The Oregon Health Authority anticipates a potentially severe season for illnesses, including influenza, RSV and COVID-19.

Throughout 2025, more than 50 local artists made small circular pieces of art that fit into the empty coin vaults of downtown Eugene parking meters. Now the art will be displayed at The Oblivion Gallery.

A new study says early Americans, the Clovis, almost exclusively ate large megafauna like mammoths and giant sloths. That counters an argument by other researches that suggests people ate animals of varying sizes as well as plants, birds and fish.

Portlanders have consistently shown up for women’s sports and helped create the world of women’s sports we know today.

The poll shows Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan with a slim lead over Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek, though it was within the survey’s margin of error.

Oregon applicants to the “U visa” program mostly got their applications certified by law enforcement — unless they were in the state's most racially diverse county.

While the city of Milwaukie struck a settlement, Hunter Newton and his family sued Clackamas County on Friday.

Law enforcement officers accidentally shot a Portland police K-9 during last week’s incident.

Columbia Memorial Hospital is set to receive the funding that had been in limbo since the Trump administration suspended a FEMA grant program last year.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies did not cooperate with immigration agents during a drug investigation in Southern Oregon last week.

A data center proposed on 100 acres of BLM land near Hermiston would be the first on federal public land in Oregon and one of a dozen proposed in six Western states.

Secretary of State Steve Hobbs has incorporated tabletop gaming into various aspects of his office, and has led tabletop trade missions to Japan and Germany to showcase Washington-based game creators and related businesses.

As members of the Modoc Nation have returned to the region and expanded their footprint there, response from the community has been mixed.

Growing kalo feeds families while helping them learn Hawaiian words and cultural practices around the native plant.

The agreement approved by the Washington Federation of State Employees allows for more wage talks next summer. It is ‘the best we could get,’ the union president said.

Head of Blazers business operations Dewayne Hankins fielded questions about the arena during Monday’s media day previewing the October start of the NBA season.

The 52nd House District seat is one of the only truly competitive and unpredictable ones in the state, and both candidates are straining to show the district’s voters that they have something to say about data centers.

Oregon’s seven public universities reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the classified workers' union just before the union was set to strike.

Local races in Portland’s suburbs are animated by some of the key political issues sweeping the nation.

University of Oregon researchers have a new study that says the mobile crisis counseling service CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets — diverted far more calls from the Eugene Police Department than first thought.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joined Coos County Clerk Julie Brecke at a town hall meeting in North Bend Thursday, where they urged voters to use ballot drop boxes for the November election and announced a new drop box expected to open in Charleston in October.

Economic activity from the World Cup resulted in $889 million for Seattle and King County, according to a new report from Visit Seattle, a nonprofit that promotes the city and county.

Two Airo trainsets will starting running four times a day on the Amtrak Cascades beginning Wednesday. They include improved seats, larger tray tables, accessible bathrooms and power outlets at each seat.

Stephens apologized and expressed empathy for Moore and his family in a statement issued by the Trojans.

Preston Judd scored two goals, Eduard Löwen added a goal and an assist, and the San Jose Earthquakes beat the Portland Timbers 3-1 on Saturday night to extend their unbeaten streak to six games.

Braden Atkinson threw three touchdown passes and AJ Newberry ran for 111 yards and a score to help Oregon State beat UTEP 33-7 on Saturday night.

Dylan Raiola passed for 289 yards and two touchdowns after star Oregon quarterback Dante Moore’s frightening injury, leading the 20th-ranked Ducks to a stirring 41-27 victory over No. 12 Southern California on Saturday night.

University of Washington researchers found that coyote density in Seattle was nine times higher than in the wild.

A new forecast projects the high-earner income tax will bring in $800 million more in 2029 than a prior estimate. Voters could repeal it first.

Idaho has detected 77% fewer young quagga mussels than it did last year. They attribute that to aggressive monitoring and treatment strategies.

From free-roaming llamas to hayrides and corn mazes, pumpkin patch season has become a rite of passage for parents and young children to celebrate the end of summer.

The state’s reborn WNBA team had a losing record of 17-27, but players still won the state over with their personality and grit.

The Southeast Portland brick-and-mortar opening this weekend centers Indigenous storytelling in a family-friendly space.

State officials worry that consumers who buy their own health insurance could end up with misleading policies that stick them with big medical bills.

The providers say the Oregon Health Authority is overstepping its authority in making them prioritize patients discharged from the Oregon State Hospital, but the state argues the requirement is needed to help it satisfy court orders.

Political analysts predict that fundraising and national environment will sway voters to keep incumbents in their seats.

The former semiconductor manufacturing facility that raised concerns about a possible data center in Eugene is for sale.

More than four years since it became the very first Starbucks in Oregon to join a union, Eugene’s store at 2830 Willamette St. is among several hundred shutting down this week.

September 25 is the National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims. The Klamath Tribes used the occasion to bring attention to murdered and missing indigenous people.

More than two years of construction and $131 million later, a historic building on the Washington state Capitol campus is reopening. 

Two years after Portland's first ranked choice election, half of the council seats are back on the ballot. This time, candidates have a recent election to study – but they still can’t be sure what the lessons are.

The Portland Business Journal’s gubernatorial forum marked the first — and only — scheduled appearance in Portland.

Starting next summer, homeless seniors will have a new tiny home village to move into, under the management of the Gospel Rescue Mission, a Christian nonprofit.

Portland police reported just before 2:30 Thursday afternoon a “critical incident” at Southeast 97th Avenue and Stark Street, but did not release further details.

Friday’s celebration includes Dolly-themed events around the city and a statewide giving day for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which mails free books to more than 80,000 Oregon kids.

The state’s youngest voters also see their ballots rejected most often. This experience can discourage voters from casting ballots in subsequent elections.

A new three-year research effort will examine what it will take to reestablish sea otters along the Oregon Coast. The scientific project, led by aquariums in Newport and Seattle and two conservation organizations, coincides with Sea Otter Awareness Week.

A group of Indigenous teens and young adults train to climb to Camp Muir on Mount Tahoma, also known as Mount Rainier. Their ascent takes them more than 4,600 feet up, through dense fog, breathtaking beauty, and tent-snapping winds.

The latest Oregon state test results are out Thursday and proficiency rates for Oregon students are slowly improving in English Language Arts and math.

The decision comes as the state ended a lengthy legal battle with a conservative legal advocacy group that had sued on behalf of a Christian mother from Malheur County.