Oregon News

The future of jobs in Jackson and Josephine counties, according to the Oregon Employment Department, is in service industries.

A federal grand jury in Eugene has indicted 13 people on mortgage and loan fraud charges arising from the collapse of a central Oregon development company.

Former Hewlett Packard executive Steve Shields is pulling out of the Oregon governor's race, he announced.

Oregon's dirtiest abandoned mine doesn't look like it's going to be cleaned up any time soon, unless someone claims responsibility for it and foots the $50 million bill.

Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Among the messages: Don't buy false solutions, and Climate Justice Not CO2 Trading.

A cat that died Nov. 7 is the first feline fatality from H1N1 flu, tests have confirmed.

The site of the proposed LNG plant in Warrenton looking towards Astoria. The liquefied natural gas company Oregon LNG has gotten two important thumbs up on its controversial lease with the Port of Astoria, boosting prospects for its plans to build a terminal on 92 acres near Youngs Bay.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has asked two state agency heads to quickly review whether Oregon's increasingly expensive incentives for renewable energy companies are necessary, especially for wind energy.

Beaverton Police and the Oregon transportation officials busted several illegal movers in a sting operation Tuesday.

A woman is struggling for life at Portland's Legacy Emanuel Hospital after her husband shot her in the back, authorities said Wednesday.

The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Oregon rose slightly to $2.76, up half a penny from last week.

Oregon employment officials will announce Monday morning the state's unemployment numbers for October, but state employers are getting word this week that they'll have to pay more in payroll taxes to keep the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund in balance.

A judge has denied a request for a preliminary injunction to block a pair of Oregon ballot measures to decide a $733 million tax increase aimed at corporations and the wealthy.

Opponents of a $733 million tax increase aimed at corporations and wealthy Oregonians have raised $1.2 million to defeat it.

Oregon's hunger rate is growing, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual report on Household Food Security released Monday, Nov.

Oregon's H1N1 vaccination strategy is changing to focus on people with chronic health problems, those state health officials say are most at risk for complications from the new flu virus that popped up early this year.

Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the Oregon coast as a powerful November storm blew through.

Eucario Perez Lopez dials for jobs recently at an Oregon Employment Department office in Portland.

A Mormon youth leader in Oregon has been accused of sexually abusing a boy in the mid-1970s in a lawsuit filed Monday in Portland.