Heat scorched the region day after day for at least 10 days, with little overnight relief. On June 28, Portland hit a record high of 116 degrees. That night, temperatures only dropped to 75 degrees.

Oregon college student Ukiah Halloran-Steiner says surviving the 2021 heat dome inspired her to push for stronger climate ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Only six characters are allowed on Oregon license plates, but that doesn’t stop some people from coming up with inappropriate requests. The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicle ...

An aging power infrastructure and a growing climate crisis have left U.S. residents increasingly in the dark. Traditionally, power outages are caused by singular disruptions—a car rams into a pole, ...

Oregon’s roughly 38,000 state government workers enjoyed another year of wage growth in 2021, with median pay well above the state’s overall workforce and more employees earning six-figure salaries.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – From July 2021 to July 2022, 21 of Oregon’s 36 counties lost residents and the state as a whole saw a population decline of more than 16,000 people, according to new data ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Despite the effects of the ongoing pandemic on students and education, 80.6% of Oregon students in the class of 2021 graduated on time, the state’s second-highest graduation rate but ...

Oregon's string of hot years continued in 2021, which finished as the fifth-warmest in records dating back to 1895. It was also a dry year — and an exceptionally dry summer — although the impact was ...