Andrew Theen | The Seattle Times

February 24, 2020 at 9:01 pm

‘It just kept moving:’ Sea lion that wandered into Cowlitz County hills trapped after long standoff

The estimated 600- to 700-pound female Steller sea lion made its way into the hills from the Cowlitz River up various creeks and onto a...

Local News

Oregon State Police talk with a truck driver who was traveling without chains near Willamette Pass east of Oakridge, Ore., on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP)

November 27, 2019 at 7:25 am

Snow closes I-5 in southern Oregon; some Central Oregon highways also closed

Interstate 5 remains closed from south of Ashland, Ore., to the California border due to blizzard-like conditions, and winter weather is slamming the Cascade Mountains...

Nation & World

November 15, 2019 at 4:40 pm

Gov. Jay Inslee to meet with Oregon’s governor to discuss replacing 100-year-old I-5 bridge over Columbia River

The governors of Oregon and Washington will meet in Vancouver, Washington, on Monday to show their solidarity and commitment to restarting the long-discussed project to...

Local News

March 25, 2019 at 8:46 am

E-scooters may return April 26, Portland says, with new rules to curb sidewalk riding

Portland, which gave e-scooters a four-month trial period that ended Nov. 20, will now accept applications for their return -- but with new regulations.

February 26, 2019 at 1:58 am

Yes there was a llama on Portland light rail, but there shouldn’t have been WATCH

Caesar the No Drama Llama rode light rail over the weekend. While he is a popular local figure and many found this appearance charming and...

February 23, 2018 at 10:48 am

OSU boosting its Newport campus with marine studies center

NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — For more than 50 years, Oregon State has had an unassuming outpost on a spit of land near the mouth of...

Nation & World

December 27, 2017 at 9:56 am

Workplace fatalities: Grisly death at a Klamath Falls mill

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Frankie Crispen Jr. had a lot to look forward to this past November. He was set to take the rigorous exam...

Nation & World

October 7, 2017 at 12:05 am

Politics spur universities to focus on foreign students

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Donald Trump's immigration policies and controversial travel bans have sent a chill through Oregon's cash-strapped public universities, which rely more...

Nation & World

In this April 27, 2017, photo, Gabe Ablin, 21, an Environmental Ethics & Policy major at the University of Portland, stands near a series of raised flower beds as part of a project that hopes to create a habitat for the monarch butterfly in Portland, Ore. One year after first planting various milkweed seeds, Vigor intern Ablin will be one of over 700 UP undergraduates collecting a diploma Saturday. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)

May 25, 2017 at 8:04 pm

Oregon garden project aims to attract monarch butterflies

A three- to five-year project eventually will see thousands of milkweed and other native plants spread throughout the Portland Harbor Superfund site. Milkweed is crucial...

Local News

February 1, 2015 at 4:42 pm

Kaleb Whitby, crushed between semis, tells story of survival

Seen the photograph of the man trapped in his pickup between two semis? Here’s what he says happened on that morning when 26 vehicles piled...

Local News