Project administrators announced the new $14.4 billion cost estimate on Tuesday morning.

A cultural festival and resource fair part of the Day Without an Immigrant Campaign was held in Eugene Monday. Community organizations set up tables along the perimeter of Eugene’s Farmers Market Pavilion, as residents collected stickers, flyers and resource brochures.

In early March, the Oregon legislature passed a law aimed to reduce the environmental and safety hazards related to battery disposal.

On this edition we talk about proposed legislation and federal action to log more of Oregon forests. We speak with Oregon Wild's Steve Pedery which opposes the action, and Travis Joseph of the American Forest Resource Council which supports it.

Petitioners seeking to recall Mayor Heide Lambert announced Tuesday they were aborting their effort.

University of Washington data shows at least 2,125 people arrested last fall, a massive spike in ICE enforcement.

The ruling is a blow to Republicans who have insisted the vote should be held in November.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a more than $3 million penalty against the owners of the Coffin Butte landfill.

William Bailey, a once-rising star in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, has been fired. Bailey, who was fired last week, saw his 25-year career ascension at Central Oregon’s largest law enforcement agency take a sharp downward turn after he unsuccessfully ran for sheriff in 2024. In the wake of that loss, Bailey criticized the newly-elected leader on a local radio show — remarks that ultimately led to his dismissal.

Attorneys appeared in court Tuesday for the first hearing in a case that could have big political impact.