The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 12 penalties in June, totaling $756,921. They included a construction company filling in a stream and wetland without the required stormwater ...

The Oregon Youth Authority is doubling its staff in the office that investigates youth complaints and reports of abuse after receiving $2.2 million.

A housing needs analysis and a statewide housing production mandate led Salem to craft 17 strategies to reach its goal of adding 1,170 units per year.

A U.S. District Court judge in Portland order the man who had been living in Newport to be immediately released from a Tacoma detention center.