During my time at the Astorian, starting the last week in July, I have covered the environment, restoration efforts, hatcheries, K-12, South County and public safety. This is a collection […] ...

Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic advertising line, “What’s in your wallet?”, resonates as Santa Claus closes in on what’s left in its fold. But so does another line this holiday season. “What’s in your ...

SALEM, Ore. (CN) — The medical professionals who prescribed and provided drugs to a patient who then abused those drugs and fatally struck a cyclist with her car may be held liable for negligence, the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two species of Chinook salmon will not be added to the federal endangered species list. In a report published Dec. 8, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National ...

A group of environmental nonprofits filed a petition in 2022 to protect the spring-run Chinook along the Oregon Coast and part of Northern California. Jeff Miller from the Center for Biological ...

Federal wildlife officials decided Dec. 4 not to list Oregon Coast Chinook salmon as threatened or endangered, ending multiple requests from conservation groups to give extra protections to the iconic ...

A Chinook salmon jumps out of the water on the fish ladder at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 in Sacramento. Hector Amezcua [email protected] Federal fisheries officials on Monday ...

SALEM — The Oregon Department of Transportation announced on Dec. 9 that daily commercial bus service along Interstate 84 through Eastern Oregon, which ended in mid-January 2025, will return for at ...

NEWPORT Ore. (KPTV) - The commercial Dungeness crab season will open from Cape Falcon to the California border on Dec. 16, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announced Friday.

Monday is reservation day for those wanting to have their 2026 wedding in one of Portland’s 200 parks. A 5-year-old boy from Mt. Angel has made a full recovery after nearly drowning in his family’s ...

SUNOL – For the first time in 70 years, adult Chinook salmon have been spotted swimming the 86 vertical feet needed to return to Alameda Creek in lower Niles Canyon – and it could be a turning point ...

Man accused of trying to kidnap child from stroller at Walmart in Cornelius A Washington County man is facing multiple charges after investigators say he tried to kidnap a child at a Walmart in ...