solutions to save the 21-year-old space; GoFundMe could help it reopen

A small part of Oregon’s new statewide recycling system is on hold, after a judge issued an injunction in response to a lawsuit filed by product distributors.

The 17-acre public park in outer southeast Portland is part of a coalition that provides environmental education to Black and brown children and teenagers.

Local officials are also looking toward a number of bureaucratic sanctions within their control to limit ICE’s actions against protesters.

Officials in The Dalles issued a public statement criticizing an OPB investigation into data centers, Google and water. Here are the facts underpinning that story, and why OPB stands by this reporting.

Officials in The Dalles issued a public statement criticizing an OPB investigation into data centers, Google and water. Here are the facts underpinning that story, and why OPB stands by this reporting...

The Dalles, a rural city in north-central Oregon, wants to expand its reservoir in the Mount Hood National Forest so it can store more water. While city officials say the water is needed for a growing...

Tim Knopp, a former state senator from Bend, will join Kotek’s administration.

About 4,800 members of the public had their personal information exposed after a cyberattack on the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s servers — but nine months after that, the agency has ye...

Oregon state Rep. Ricki Ruiz said three people were detained in his district after ICE agents posed as utility workers.

Two people were shot Thursday by federal officers operating in East Portland, according to the Portland Police Bureau. The victims were transported to a local hospital. It was not immediately clear th...

RCFP is supporting journalist April Fonseca’s lawsuit against the city of Medford, Oregon.