Oregon passes campaign finance reform that limits contributions to political candidates

Oregon lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a campaign finance reform bill that limits the amount of money people and political parties can contribute to candidates, following recent elections that saw wealthy donors inject millions into key state races.

Oregon may revive penalties for drug possession. What will the change do?

Oregon is poised to step back from its first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law with a new measure approved by the state Senate that would reinstate criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of some drugs.

Oregon dad accused of drugging daughter's friends at sleepover

An Oregon dad is facing multiple felony charges after reportedly lacing mango smoothies with drugs and insisting his daughter’s 12-year-old friends drink them.

Oregon nurse could face dozens of lawsuits for switching fentanyl drips with tap water

The first lawsuit brought amid reports that a nurse at a southern Oregon hospital replaced intravenous fentanyl drips with tap water seeks up to $11.5 million on behalf of the estate of a 65-year-old man who died.

Portland woman wanted in husband’s murder found dead, police say

A Portland, Oregon, woman suspected in the murder of her husband was found dead Tuesday after nearly a month on the run, authorities said.

A housing shortage is testing Oregon’s pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are set to tweak it

A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture.

Man who kidnapped Seattle woman, locked her in cell, now charged with 2nd kidnapping

The man accused of kidnapping a Seattle woman and keeping her in a makeshift cell in Oregon is now facing new federal charges, including another kidnapping that happened months prior.

Case of human plague confirmed in Oregon

Health officials have confirmed a case of human plague in an Oregon resident who was likely infected by their cat.

$50k reward offered for information on death of 3 endangered gray wolves in Oregon

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for the deaths of three endangered gray wolves in southern Oregon. 

Rapist sentenced in Oregon, investigators searching for additional victims

A convicted rapist was sentenced in Oregon last week, and law enforcement is asking additional victims in the Pacific Northwest to come forward.

Oregon woman found guilty, insane after pushing 3-year-old child onto train tracks

An Oregon woman who was caught on video pushing a 3-year-old child onto train tracks in December 2022 has been found guilty except for insanity, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection

The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.

Portland children jump from stolen car, escape kidnapping suspect with good Samaritan's help

Two children – ages 9 and 11 – escaped from a stolen car and flagged down a passerby who helped police capture the suspected car thief, police in Portland, Oregon, said.

A baby lived because an Oregon teen couldn’t stand by after she saw 3 people get electrocuted

Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland, where a dangerous storm had coated the city with ice. Opening her blinds, she saw a red SUV with a downed power line on it and a couple who had been putting their baby in the car.