Ryan Haas

Salem police detectives sued over biased investigation into Jesse Johnson

Oregon Senate Bill 1007 would have made it easier for wrongfully convicted people in the state to seek compensation for their years incarcerated, but failed to pass this year.

“Portland has not requested and does not require the intervention of the National Guard,” Mayor Keith Wilson said in the statement Sunday.

Port of Portland revokes equity policy over federal funding concerns

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.

Since passing a law to pay exonerees for wrongful convictions in 2022, Oregon has paid less than five people who have applied for the money. Lawmakers now want changes to the law.

The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have their first fresh look at nitrate levels in the region, and it’s concerning.

Speaking to reporters Monday, President Trump justified his decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters by claiming that prosecutors took a lighter touch with activists aligned with racial justice protests in 2020.

The Ashland Daily Tidings, a newspaper in Southern Oregon, shut down in 2023 after nearly 150 years in business. So…why are new articles being posted on its former website nearly every day? Who’s putting them there? And how does artificial intelligence fit in?

The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelligence.