SALEM — Following recent reports of a public official using his official office to solicit a campaign contribution, Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, submitted legislation Monday seeking to make it explicitly clear that public offices may ...MORE

ELGIN — Chuck Long, of Summerville, knew what to expect when he competed at the Blue Mountain Forklift Round-Up in Pendleton in June. What he did not expect was the email he received a short ...MORE

Oregon violated its own Endangered Species Act and failed to follow its rules when it removed gray wolves from the endangered list late last year, conservation groups argue in a lawsuit. The filing last week ...MORE

Howard Cantrell vividly remembers when snagging a salmon with his bare hands in Five Points Creek was simpler than casting a fishing line. Six decades ago, Cantrell, 69, was a child visiting his grandparents’ ranch ...MORE

Along with the new and returning students at Eastern Oregon University, there’s a wave of fresh faces in the faculty department for the fall term. A total of 30 new faculty, staff and administrators were ...MORE

Digital camera technology is helping the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife keep cougars out of La Grande. It did last weekend. La Grande ODFW staff members, acting in part on photographic evidence of the ...MORE

PORTLAND — Thousands of community college students will start fall classes this week through the Oregon Promise — a program designed to make school more affordable. But the costs of attending school won’t necessarily be ...MORE