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A geothermal developer has secured more than $135 million to reach new depths and advance superhot rock development in Central Oregon’s Newberry Volcano.

The state’s Employment Relations Board is considering whether members of Oregon State University’s women’s basketball team are school employees with the power to unionize.

On average, more than 3 calls a day are made to 911 that report someone who may be trying to end their life at a Portland bridge.

The Trump administration is seeking to fast-track logging in forests recently burned by wildfires in a policy shift that’s starting with Central Oregon.

Washington County Commission Chair Kathryn Harrington announced her resignation Monday, nearly a week after she flipped off a colleague, prompting widespread calls for her to step down.

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Nearly 7 million birds flew across Washington state Thursday night, with even more expected over the weekend, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros.

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Voters in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, which stretches from the Roseburg area and the coast to Eugene, may feel like they’re experiencing deja vu.

Oregon has one of the largest gaps in the country between its highway and bridge maintenance needs and what it spends on addressing them, according to a national study.

In Europe, dogs have been used for centuries for their keen sense of smell to locate prized black and white truffles, which can fetch hundreds or thousands of dollars a pound depending on their variety.

In 2024, two civic organizations began partnering on a yearly survey to gauge how residents in Portland felt about some important elements that contribute to quality of life in a city.

The Trump administration recently announced that it will not impose tariffs on as much as 660 million pounds of ground beef coming into the U.S.

World leaders are gathering at the United Nations headquarters in New York this week “in an era of deep uncertainty,” says U.N.

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties, splitting constituencies and forging unexpected alliances.

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Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing President Trump jointly for violating their constitutional rights after his administration cut off their journalists’ access to the…

Frederick Law Olmsted, best known for designing Central Park in New York City and Prospect Park in Brooklyn, is regarded as the pioneer of modern landscape architecture.

The idea was simple.

Both major candidates for Oregon’s governorship were in Pendleton for the storied Round-Up — but that doesn’t mean they were ready to jump in the saddle.

The developer of Grants Pass’ new homeless shelter and a neighboring service provider are ending their working relationship, raising questions about the shelter’s future.

In the middle of a grassy meadow at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in Southeast Portland, a small group gathers excitedly around two unassuming cardboard boxes.

Portland may not be known as a hub of hip-hop on par with New York or Los Angeles, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a hotbed for sonic experimentation and incredible talent for decades.

Nneka Ogwumike had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Portland Fire 105-84 on Sunday night.

A federal immigration agent shot and wounded a man on Sunday in Austin, Texas, authorities said.

A new lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he plans to stay in office after his party’s losses in two state elections on Sunday, and again doubled down on the government’s plans for potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy.

Ed Sheeran opened a solo concert Saturday with comments about Gaza after controversy swirled around his tour and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity with opener Macklemore, who was dropped after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.

President Trump has revealed plans to make his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, D.C. serve as a “military complex”, including areas for military snipers and large amounts of weaponry.

A few years ago, when Stacia Bourne and her husband would talk about having a second child, the conversation often turned to money.

Anneliese Kellogg was setting up their music classroom at Midland Elementary School, just south of Tacoma, in late August.

Sign up for alerts on breaking news and exclusive reporting from NPR Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corp. must turn over hundreds of documents that could shed light on how he and a key corporate director — the former head of Ford Motor Co. — handled major scandals…

Saudi Arabia on Saturday confirmed that Yemen’s Houthi rebels tried to attack its capital with a ballistic missile, the first targeting of Riyadh since the escalation in fighting with the Tehran-backed rebels that has opened a new front in the Iran war.

Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections.

Braden Atkinson threw five touchdown passes and ran for another score, tying the Oregon State record for total touchdowns in a game, Oregon State beat Montana 52-17 on Saturday night.

Alexey Miranchuk scored in the first half and Lucas Hoyos made it stand up for Atlanta United in a 1-0 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night.

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Traffic whizzes by a patch of grass crowded with election campaign signs along a busy stretch of Highway 503 in the Southwest Washington city of Battle Ground.

A date that Pacific Northwest train riders and advocates have long awaited is finally nigh.

Reigning National Women’s Soccer League MVP Sophia Smith scored in the 22nd minute and the defending champion Portland Thorns opened the season with a 4-0 victory at home over the Orlando Pride on Sunday.

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Dante Moore threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns and No. 21 Oregon followed a stunning upset at Oklahoma State last weekend with an 84-0 romp over Portland State on Friday night.

Kaitlyn Chen scored 17 points off the bench with a career-high five 3-pointers, Laeticia Amihere also scored 17, and the Golden State Valkyries returned from the break for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup to beat the Portland Fire 82-66 on Friday nig…

The United States and China are locked in a cycle of fierce competition and mistrust over artificial intelligence, and experts say the chances that President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping can change the dynamic when they meet in Washington next Thur…

President Trump announced Friday he has a deal with Denmark to bolster the U.S. military presence in Greenland after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally — an agreement that also keeps the Arctic territory in Denmark’s hand…

Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains.

Julia Ike-Andrews sits on a blanket surrounded by tipis, arranging the hair ties, necklaces and animal skins laid out in front of her.

When people think of a psychic, they may think of someone in a dark room with a crystal ball.

MusicOregon recently embarked on a statewide listening tour to hear from musicians, venue owners and others in the industry.