Oregon

MEDFORD, Ore. – 170 workers will be laid off in December following the permanent closure of the Rainforest Routes LLC delivery facility in Medford. That’s according to a letter filed with the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission. The notice lists 170 affected workers and identifies the closure as involving the company’s Medford delivery facility.

ASHLAND, Ore. – NBC5 has obtained the separation agreement between the City of Ashland and departing City Manager Sabrina Cotta. Documents obtained through a public records request show that Cotta will receive $227,961.76 in severance pay, equivalent to one year of her monthly base salary. The agreement describes Cotta’s departure as a voluntary resignation unrelated to her job performance.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A proposal to close six Salem-Keizer elementary schools is leaving parents, staff and neighbors with questions about children’s commutes and the future of neighborhood buildings. The district announced Friday that Brush College, Candalaria, Cummings, Englewood, Liberty and Richmond elementary schools could close in fall...

The record-breaking size of Oregon's new indoor football facility is becoming more of a reality as the Ducks host the undefeated UCLA Bruins in Autzen Stadium.

Social Security has closed the Portland, Oregon, post office box that took repayments of overpaid benefits. Checks that reach it after Dec. 30 will be sent back to the sender, and the agency now wants repayments mailed to a box in Philadelphia. The change matters most to people whose overpayment notice still carries the old […]

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – A historic geological specimen will be shown for the first time in a private presentation at the Klamath County Museum on Monday. The Becky Stone is an opalized tree stump from over 66 million years ago. According to the Rock and Arrowhead Club of Klamath Falls, the 23-pound Cretaceous-era specimen was first discovered in a California gold mine in Iowa Hill, California. The petrified stump then spent some time in the private rock garden of mine owner Kathy Morgan. The stone

Body-camera footage released Thursday from the Sept. 24 police shooting of a homicide suspect and a police dog shows police officers firing their weapons as the suspect pointed a gun at them, with the dog holding the man to the ground. Officers from multiple agencies were pursuing 39-year-old Eddie Brandon...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — What began as a missing person report in Medford ended with the discovery of human remains and two deaths at a rural Josephine County property. On October 1, 2026, Andrew Forrest Odom, 67, of Incline Village, Nevada, was reported missing to the Medford Police Department.

Days after the news broke that a Happy Valley Elementary School counselor crashed a car with what police said was a blood-alcohol content of .556%, many parents of students at the school say they plan to turn up at the school district’s board meeting Thursday night. While they won’t...

A Freeze Warning is in effect early Saturday for Central Oregon and Wallowa County, and Frost Advisories cover the Portland metro foothills, the Willamette Valley and Hood River Valley this weekend. The National Weather Service in Pendleton upgraded Thursday’s Freeze Watch to a Freeze Warning. NWS Portland issued the frost...