2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (504+ words) Environmentalists who are fighting for the repair or removal of Winchester Dam in Douglas County recently met with Gov. Tina Kotek’s office, according to a state senator. Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, mentioned the meeting during Wednesday’s meeting of the Senate…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (143+ words) In the event of a tsunami triggered by a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, residents of coastal communities in Oregon have less than 20 minutes from the time ground shaking starts to safely evacuate Tsunami Hazard Zones. That’s according to a new…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1122+ words) The Trump administration is considering increasing the number of cattle and sheep that roam public lands, which would expand the most widespread commercial use of those federal lands across Oregon’s high desert. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is proposing…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (142+ words) Heavy smoke rolls off of a wildfire burning in Central Oregon, July 27, 2026. The record-breaking fire season, which is not over yet, has burned 2.5 million acres statewide. Sarah Nairalez / OPB Large and super-hot wildfires have been increasing as global temperatures rise....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (55+ words) Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB Gov. Tina Kotek says she now supports a data center moratorium The Oregon governor is escalating her stance on the facilities as they emerge as a political hot potato. Tags: Northwest Politics, Science and Technology, Climate…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (284+ words) Fishing boats line the dock at Port Orford. Sept. 2, 2026. Theo Greenly / JPR Oregon fishing fleets will be allowed to keep and sell yelloweye rockfish next year for the first time in 25 years. The species was declared overfished in 2002, closing commercial…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (473+ words) A critically endangered Bali myna in the Vollum Aviary at the Oregon Zoo. Poaching threatens these Indonesian songbirds. Courtesy of Michael Durham / Oregon Zoo There is a new bird in the Rose City. After spending the last few years behind…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (487+ words) Pictured is Oregon State University’s Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building in Newport. This is the only integrated tsunami vertical evacuation structure in the state. Courtesy of Oregon Department of Emergency Management / OPB A worst-case tsunami triggered by a Cascadia Subduction…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (602+ words) The Pacific Northwest could be in for a warmer, wetter winter this year, partly driven by a phenomenon called “super El Niño.” “It is really shaping up right now to be off the charts,” said Larry O’Neill, Oregon’s state climatologist....

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (604+ words) Diesel prices are seen at a gas station as prices hit a record high in the U.S., Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, in Minneapolis. Ellen Schmidt / AP It’s never been more expensive in the U.S. to fill up the tank and take one last…...