Oregon

For the first time in a year, Providence Portland Medical Center in Oregon has had zero COVID-19 patients in critical care. Shavon Albee, a nurse who manages the critical care unit, joined LX News to describe how it felt to reach that milestone after a year that tested her team in every way.

An impromptu race, known as the Stumptown Birkebeiner or “Berkie,” had locals strapping on their skis and hitting the streets for the most Portland way to spend a snow day.

Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs

Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired

Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler pepper-sprayed a man who confronted and videotaped him and a former mayor as they left a restaurant Sunday evening.

Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments is triggering anger and confusion in some states

A pigeon that Australia declared a biosecurity risk has received a reprieve after a U.S. bird organization declared its identifying leg band is fake

The Trump administration has slashed millions of acres of protected habitat for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington and northern California

A Silverton, Ore. Santa Claus is still safely visiting with kids before he heads back to the North Pole from inside his bubble.

A Santa in Silverton, Oregon, has ditched the mask and jumped inside a bubble in an effort to bring joy for the Christmas season.

A 20-year-old surfer was attacked by a shark in Oregon, KGW reports.

A shark attacked a 20-year-old man while he was surfing near Seaside, Oregon, Sunday afternoon, KGW reported.

Parents in the United States who are unhappy with distance learning are taking increasingly vocal roles in calling for more in-person instruction through grassroots organizing and legal challenges

The medical license of an Oregon doctor who refused to wear a face mask despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been revoked weeks after a video surfaced of him dismissing Covid-19 as a “common cold,” NBC News reports. Steven LaTulippe made the comments Nov. 7 during a “Stop the Steal” rally in support of President Donald Trump outside the State Capitol...

The killing of a young Black man last month by a white man who complained that he was playing loud music has roiled Ashland, Oregon.

Are you looking for someone to explore the world with? Do you enjoy sourdough bread and maybe bushwacking through the forest to a private lake? Then Elliot Frantz may be the right man for you. The 29-year-old from Portland, Oregon, is looking for love and even launched his own website to streamline the process.

UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson will not play in the Bruins’ game against Oregon Saturday due to COVID-19 protocols. Thompson-Robinson tweeted Friday night that he did not have the coronavirus, after the university announced that two individuals with the UCLA football program and three members of its athletics support staff tested positive for COVID-19.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, along with governors of Oregon and Washington, issued a travel advisory urging visitors entering their states or residents returning home to self-quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a news release.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced a statewide two-week “freeze” which will limit restaurants and bars to take-out only and close gyms, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities during that period. The freeze will be in effect from Nov. 18 through Dec. 2 and aims to limit group activities and slow the spread of COVID-19. The state is experiencing a…

An Oregon man was indicted after authorities said he supported the Islamic State group by distributing articles on how to kill and maim with a knife and encouraging readers to carry out attacks