Environment

A state board upheld a local ruling that found CleanLane is incompatible with zoning in the proposed Goshen location. The decision could be appealed in the new year, and the county is exploring moving the project to Short Mountain Landfill in the meantime.

The annual project aims to teach children about a variety of topics from science to Native American history.

The garbage hauler that handles Springfield’s trash, Sanipac, has not paid millions of dollars in fees it owes to Lane County, according to the county.

We hear about efforts to build the blue economy from the keynote speakers at an upcoming event in Oregon, the Port of San Diego’s Paula Silvia and Jason Giffen.

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield and a coalition of other attorneys general successfully reversed a $184 million federal cut to AmeriCorps. However, some places that relied on the program are still reeling from the initial cut.

The squirrel was underweight and hypothermic when discovered at a park.

Benton County Commissioners are expected to finalize the language of a plan at an upcoming meeting, with the final vote coming a week later.

Lane County leaders are asking Oregon lawmakers to clear legal hurdles to build a planned recycling and methane extraction facility known as the IMERF, or CleanLane project.

The Oregon Health Authority is cautioning people to watch out for algae blooms when visiting bodies of water this summer.

A Lane County food waste and recycling project has hit a few setbacks: The county’s building permit was rejected and one trash company has diverted thousands of tons of garbage and revenue, to its own landfill.

A Native American photojournalist is promoting a “Land Back” movement across the U.S. for territory ceded or taken during colonization.

The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County.