Oregon Bans Sale of Fluorescent Lightbulbs to Reduce Environmental Toxins
As of January 1, Oregon has implemented a statewide ban on the sale of fluorescent lightbulbs, making it the seventh state in the nation...
Oregon’s Styrofoam Ban Takes Effect in 2025: Impact on Businesses and Environment
Starting January 1, 2025, Senate Bill 543 has officially come into effect, prohibiting the sale and distribution of Styrofoam food containers and cups throughout...
Big Rewards in place for Information on 2024 Oregon Wolf Poaching
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) officials announced a $10,000 cash reward for information regarding a wolf poaching incident on private property in Morrow...
Contractors Blast Kotek’s Executive Order Requiring State-Funded Projects to Include Labor Agreements
Associated General Contractors, the trade group that represents more than 800 Oregon construction firms, today pushed back hard on an executive order Gov. Tina...
Oregon fluorescent lightbulb ban goes into effect
Oregon has become the seventh state to ban the sale of fluorescent lightbulbs due to their mercury content, encouraging businesses and homeowners to transition...
Mountain Snow and Freezing Rain Overnight, Winter Weather Advisories in Effect
Tonight through Friday: What’s Happening Now: Radar shows light to moderate rain falling across the Lower Columbia Basin and surrounding foothills...
Oregon’s Pertussis case numbers highest in more than 50 years
In 2024, Oregon recorded the highest number of whooping cough cases, also known as Pertussis, since 1950. About 315 of the 1,105 identified cases...
$20,000 reward in Oregon wolf poaching case, and that’s not even the biggest one
The reward for information on the poaching of a wolf in Morrow County, Oregon, last year has grown to $20,000. This reward is part...
New Oregon law on school board transparency will upend practices for some districts
For some Oregon school districts, the new-for-2025 law that they must record all school board meetings and post them online within a week will...
Undersea volcano off Oregon coast could erupt this year, geologists predict
An undersea volcano off Oregon's coast will probably erupt in 2025, scientists say. The volcano, known as Axial, is a seamount 300...
