The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.

Gregory Gourdet, a chef whose parents immigrated from Haiti to Queens, New York, in the 1960s, started out with a two-day pop-up in the summer of 2020, when Portland was locked down from COVID and embroiled in Black Lives Matter protests.

Protecting your mental health is tough amid anti-LGBTQ+ attacks, but here's some advice on how to stay safe during the next four years.

A stretch of land in southern Oregon with historical significance, including the likely location of a treaty signing and near the site of a massacre, is returning to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.

Nada Wolff Culver, BLM’s former principal deputy director and one of the architects of the signature Biden administration regulation, said she fears this signals the new administration is moving to dismantle the rule that seeks to balance conservation with energy development, livestock grazing, recreation and other uses of BLM rangelands.

Convicted eco saboteur Joseph Dibee is contesting the $82,497 in restitution he was ordered to pay for a fire set at a wild horse corral in California owned by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management ...

Desmond Boris Washington, 39, whose rap moniker is i5dap, was indicted on an attempted second-degree murder charge in the Dec. 8 shooting inside City Nights club in Eugene. Two people were wounded in the shooting.

One of the many fortunes of being retired is having more time and capacity for volunteering. My ideal volunteer opportunities combine three things: A cause that benefits this Central Oregon

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With a $40 million gap between union demands and the city’s offers, Portland is bracing for a possible strike as negotiations remain unresolved.

A new exhibit in downtown Portland a new exhibit brings the past into the present, focusing on three generations of artists from the same family.

The city is required by federal law to build the treatment plant by 2027, but nearby residents have succeeded in appealing the county's approval of the project.