A massive killer whale swam deep into Yaquina Bay, hunting alone and stunning onlookers. Here's what we know about T049C — and why he's so well known.

“We did it. We really did it.”

Kotek favors the idea of using the interest generated by the state's Rainy Day Fund to pay for wildfire mitigation and suppression this budget cycle.

A preliminary investigation showed that the teenage driver crossed the centerline, striking another motorist head-on.

A group of leaders in the wine industry and politicians on Monday discussed several issues, including immigration.

Two Marion County prosecutors and an Oregon Department of Justice attorney will oversee the grand jury proceedings.

Councilors acknowledged the revenue tradeoffs should they approve the three-year exemption but said the city needs new homes.

The 17-year-old girl was hiking with her father on the Soda Creek Falls Trail, authorities said Monday.

“It’s a very tragic case, a death that could have been avoided,” U.S. District Judge Karin J. Immergut said. “It was a knowing and reckless outcome.”

The poll indicates that a renewal of the measure could "face a challenging path to passage" in November.

The prospective buyer failed to come up with the money to close the deal.

Gov. Tina Kotek's spokesperson said the governor “echoes the statement from OSP” and sent back a copied-and-pasted response from state police that said the SWAT email “was not in line with OSP values.”

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