Oregon

California’s refinery closures are reshaping gasoline supplies across the West Coast, increasing reliance on imports as southern Oregon motorists continue to pay around $5 a gallon for regular gasoline. California Refinery Closures Increase Reliance on Imported Gasoline. Almost a year after Phillips 66 permanently closed its Wilmington refinery, the...

It’s spooky season, which means people are going out of their way to add some fall decor to their spaces, which typically means adding a few festive pumpkins in and around the home. One zoo is proving that humans aren’t the only ones who get excited by this tradition by allowing some of its furry...

EUGENE, Ore. — Lane Community College is offering contracted faculty members thousands of dollars as an incentive to terminate their contracts. Eligibility is limited to contracted faculty working 0.501 to 1.0 full-time equivalent, who must be currently active on the payroll for the 2026 Fall term; must have been contracted to the college by no later than October 1, 2020; and must have been actively employed as a contracted faculty member since that time.

PacificSource, the Oregon health insurer, will lay off 134 workers on December 31, 2026. The company filed a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, known as a WARN notice, with the state and four cities on October 20, and OPB reported it on October 22. The jobs are in Springfield, Bend, Salem and Portland. The […]

EUGENE, OR — Ten Guide Dogs for the Blind puppies got an early taste of air travel Saturday at Eugene Airport as part of a training event designed to prepare them for the busy, high-stimulus environments they may one day navigate with partners who are blind or visually impaired.

Remember when Oregon looked like a legitimate national championship contender? Ranked No. 2 in the preseason AP Top 25, the Ducks had every reason to believe this could be their year. Fast-forward to now, and Dan Lanning is running out of answers as the offense continues to sputter. A 21–10 loss to Illinois made matters worse, but Oregon has finally made a move, and somebody has paid the price. The Ducks have pulled the plug on offensive coordinator Drew Mehringer, officially confirming his depa

EAGLE POINT, Ore.- After almost 81 years the remains of Major Harry Conrad Hoffmeyer have been identified and laid to rest by his next of kin. Major Hoffmeyer was assigned to the medical department in the Philippines, where he was captured and held prisoner, only to be killed by an Allied strike on a prison boat.

HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (KPTV) - Two men have been arrested after deputies say they stole several vehicles, trailers and thousands of dollars worth of power tools in a series of burglaries at a Happy Valley funeral home. The burglaries began on Thursday, Oct. 8, when two suspects with a dog...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Winter is quickly approaching, and local Oregon meteorologists met Saturday morning at OMSI to discuss the influence ‘Super El Niño’ may have on Portland this winter. The Oregon American Meteorological Society (AMS) hosted its 34th annual winter weather conference at OMSI Saturday morning, October 24. The main topic of conversation was […]

A federal judge sentenced a married couple from Anaheim to three years' probation after they pleaded guilty to helping traffic wildlife parts such as black bear gallbladders, lion teeth and rhinoceros horns between Oregon and Vietnam. Linh Luu and her husband, Kevin Le, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in...