Chris M Lehman

Wildfire victims would not have to pay taxes on the cost of rebuilding their homes under a bill approved Friday in the Oregon House.

A bill to require Oregon drivers to use their headlights at all times was rejected Thursday in the state Senate.

An Oregon Senate panel is considering a measure Thursday that would ban the sale of plastic containers that appear to be recyclable but really aren’t.

A year into the pandemic, Sara Gelser sounds like she could be speaking for all of us.

"I miss being with people,” she said.

Results of the latest round of COVID-19 prevalence testing in Corvallis show the highest levels there since the project began nearly a year ago.

The effort to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 won’t be the final chapter in the fight against the pandemic. That’s according to an Oregon State University researcher who spoke to reporters Tuesday.

Most Oregon drivers will be able to renew their licenses online starting in early May.

The Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde on Monday officially opened a new treatment center in Salem for people struggling with opioid addiction.

Oregon State Police say they’ve been able to rule out more potential victims in the case of an unidentified girl found dead last December in Lincoln County.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has ordered flags at public institutions to be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of this week’s mass shootings in Georgia.

Spring break will mean an increase in coronavirus tests for Oregon State University students.

Spring might not be the time of year we typically think about wildfires. But a series of free webinars starting Wednesday, March 17 is meant to help Oregonians prepare for another wildfire season.

Last year, 245 people ended their lives using Oregon's Death With Dignity Act. Bruce Yelle wasn't one of them. 

Like a lot of people living in the Santiam Canyon, Rickey Thomas and his wife fled their house in the middle of the night last September.

Public health officials in Benton County say some residents there are receiving calls from people falsely claiming to help set up COVID-19 vaccine appointments.

Restaurants in Benton County are preparing to open their doors to in-person dining this Friday for the first time since last fall.

Benton County officials are continuing to push the state to change the way it calculates risk levels for COVID-19. Their latest comments came Thursday evening during an online town hall.

Several beachfront houses in Lincoln County are in a precarious situation after a seawall collapsed over the weekend.

Benton County doesn’t think it belongs in the “Extreme Risk” category of the state’s coronavirus risk levels. They’re asking the state to reconsider the way it determines those designations.

Some students in the Corvallis School District will have the opportunity to return to the classroom starting next week.

Black pioneers in Oregon are being honored with an exhibit at the Benton County Historical Society in Philomath. It's called "Black In Oregon: 1840 - 1870."