Mitch Borden/KNKX At a watch party for the U.S.-Australia match on Juneteenth in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, hundreds of people set up lawn chairs and laid out blankets in the park outside the ...

On the enormous main floor of the Oregon Convention Center, more than 100 metal strips have been laid out, each about 5 feet wide by 46 feet long. And on each one, two fighters thrust, lunge and ...

In a test of a new state law, doctors in Eugene went up against a national physician staffing firm seeking to replace them.

Alex Zielinski covers Portland city politics. Prior to joining OPB, Alex covered city government for the Portland Mercury. She’s also worked as a journalist in San Antonio, Texas, and Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court ruled nothing in federal law prohibits Washington, Oregon and other states from accepting ballots that arrive via mail after Election Day. FILE - Volunteer Cindy Massaro receives ...

A dead invasive quagga mussel was found on the shoreline of Prineville Reservoir in Central Oregon in early June. This is the first time the thumbnail-sized, freshwater mussel has been spotted near a ...

In a decision issued this month, the court ruled jurors were improperly instructed about a limitation to self-defense known as “combat by agreement.” Under Oregon law, someone generally cannot claim ...

The potential super El Niño event this fall and winter could bring much needed rains to the region, experts said.

High temperatures could reach the mid-90s in the Portland-Vancouver metro area, the Willamette Valley, the Columbia River Gorge and the Hood River Valley on Monday and Tuesday. FILE: Water bottles are ...

Oregon’s flagship research hospital and medical school on Tuesday sued Oregon Public Broadcasting to prevent the release of records about its firing of a prominent executive four months into his job.

Officials in Multnomah County announced Tuesday they are investigating four deaths that may have been caused by recent extreme heat. According to the county medical examiner’s office, the deaths all ...

Turnover continued in the small but growing city of North Plains on Monday as the City Council voted to part ways with City Manager Bill Reid and appointed a fifth different person to join the council ...