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Lawmakers pass legislation making U.S. contractors operating overseas accountable under U.S. law. The legislation comes after the recent shooting deaths of Iraqi citizens by Blackwater USA, the North Carolina-based private security firm hired to protect U.S. State Department officials in Baghdad.

The Oregon Criminal Justice Commission released the Statistical Transparency of Policing (STOP) report in Dec. 2020, reviewing which community groups are…

A year into the pandemic, Sara Gelser sounds like she could be speaking for all of us."I miss being with people,” she said.But for Gelser, a veteran…

McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center has hired a new group of physicians to provide 24/7 maternity care at its birth center in Springfield. This comes after the hospital lost all its contracted OB-GYNs following a shakeup at Oregon Medical Group.

The Lane County District Attorney said Tuesday that a Springfield police officer who shot and killed a man in July was justified in using deadly force.

You're not imagining things if driving in Pacific Northwest traffic feels as busy these days as it was before the pandemic. Traffic data from the Oregon and Washington transportation departments show highway volumes are nearly back to 2019 levels.

University of Oregon administrators have implemented new policies, including allowing instructors to teach classes remotely if large numbers of students are absent, but the university’s graduate employee union says that's not enough.

The University of Oregon plans to use the Portland property to house its new Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health.

James Ijames' adaptation of Shakespeare's play is less a tragedy than a triumphant comedy.

Hospital workers rallied on the sidewalk outside Springfield’s Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend Tuesday. Hundreds came out—some during lunch breaks-- to protest short staffing, low wages and ongoing COVID protection concerns.