Courtney Sherwood

East Coast energy company announces geothermal plans for Oregon, Washington Weyerhaeuser lands

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s office told OPB Friday that hackers had gained access to an Oregon water district’s core operating technology. Officials would not identify which water district was targeted.

Gold mining company sues to re-route portion of $1.5B Oregon transmission line

Officials on Saturday said they have retrieved the remains of the final victims of Tuesday’s deadly Longview paper mill chemical tank rupture, clearing the way for a more intensive investigation.

Recovery efforts are continuing at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co., where a tank holding hundreds of thousands of gallons of a caustic chemical ruptured.

Emergency responders announced late Tuesday that they’d suspended operations at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company due in part to the tank’s structural instability.

The effort to build an ICE detention center was put on hold after community members raised concerns – and then sued to keep a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter in Newport, which court filings show was moved in the midst of ICE’s construction efforts.

The decision means work could start as soon as this year, and the bridge will cost less than if the Guard had required more clearance for ships.

An Oregon company is blaming President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill for more than 100 layoff notices it’s sending to staff Christmas week.

The Oregon Department of Transportation says it’s closing I-205’s Abernethy Bridge from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday to Saturday and then again Saturday into Sunday to install a massive road sign above the freeway.