1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (463+ words) Published 9:00 am Saturday, August 29, 2026 Oregon State University’s Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Union — the state’s first branch experiment station — is hosting a 125th anniversary celebration Sept. 14. The station is riding high in the saddle with more staffing and a research…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (641+ words) Published 6:16 am Wednesday, August 26, 2026 The last weeks of summer find Oregon and much of the Northwest experiencing historic drought, exacerbating what has become one of the most active wildfire seasons in the state and region, according to state and federal…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (944+ words) Published 2:00 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Retired cattle rancher Rod Haeberle recently counted nine fires within 20 miles of his home in north-central Washington. All summer, he looks outside and sees smoke instead of his neighbor. Haeberle, 77, said that over the past four…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (331+ words) Published 7:00 am Sunday, August 23, 2026 The Oregon State Fair returns to Salem from Aug. 28 through Sept. 7, with agricultural exhibits, 4-H and FFA animal shows and displays about country life. The annual event serves as a showcase for the state’s farmers, ranchers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (154+ words) Published 9:48 am Thursday, August 20, 2026 A 45-foot tree on the northwest side of Medford’s Pear Blossom Park has been cut down by the city. The tree, a Norway spruce, was removed by the city’s arborist after its health continually declined over…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (221+ words) Published 10:00 am Wednesday, August 19, 2026 The latest edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor was unchanged for the Pacific Northwest, with dryness and drought continuing to cover most of the region, sparing only coastal areas near the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington....

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (477+ words) Published 12:00 pm Friday, August 14, 2026 The invasive beetle emerald ash borer continues to spread in the Willamette Valley and poses a threat to Oregon’s burgeoning olive oil segment — and potentially groves in California. “We don’t know how big of an issue…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (454+ words) Published 11:10 am Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Drought intensified across the Pacific Northwest in late July and early August, according to the most recent edition of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Conditions across southeastern Idaho degraded due to temperatures 6-10 degrees above normal during the past…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (296+ words) Published 7:00 am Saturday, August 8, 2026 This spring, Gov. Tina Kotek declared drought conditions across Southern Oregon, including in Jackson County, after one of the driest, warmest winters in state history left our reservoirs at critical lows. In the Klamath Basin, water…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (499+ words) Published 8:30 am Thursday, July 30, 2026 Drought and wildfires cover much of the Pacific Northwest, and with reservoirs rapidly being depleted, Eastern Idaho and most of Oregon will have low carryover heading into the winter, experts said. A very strong El Nino…...