A fourth jury in Portland, Oregon has awarded approximately $50 million in compensation to 7 individual wildfire survivors, ...

After last year’s historic and expensive wildfire season, lawmakers need to figure out a better way to pay for the state’s ...

A jury awarded another batch of wildfire survivors $50 million in the latest “mini trial” against PacifiCorp for its role in the 2020 Labor Day fires.

The damages are based on a June 2023 jury finding that the Berkshire Hathaway utility was grossly negligent and reckless in ...

The vacant Blue Heron paper mill in Oregon City is now just a pile of rubble, still smoldering more than a week after a three ...

Choir teacher Eric Stearns faces 18 charges of sexual abuse. He was put on leave after his first arrest in November, but had not been officially fired.

Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire proposes that state firefighters work full time in place of the seasonal workforce the agency currently staffs for nine months each year.

As David Sarasohn wrote in The Oregonian’s 2010 review, these “fat shrimp, pink and sweet and gently charred with an ...

The city of Oregon says emergency repair work by Columbia Gas will require eastbound Navarre Avenue (SR 2) over I-280 to close beginning next week through late March. According to the city, eastbound ...

Xiaoyong "Shaw" Zhao filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison over the death of his father in Altadena.

Internal documents show the Forest Service discussing — both internally and with the timber industry — how its legal and ...

The spate of recent aviation disasters and close calls have people worried about the safety of flying.