Environment

Jury says public should have access to Oswego Lake

Lake Oswego has no good reason to stop the public from swimming, kayaking or just sticking a toe…

Environment

Leaders of 3 state agencies meet with Eastern Oregon residents on nitrate pollution

BOARDMAN — Area residents pressed leaders of three state agencies during a meeting Thursday night, April 18, about…

Bend

Phil’s Trailhead parking lot to close temporarily for repairs, starting Monday

Starting Monday, road crews will begin repairing potholes and uneven surfaces at the Phil’s Trailhead parking lot, closing…

Bend

Inside the wildland firefighters’ rappel training in Bend

In a forested area west of Bend on Thursday, Sarah Jakober peered up at a blindingly blue Oregon…

Environment

Federal regulators say expansion of gas pipeline that crosses Oregon can begin

Federal regulators are allowing construction to begin to expand a gas pipeline running from Washington, across a part…

Environment

Oregon DEQ under resourced to face enormity of climate change challenges, audit finds

Oregon’s environmental regulatory agency needs more staff and funding to keep up with growing demand for its services…

Environment

Wolf killings in Oregon at all-time high while population remains stagnant

Oregon’s wolf population count remained the same as last year, although the animals continue to expand their habitat…

Bend

Continued helicopter activity due to rappel training in Deschutes National Forest

Rappel certification in the Deschutes National Forest will result in heavy helicopter activity west of Bend starting April…

Environment

Federal workers kill ravens, destroy nests in Baker County in effort to protect sage grouse

Employees from a federal agency used poisoned chicken eggs to kill about 50 ravens east of Baker City…

Bend

Declining aquifer levels raise alarm among hydrologists, officials

Amid patches of snow and ponderosa pines, a half mile from Lava Island Falls in the Deschutes River,…

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