Environment

Breaching leads to deer trapped in mud, dead fish, sediment-filled water

For five days now, Lynda Leach has grabbed an empty mason jar, stepped outside her home and walked…

Crime & Justice

Reward announced for information on Ochoco National Forest wild horse shooting

The American Wild Horse Campaign has announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those…

Bend

Wyden wants to know: Were panels in Central Oregon solar farms made with forced labor?

A Chinese solar energy firm doing business in Central Oregon has come under the scrutiny of Oregon’s U.S.…

Environment

Chavez-DeRemer, Bentz cosponsor bill opposing breaching Snake River dams

Republicans representing congressional districts that depend on the lower Snake River dams are digging in on their opposition…

Environment

Port of Morrow continues to violate state-sanctioned wastewater plan

The Port of Morrow violated its wastewater permit more than 270 times in the last two months of…

Bend

Local interest in buying Skyline Forest remains strong

When U.S. lawmakers criticized Chinese entrepreneur Chen Tianqiao because he owned thousands of acres of agricultural land nationwide,…

Crime & Justice

Wild horse from Ochoco National Forest’s Big Summit herd shot, shooter wanted

A 2-year-old wild horse that is part of the Big Summit herd on the Ochoco National Forest was…

Environment

Crews breach oldest remaining Klamath River dam with explosion

Copco 1, the oldest of the three remaining dams on the Klamath River, was breached Tuesday. Crews blasted…

Environment

Fixing the cormorant disaster on the Columbia: ‘How could this have come out any worse?’

White streaks of bird waste paint the steel trusses beneath the Astoria-Megler Bridge over the Columbia River. Every…

Bend

Bend’s Skyline Forest — owned by Chinese billionaire — under scrutiny

Rarely does a tract of forest in Central Oregon make national headlines. But that is precisely what occurred…

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