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At least three Portland police officers under investigation for incidents during last summer’s historic racial justice protests, won’t face criminal prosecution, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

The maps released on Friday are just a starting point as lawmakers work to pass a final plan. They could chart wildly divergent political paths for the state.

Vancouver Public Schools officials confirmed on Friday that Skyview High School, Alki Middle School and Chinook Elementary were put in lockdown.

Two Republican state lawmakers from Eastern Oregon say requiring vaccines will not lead to more shots in arms and will only fuel distrust from rural Oregonians who are already skeptical of government mandates. Meanwhile, a doctor in Harney County is hesitant to recommend the vaccine to patients, instead encouraging them to “read both sides and make a decision.”

U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman ordered an inspection of the Sheridan federal prison within the next 14 days. Those in custody have complained about poor medical care and extensive lockdowns amid the pandemic.

Legal action brought by Native American tribes and environmental groups sought to delay an archaeological survey at the proposed mining site.

The nation's poison control centers saw a 245% jump in reported exposure cases from July to August as more people take the anti-parasite drug that some falsely claim treats COVID-19.

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

Don has been in recovery for alcoholism for 36 years. The pandemic created a new challenge: losing his in-person support community.

From a deadly factory fire to a presidential showdown with strikers, these major labor events became central to U.S. history, the modern labor movement and the rights afforded to workers.