Local
Oregon Senate follows House in voting to end farm overtime exemption
SALEM — The Oregon Senate has approved a bill passed March 1 by the House to end the…
Local
Bentz up to three challengers for reelection bid
A retired U.S. Army colonel from Douglas County, a conservative activist who switched from a race in Arizona…
Coronavirus
Mask mandate now to be lifted March 11
SALEM — Oregon will drop its indoor mask mandate on March 11, more than a week earlier than…
State
Nurses would get more support under Oregon legislative plan
SALEM — In a rare show of vigorous bipartisanship, the Oregon House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill…
State
Oregon legislators scrap petroleum diesel fuel phase-out
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers have scrapped a proposal to phase out petroleum diesel and have instead moved ahead…
Local
State mask mandate to be dropped March 19
SALEM — Oregon will drop its indoor mask mandate on March 19 and end the two-year COVID-19 state…
Local
Nonprofit secures funding to create regenerative ranching program
PORTLAND — A Portland-based conservation group is forming what it says will be the country’s largest program to…
State
How will USDA’s $1 billion investment impact cattle producers?
After college, Patrick Robinette managed a feedlot in Nebraska for five years. When his father-in-law fell ill, he…
State
Oregon Supreme Court says no to Nick Kristof’s governor candidacy
SALEM — The Oregon Supreme Court says Nick Kristof, the former New York Times columnist who quit his…
Local
Ranchers on wolf ruling: ‘We’re hung out to dry’
SALEM — A federal judge’s decision to renew endangered species protections for some gray wolves in the Lower…
