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Local governments in Marion County said the drawdown, set for later this month, would damage water systems and kill fish.

A federal judge ruled Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have continued to make arrests in Oregon without warrants.

Questions linger over how a 16-year-old acquired the gun used in Bend's Silver Rail Elementary school shooting, and whether his mother could face legal charges under Oregon law.

A Bend-La Pine Schools official said the alleged teen shooter last attended Elk Meadow Elementary, Pilot Butte Middle School and the former Bend Tech Academy.

The Wasco County blaze is one in a series of fires that have burned large swaths of Oregon, straining local resources and piling on the emotional toll on residents.

Fast-moving wildfires in Central Oregon, including the Bench Fire near Warm Springs, have forced Level 3 evacuations, highway closures, and home losses.

The last bodies that remained inside a Longview paper mill after a deadly chemical tank rupture have been recovered, clearing the way for a more intensive investigation into what caused the disaster that killed 11 people, authorities said Saturday.

In a remote corner of rural Southern Oregon, the town of Lakeview is drowning in debt. Its story is an extreme example of the challenges stacked against isolated former timber towns.

Police say they’ve found multiple explosive devices inside a prominent social club in Southwest Portland, after a man drove a car through its front window early Saturday morning.

The juvenile whale had swum about 20 miles inland into the Willapa River. Researchers say it’s part of surge in gray whale deaths.