Oregon Senate approves 'jock tax' to pay for Major League Baseball stadium in Portland

SALEM, Ore. — There's no guarantee of a team, but the Oregon Senate voted Thursday to make Portland more attractive to Major League Baseball. Senators overwhelmingly approved $800 million in bonds to finance a potential stadium. That money would come …

Top doctor at Oregon Department of Corrections outlines major prisoner treatment change

The Oregon Department of Corrections has significantly overhauled the longstanding and notoriously powerful panels that decide whether prisoners get off-site specialty medical care, the agency’s chief medical officer said Thursday. Dr. Michael Seale …

Cash business in Oregon, Washington accused of laundering $18M for drug traffickers

The owner of La Popular, a chain of money transfer businesses in Oregon and Washington, laundered at least $18 million in drug proceeds from Honduran and Mexican drug traffickers, federal prosecutors allege. Brenda Lili Barrera Orantes, 39, of Beaverton is …

Oregon adds 7,300 jobs in March, unemployment rate highest since 2021

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.6% in March and 4.5% in February, after rising gradually over the past year from 4.1% in March 2024, according to the latest report from the Oregon Employment Department. Oregon’s 4.6% unemployment rate is the highest since …

Oregon Ducks suing Ohio State football assistant over breach of contract

It's a zany world we live in, especially with how much change we've seen with the game of college football over the last few years. The money is flying around more than ever, there's seemingly unlimited transfer opportunities, and the …

HGTV lists Oregon city among most charming downtowns

Oregon man, 70, found guilty of murder 37 years after strangling wife and dumping body

A cold case was finally closed Thursday as a Washington County jury found a 70-year-old man guilty of second-degree murder for killing his wife, Deborah Atrops, and dumping her body in the trunk of her car at the edge of a construction site in Beaverton 37 …

Oregon's unemployment rate increasing

Transit advocates rally at Oregon’s Capitol to support climate-friendly transportation initiatives

Around 100 public transit and environmental advocates descended on the Oregon State Capitol on Thursday to urge lawmakers to allocate more funding for public transit and other climate-friendly transportation initiatives around the state. By giving more …

No. 6 Oregon State baseball vs. Cal State Northridge: Preview, starting lineup, how to watch series opener

The No. 8 Oregon State Beavers visit the Cal State Northridge Matadors on Thursday night in a college baseball matchup at Robert J. Hiegert Field in Northridge, California. First pitch is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. It’s the opener of a three-game weekend …