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Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. is seeking to dismiss one of the first lawsuits filed by the family members of employees killed in a chemical spill at the company’s paper mill in Longview, Washington, this spring.

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Oregon’s race for governor is still extremely tight, but new polling suggests momentum may be in Democrats’ favor.

Two environmental groups are casting doubts over the financial management of the company behind a massive renewable diesel refinery proposal along the Columbia River.

Aiming to make up for lost revenue from federal benefit cuts, a coalition of powerful Oregon advocacy groups announced Thursday that it will launch a signature-gathering campaign for the November 2028 election to approve a wealth tax on some of the state’s

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More often than not located in a dark basement, walls hidden behind a massive collage of musical ephemera dating back a few decades, young adults sorting records and CDs: It’s the local college radio station!

Quarterback Dante Moore returned to practice with No. 13 Oregon this week but he remains in the concussion protocol and won’t play on Saturday when the Ducks host UCLA.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, stepping up its protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent revelation of a supposedly secret transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to So…

NEW YORK — U.S. authorities added new torture charges Thursday to their case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, ramping up pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking allegations.

Eugene voters will decide this November whether to impose a new climate fee on some large retailers.

President Donald Trump’s administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he wants to develop one of his Florida golf courses into a presidential retreat where his successors can spend quiet weekends on the greens, describing it as “sort of a Camp David ” that he…

An area of towering rock spires in southeastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks is poised to become the nation’s newest national park.

MADRID — María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her longtime Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.

President Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former U.S.

The Davidson County Chancery Court in Nashville ordered Tennessee prison officials to preserve all evidence in connection with last week’s botched lethal injection of Christa Pike, including log books, medical waste and all messages sent or received by of…

New Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon told season ticket holders that he intends to bring a championship to Portland.

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Early next year, Portland residents may begin seeing and hearing fleets of drones carrying Amazon packages bound for delivery in as fast as half an hour.

With both education and arts funding facing cuts across the country, it’s not an easy time to be a school music teacher.

Environmental advocates are seeking volunteers to help collect research on how Oregon’s roads are impacting wildlife.

The voter-passed Portland Clean Energy Fund, or PCEF, has been awarding grants for about five years.

This story discusses sexual assault.

Oregon’s leading candidates for governor sparred over the state’s most serious challenges Wednesday, in a wide-ranging debate that offered few fireworks but plenty of policy focus.

A sharp rise in immigration arrests in broad daylight across the Portland metropolitan area is sparking fears among advocates that another federal operation could be underway.

After Christa Pike survived Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her, the unsettled question of whether the state will try again could push Tennessee into uncharted legal territory, experts say.

At a time when the leaders of some of Oregon’s largest school districts are grappling with school closures, opponents of the closure plans have been raising alarms on social media about connections between local school leaders and a national leadership or…

BERLIN (AP) — A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service who is charged with passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Isaias formed Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters predicted it will quickly strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before striking the U.S.

Terry Dotson is relentless when it comes to advocating for the Battle Ground Public Schools.

Portland’s got a reputation for food — the New York Times has called the city “the dining capital of the Pacific Northwest.”

FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the AK-47 he planned to use, authorities said Wednesday.

The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

The Oregon Department of Transportation announced Wednesday afternoon that a construction project that closed Interstate 5 southbound through Portland’s Rose Quarter would wrap early.

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Longtime Oregon Ducks men’s basketball coach Dana Altman is retiring effective immediately, the school announced on Wednesday.

The Air Force has approved Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls to host a squadron of F-35A Lightning II aircraft, giving the Oregon Air National Guard base a new training mission.

A building that’s been vacant for almost a decade and a half in downtown Eugene will be torn down over the next few months.

Oregon’s drought conditions improved slightly last month, though the majority of the state remains dry.

Carrie Goldstein’s dream for a new home started with a family reunion at her cousin’s home in Milwaukee.

When you think of professional wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, also known as WWE, may come to mind.

When Veronica Spears read the letter, she began to shake.

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Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she has now.

WASHINGTON — A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million, according to cou…

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TEL AVIV, Israel — As Israel marks three years since Hamas launched its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, Israelis are reeling from new revelations in Israeli and U.S. media that the country had been repeatedly warned by its regional allies that Hamas was planning…