In this Jan. 12, 2015, file photo, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, middle, is joined by his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, as he is sworn in for a fourth term by Senior Judge Paul J. De Muniz in Salem, Ore.

First elected to the Oregon House in 1978, Kitzhaber moved to the Oregon Senate two years later and served as its president through 1993. He was elected governor in 1994, 1998, 2010 and again in 2014.

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

The McDermitt Caldera used to be off-limits to new mining claims to protect sage grouse. But it's laced with some of the highest concentrations of lithium in the US.

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 ...

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.