Last year, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians petitioned the Oregon State Marine Board to impose a motorized boat ban on the upper Siletz river in Lincoln County. The board is expected to issue a temporary rule at its meeting in early April, ahead of a series of public meetings.

Could Oregon ban the killing of animals for food, research and hunting? We talk with the leader of Initiative Petition 28, then hear the story of the McKenzie River drift boat, the Oregon-born craft that changed whitewater river running forever.

Commissioners adopted an administrative law judge’s order requiring updates to Winchester Dam.

Oregon’s second most populous city is hoping to take a page out of Portland’s billion-dollar climate action playbook.

Springfield Utility Board is working to establish an additional source of drinking water. It recently received nearly $10 million in state funding to help.

After four hours of emotional public comment, the commission voted 6-1 to deny the petition.

The Bureau of Land Management is preparing a revision to how much logging is allowed on O&C Lands. That proposal is causing excitement and criticism.

There’s a chance that residents on the central coast and the Willamette Valley will see snow in the lower elevations this week. But forecasters aren’t sure of the exact location.

Weather forecasters say snow could fall in Eugene or Portland this week.

Climate researchers in Corvallis are warning that rising global temperatures could create an irreversible feedback loop.