Oregon’s population has grown very modestly over the past few years, a sharp contrast to the robust expansion during the 2010s. But even that modest growth has relied upon people moving to Oregon from ...

The Alvord Desert outside Burns in Harney County is one of the driest places in Oregon. The county made it onto a list of sanctuary jurisdictions. (Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital Chronicle) If you were ...

Just 17 of Oregon’s 36 counties will hold elections this November, allowing voters a chance to weigh in on everything from fire department levies to bonds for recreation facilities and whether ...

Health care spending in Clackamas and Deschutes counties averaged roughly $7,900 per person in 2019, the most of anywhere in Oregon. The spending likely reflects populations who are proactive about ...

Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB On Wednesday morning, people nearly filled a boardroom to hear Deschutes County commissioners discuss a proposed map that would divide the county into five voting ...

A budget crisis a century in the making is coming to a head as Oregon’s rural counties wait on Congress to approve funding they’ve long relied on. The crisis originates with a compromise from the era ...