The federal government is proposing to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on the Oregon-Nevada border and it’s giving the public scant time to respond. The U.S. Bureau of Land ...

Disaster Peak, left, punctuates the northwest rim of the McDermitt Caldera in southeast Oregon in this Jan. 14, 2022, photo. The historic lakebed in the foreground contains some of the highest ...

In 2020, Oregon voters moved to decriminalize various hard drugs – including fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – when Measure 110 was approved with 58.5% of the vote. It took ...

A bill that would allow Oregon’s governor, rather than the state Board of Forestry, to choose the State Forester passed out of committee June 11. Senate Bill 1051 was introduced at the request ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Wednesday that nine days of negotiations with state Senate Republican leadership in an attempt to end the longest walkout by lawmakers in state history had reached an ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek today signed the state's Right to Repair Act, which will push manufacturers to provide more repair options for their products than any other state so far.. The law, like ...

Tina Kotek was elected governor of Oregon, thanks to these 3 factors. After an unexpectedly tight race, Oregon’s streak of Democratic governors continues. Updated November 14, ...

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Feds look to fast-track lithium mining exploration in McDermitt Caldera in SE Oregon. Updated: ; Apr. 01, 2025, 9:35 a.m. | Published: ; Mar. 28, 2025, 5:46 p.m.