EUGENE, Ore. -- Barry Lopez, an award-winning writer who tried to tighten the bonds between people and place by describing the landscapes he saw in 50 years of travel, has died.
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A woman skiing on Oregon's Mout Hood-- an active volcano-- plunged into a vent on its side but lived to tell the tale. Caroline Sundbaum, 35, told Fox News she suffered a dislocated shoulder but otherwise "feels fine" and is on the mend, after slipping off the snow-covered fumarole-- a vent in a volcano that emits steam and gases that often smell like rotten eggs but that can be concealed by other weather conditions. "The sensation was like someone pulling a chair out from underneath you,"
.EUGENE, Ore. -- Barry Lopez, an award-winning writer who tried to tighten the bonds between people and place by describing the landscapes he saw in 50 years of travel, has died.
Fire investigators in Portland, Ore., had a suspect in custody and were seeking additional information Friday following a series of small suspected arson fires between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.
A Republican Oregon mayor penned a letter to Gov.
An Oregon salon owner has filed a fresh lawsuit against Gov. Kate Brown over fines for opening her business during a coronavirus closure, according to reports.
Growing up in Oregon, Ty Burrell remembers his dad’s career as a social worker and the impact it had on him. "He was a caseworker in the foster care system," says the actor.
Oregon parents pleaded with officials this week to reopen K-12 schools after nine months of at-home education intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus. At a Sunday gathering of about 40 families pressing Gov.
Oregon police made a porch piracy arrest over the weekend after a Ring doorbell camera captured a man grabbing a delivery package. Wayne Leach, 36, has been charged with identity theft, mail theft and the unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Police say Leach grabbed the package from the front of a Beaverton residence then sped away with it.
According to the Oregon State Police and multiple media reports, a group of armed protesters broke windows and stormed the capitol while the state legislature was in session on Monday. Legislators were debating Covid-19 restrictions and related public assistance in closed session. The only people permitted inside the building were members of the Salem Police Department and the Oregon State Police as well as lawmakers, staff and reporters.
Oregon State Police declared an unlawful assembly at the State Capitol in Salem on Monday after demonstrators pushed their way into the building, and law enforcement officers forcefully shoved some of them away and deployed blue smoke to disperse the group. Tim Gruver of The Center Square, a conservative-leaning outlet, reported that at least two protesters were led away by state police.
Professional and top-tier college athletes in Oregon are tested about 1,700 times a week combined, while some health care workers are struggling to just receive one, according to a report. The Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Bears are tested multiple times per week.The Trail Blazers get tested daily, the top schools get tested six times per week and the Timbers four times.
A group of protesters barricaded in Portland, Ore., in and around what’s known as the “Red House” seemed to be setting up for a long fight, a guest told Tucker Carlson on Wednesday night.
The police chief in Portland, Ore., wants demonstrators attempting to block the eviction of a Black and Indigenous family to put down their weapons and leave the barricade so that the standoff with officers can end and the neighborhood can return to peace and order. “We are aware of the stockpile of weapons, and the presence of firearms," Chief Chuck Lovell said in a prepared statement. "We are aware of the threats to the community, to media, to police.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Protesters outraged with the arrests of seven people at a home where a family was evicted in September hurled rocks at officers, sprayed a fire extinguisher at them and damaged police vehicles on Tuesday. The violence happened in broad daylight.
dismissed that lawsuit, finding that schools must treat transgender students equally under the law, and cannot ban them from spaces based solely on their gender identity.
A teacher in Oregon was placed on administrative leave Monday after a viral video appeared to show her screaming and making an obscene gesture at a group of anti-lockdown protesters in downtown Bend, Ore. The video was recorded on Sunday and has been viewed more than 3 million times.The woman was identified in reports as a first-year teacher in the Jefferson County School District.
A small Oregon town was in shock after a long-serving member of the city council was killed over the weekend trying to stop a burglary. The death of Mark Campbell, 66, occured around 3:30 a.m.
A surfer is expected to survive a shark attack off the coast of Oregon after suffering injuries that were not life-threatening to his lower leg on Sunday, officials said. The incident happened just before 3:30 p.m.