The first day of school for Portland Public Schools is Aug. 26. Kindergarten will begin on Sept. 2, and prekindergarten will begin on Sept. 4. The first day of school for Bend-La Pine Schools is Sept.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 12 penalties in June, totaling $756,921. They included a construction company filling in a stream and wetland without the required stormwater ...

A U.S. District Court judge in Portland order the man who had been living in Newport to be immediately released from a Tacoma detention center.