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GUEST COLUMN: A half bet at Keno Dam on the Upper Klamath River

Last August, Northwest salmon caught a break when four dams on the Klamath River, which flows from mountain ...

Environment

Hugs and tears: Crooked River Ranch residents flee Alder Springs Wildfire

CROOKED RIVER RANCH — For many Crooked River Ranch residents, the Alder Springs Fire has come a little bit ...

Public Safety

Oregon Health Authority issues precautionary algae bloom advisory for Lost Creek Lake

The Oregon Health Authority issued a precautionary advisory on Friday after a dog death was reported following exposure ...

Local News

Long-lost ancestral lands in Northern California returned to Yurok Tribe

ON THE KLAMATH RIVER, Calif.  — As a youngster, Barry McCovey Jr. would sneak through metal gates and ...

State

Trump signs law repealing tailpipe emission standards affecting 18 states

President Donald Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution Thursday that revokes California’s authority to set tailpipe emissions ...

State

Trump breaks historic Columbia River deal between U.S. government, tribes, Northwest states

In an order issued Thursday, Trump said he would withdraw the U.S. from a 2023 deal made with ...

Oregon

Environment, social justice groups withdraw support for governor’s key groundwater protection bill

A 39-page amendment added to the bill Friday neutralizes the power it would have brought to state agencies ...

Business

Ashland’s Functional Botanicals wins $100,000 top prize in Oregon Angel Food’s annual competition

Chatter filled the room at McMenamins Mission Theater Monday evening as five Oregon food, beverage and wellness startups prepared to ...

Climate

Merkley warns of ‘tumultuous’ fire season amid federal cuts to wildfire support

Officials across Oregon say they will have enough firefighters on hand to battle expected wildfires this summer, but ...

Wildfires

‘This is all about safety’: Sen. Wyden calls funding a top priority for 2025 local wildfire season

Officials warn against burn piles and carelessness amid hot, dry weather; fire crew staffing and preparedness are at ...

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