Regional News

State Fire Marshal Mark Wallace is encouraging communities across the state to honor the work of those in the fire service by organizing events or ceremonies for Fire Service Appreciation Day in Oregon, Monday,...

The Department and its partners continued to work today to suppress a number of fires in Northwestern Oregon, the Coast Range and interior Southwest Oregon.  Most originated as controlled burns that were set ma...

New salmon, steelhead, sturgeon endorsement - Beginning Jan. 1, 2014 anglers fishing for salmon, steelhead or sturgeon in the Columbia River and its tributaries will be required to have a Columbia River Basin e...

A major narcotics investigation by the interagency Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) team led to the arrest of four people and the seizure of over two pounds of heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, eight firear...

Oregon State Police (OSP) Criminal Investigations Division detectives are continuing the investigation into the death Tuesday morning of an adult male during a reported burglary in progress at a business south ...

The loss of farmland in Oregon to development and other uses continues, but at a much reduced rate, according to the latest numbers from an inventory of land uses conducted statewide and nationally. While still...

Oregon State Police (OSP) Criminal Investigations Division detectives are continuing the investigation into the death Tuesday morning of an adult male during a reported burglary in progress at a business south ...

The 2013 Oregon Legislative Assembly has provided the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs (ODVA) with $600,000 in funding for the Veterans' Extended Outreach Grant Program (VEOGP) to support county veteran s...

Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 7.0 percent in December from 7.3 percent in November. December marked Oregon's lowest unemployment rate since August 2008, when the rate was 6.7 percent...

Oregon Heritage, part of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, is accepting applications for its four grant programs. Separate grant programs offer funding for museums, historic cemeteries, historic building ...