Gov. Tina Kotek tapped LaVonne Griffin-Valade, a longtime government auditor in the Portland area, to become Oregon’s next secretary of state, an appointment that marks the end of a tumultuous chapter for the office following the resignation of Secretary of State Shemia Fagan in early May amid a moo
As the region barrels toward a 90 plus degree Independence Day, a local state forestry official said that five wildfires of note have already burned in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protective Association (NWOFPA) region.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office is urging people to be on the lookout for 5-year-old Salix Heisinger, last seen Tuesday at about 6:20 p.m. near Manning.
Timber Road, closed since March 6 thanks to a portion of the road between Glenwood and Timber crumbling due to a slow-moving landslide, may not see construction begin on a fix for two more years.
Oregonians may soon have the right to pump gas into their vehicles on their own throughout the state, under a bill that cleared the Legislature on Wednesday with approval in the Senate.
A log truck suffered a mechanical issue—the rear log trailer appears to have come off—and ended up partially depositing a pile of logs into the roadway on Sunset Avenue at the Main Street intersection in Banks.
The Salmonberry Trail Foundation is hosting another trail cleanup near Manning Wednesday, June 21. The event will cap a project to clear 7.2 miles of track between Banks and Buxton.
A truck driver was handed a $20,256 fine Thursday morning at the scales on Highway 26 near the Highway 6 junction east of Banks for an unpermitted heavy load.
The personal information of 3.5 million Oregonians with driver’s licenses and state identification cards could be affected by an international data breach.
