Tractors and trucks from across the region rumbled through Klamath Falls Friday on their way to the "Shut Down and Fed Up" rally where speakers called for a revamping of the way water is allocated.
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Oregon officials disclosed Friday that a Hood River County pear-packing company is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak connected to the agriculture industry.
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A grizzly bear has mauled a mountain biker on a trail near the Spanish Peaks Mountain Club in southern Montana, causing severe injuries to his face and neck.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday the state will provide $30 million to help protect essential agricultural workers and maintain food supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tractors and trucks from across the region rumbled through Klamath Falls Friday on their way to the "Shut Down and Fed Up" rally where speakers called for a revamping of the way water is allocated.
The prospect of negotiating against his neighbors didn’t appeal to Larry George as he began scaling up his hazelnut packing operation.
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Oregon’s solicitor general argues in a brief to the state Supreme Court that the Legislature did not intend to limit the duration of an emergency declared by the governor.
The Oregon Department of Forestry will enter wildfire season beginning June 1 in Central Oregon, 10 days earlier than last year.
Onion farmers in the southwest Idaho-southeast Oregon growing region expected federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments to be higher.
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State officials have confirmed that a fruit company with two Portland area facilities is the site of the large coronavirus outbreak referenced by state health officials Wednesday that infected…
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union can immediately appeal a jury verdict that it was liable for damages and must pay millions of dollars to for…
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden will be among a long list of attendees at the "Shut Down and Fed Up" tractor rally in Midland on Friday, according spokesperson Molly Jenkins.
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Oregon has to prepare for a possible second spike of COVID-19 in the fall, fight wildfires while not spreading the infection to crews, and do it with budgets slashed by the state’s dire financ…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two additional churches are suing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, saying her social gathering restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic violate their constitutional right …
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County said Wednesday that it hopes to begin reopening in about two weeks, but a mysterious coronavirus outbreak could hinder those plans.
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Two Oregon farms are countersuing the former NORPAC cooperative for refusing to pay for 2019 crops after repeatedly assuring farmers they’d be reimbursed despite the processor’s bankruptcy.
Gov. Kate Brown has ordered that approximately 1 million masks and 5,000 gallons of hand sanitizer be distributed to farmworkers and agricultural producers across Oregon this week.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers claims environmentalists cannot compel a federal judge to “censor” the agency’s recommendations to Congress for allocating Willamette reservoir water.
The U.S. Forest Service is considering whether to amend a 25-year-old rule that prohibits logging older, larger trees across six national forests in Central and Eastern Oregon.
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Baker County Circuit Judge Matt Shirtcliff is standing by his May 18 opinion that Oregon Gov. Kate Brown exceeded her legal authority in issuing executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court is giving a rural judge until Tuesday to toss out his ruling that found the governor's coronavirus restrictions are invalid.
Willamette Valley Vineyards, one of Oregon's most popular wine destinations, reopened its Marion County winery Friday after Gov. Kate Brown eased her shutdown order.
The Farwest Show, the biggest nursery and green industry wholesale show in the West, is canceled because of COVID-19.
Now in their fifth year, Rochelle and Peter Koch of Whole Circle Farms in Silverton, Ore., are among the Willamette Valley’s hemp farming pioneers.
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SALEM (AP) — The Office of the State Fire Marshal’s temporary rules change allowing Oregon gas retailers to provide self-service on a voluntary basis ends at midnight, May 23.
March potato exports fell by double-digit percentages from a year ago because of coronavirus impacts, Potatoes USA said.
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Klamath farmers are planning a rally and tractor convoy May 29 to raise awareness of the ongoing water crisis. The planned two-hour convoy will start at 10 a.m., winding through the extensive …
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon faces an 11% drop in revenue from the previous biennium as the coronavirus pandemic triggered a shutdown order and a consequent drop in tax payments, state economists…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — Reversing course again in a 30-year-old battle over protection of a weasel-like mammal that eats porcupines, the U.S. government is declaring the Pacific fisher endangered in…
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A former state senator swept to a surprise victory in the GOP primary for Oregon's lone Republican congressional seat.
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SALEM (AP) — Restaurants, bars, salons, gyms and other businesses in Marion and Polk counties have been approved to reopen starting Friday with strict safety measures meant to halt the spread …
Amalgamated Sugar Co. recently shifted part of its operation from making the sweet stuff to making cloth COVID-19 masks that went to a Boise homeless shelter.
Andrew Altishin, who manages the Oregon Seed Certification Service at Oregon State University, said several experimental hemp varieties are now awaiting approval from the national Association …
The former NORPAC cooperative has filed a complaint alleging that a seed supplier lacks collateral for a $1.8 million bankruptcy claim against the defunct processor.
A portion of Oregon's federal COVID-19 relief may go toward reimbursing farms to comply with more stringent worker protections heading into the busy summer harvest season.
West Coast sweet cherry crops appear light this year, with California halfway through harvest and Washington about to start.
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A little over a year after Vietnam began accepting fresh blueberries from the U.S., the Philippines has followed suit.
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Oregon, Washington and 17 other states can sue the Trump administration over revisions to the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Farmers can start applying for $16 billion in agricultural aid on May 26, said Agriculture Secretary Sony Perdue during a Monday night virtual "rural town hall."
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has fined Roseburg Forest Products $22,800 for multiple air quality violations stemming from incidents last year at the company's plywood manufac…
In the West and across the U.S., mass distribution of food boxes began Monday and will continue in approximately six-week segments through December.
An unusually dry winter and early spring has given way to weeks of badly needed rain in the Willamette Basin, which is helping to fill reservoirs for the region's farms and fish.
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The Oregon Supreme Court on May 22 will hear arguments on whether Gov. Kate Brown's stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were legal.
An Oregon ranch is accused of starting a wildfire that burned 12,700 acres owned by a timber company that’s now seeking $15 million in damages.
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The Oregon Supreme Court Monday evening issued a stay blocking a decision earlier in the day by Baker County Circuit Judge Matt Shirtcliff that temporarily stopped the state from enforcing Gov…
SALEM — The Oregon State Police would make the “heartbreaking” decision to lay off almost 200 personnel and close nine field offices under a proposal submitted to Gov. Kate Brown.
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Snow fell in the upper elevations of the Sierra Nevada on Monday and rain and wind affected other parts of California.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A hair salon in Salem will be fined $14,000 after reopening against Gov. Kate Brown’s executive orders meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
An Oregon land use board has reversed a county zoning decision that allowed a 108-acre farm and forest property to be split into smaller parcels.
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Construction of a new pipeline delivering mitigated water supplies from the Columbia River to thousands of acres of farmland near Boardman is now complete, and two more pipelines are in the wo…
COVID-19 has forced health care into cyberspace, and some rural providers say the shift could be a post-pandemic "silver lining."
Oregon's dental care crisis is an often-overlooked consequence of COVID-19 shutdowns.
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The odds slightly favor a La Nina forming next winter, enhancing the chances of a good Northwest snowpack, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association said Thursday.
Oregon Wheat Commission board members this week approved a $5.85 million budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
SALEM — The Oregon Legislature is preparing to meet as early as next month at the Capitol to deal with an estimated $3 billion gap in the state budget due to the financial fallout of the coron…