The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top ...

Oregon's transportation agency received $33 million from the federal government to build the first overpass crossing for ...

Rescue workers look on as a cage is lifted from an abandoned gold shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, on Thursday. They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal.

Among them: how to recover from losing the White House and the Senate, in an election that saw Democrats lose ground across nearly every demographic group; who will lead its national party ...

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop. Who could forget John F. Kennedy’s “Ask ...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, faced senators Friday at a confirmation hearing and promised ...

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Acts at the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential library in Austin, Texas, on July 29, 2024. Brendan ...

From international students to asylum seekers, the new administration’s plans could affect tens of thousands of people in the state Editor’s note: As President Donald Trump takes office, OPB ...

Mayor Keith Wilson and Portland’s City Council argue they don’t have enough staff to fulfill the policymaking and public engagement demands that voters expect of them. Portland City Council ...

From Rachel Smolkin, OPB president and CEO: Since joining OPB in September, I’ve been able to meet many wonderful people in communities we serve, and I look forward to making more connections ...

Steven T. Webb took on the superintendent role after the St. Helens School District was rocked by a sexual abuse scandal involving several educators and administrators. The acting superintendent ...

Farmworker advocates say the rules don’t address all of their concerns, while farmers say they can’t afford the changes. Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division, or Oregon OSHA, is ...