Oregon

The federal government shutdown could start affecting food benefits in November, when the program known as SNAP wouldn't be paid out, leaving many low-income families scrambling.

Attorneys provided few details about the revelations from Wednesday, that some Oregon National Guard members briefly deployed to the immigration facility in Portland earlier this month.

PeaceHealth announced another round of employee layoffs this week.

The states are among many that are going to court to force the federal government to use emergency reserve money to prop up the federal food assistance program.

The federal shutdown has led to pauses in payment for forestry work in Oregon. That's impacting wildfire prevention contractors.

One in six Oregonians receives SNAP benefits. If the government shutdown continues, many are unsure how they’ll get by.

The effort is backed by the mayor of Salem and Oregon’s largest business lobby.

Led by Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, Democrats seized the Senate floor on Wednesday to protest President Donald Trump's presidency amid the government shutdown and push for Republicans to negotiate with them on expiring health subsidies.

Winery and vineyard owners accused the electricity provider of negligence over the 2020 Labor Day weekend wildfires.

Each day Kotek waits gives opponents less time to send tax hikes to voters.

People who work with veterans worry disruption at the federal level could make the already daunting process of accessing healthcare and benefits more difficult.KLCC spoke with the family member of a veteran who said their benefits had been impacted.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday directed a senior military leader to demobilize and send home the roughly 200 members of Oregon National Guard troops who had been stationed at Camp Rilea, outside of Astoria.