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Drug treatment in Oregon still hitting a bottleneck at inpatient care

Amid a mounting crisis of substance use and overdoses in Oregon, millions more dollars every year are now flowing toward programs meant to...

Providence nurses score raises up to 26% and other big wins in tentative contract deal

Nurses from Providence Portland Medical Center and Providence Seaside Hospital reached a tentative agreement nearly two months after they went on a five-day strike. ...

Can the Pac-12 survive? Conference faces murky future after Colorado bolts for Big 12

Can the Pac-12 stop bleeding membership? And if not, does it trigger conferences beyond the Big 12 to target Pac-12 schools? BOULDER, Colo. —...

Oregon legislature passes bills feverishly as end of session looms

Oregon lawmakers are rushing to approve hundreds of bills and a budget for the next two years before the legislative session ends on Sunday. ...

Pier 39 closed in Astoria after fire causes 'significant' damage

The pier will remain closed until a city building official can determine its structural stability. An Astoria fire official said it will need to be...

City of Portland phone lines restored after outage

311 and the city's main contact number both temporarily stopped working Friday morning. The city said 911 was still working during the outage.

'I went into mama mode': Portland custodian saves elementary school student from choking

Eloise Williams was helping out in the cafeteria, like she does each day at lunch, when she saw a child choking; she ran to help...

Family, friends, tribal leaders and politicians remember Grand Ronde tribal leader Kathryn Harrison

Kathryn Harrison was remembered for being caring and persistent, as she fought for years to restore federal rights for Oregon tribes.

Truck driver indicted on manslaughter charges after deadly Oregon crash that killed 7 farmworkers

A grand jury indicted Lincoln Smith on 12 counts, including seven charges of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving under the influence of intoxicants. PORTLAND,...

Hundreds of bills at risk as Oregon Senate Republican walkout stretches on

Yet to hit the Senate floor is a bill intended to overhaul Oregon's suffering public defender system. A severe shortage of public defenders, exacerbated...

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