Scio HS graduate honored as Gatorade Oregon Player of the Year

SCIO, Ore. (KPTV) - In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 connected with Scio High School graduate Myleigh Cooper who set multiple state records and captured quite the honor after she and her teammates won the first softball championship in school history. …

Fast-Growing Wildfire Spreads to 9,000 Acres in Oregon State Park

Capital Chatter: 5 things we learned about Oregon’s transportation funding

Published 6:50 am Friday, June 13, 2025 capital chatter logo Oregonians got their say this week on the Legislature’s just-released transportation package. Among the things we learned from seven hours of public and government testimony spread across three …

Federal cuts threaten Oregon’s disaster response ahead of wildfire season

As Oregon faces what’s supposed to be an intense wildfire season, counties are grappling with federal cuts and uncertainty that could hinder their ability to help Oregonians during fires, floods and other disasters. The Trump administration hasn’t renewed …

Opinion: The bottle bill, an Oregon gem

Published 6:25 am Friday, June 13, 2025 Stephen Rines, manager of the West Bath Redemption Center in West Bath, Maine, examines a wine bottle before determining which sorting bin it belongs in. States are under pressure to increase their support of the …

Hamilton vs. Oregon girls WIAA Division 1 state softball quarterfinal - 6/11/2025

MADISON — Getting to the state softball tournament is hard. Getting a win at the state tournament is even harder. Most teams that reach Goodman Diamond in Madison are blessed to have one extremely good starting pitcher. Luckily for Hamilton, it has two.

When does Oregon State baseball play in 2025 College World Series?

In 2018, Oregon State’s baseball players dogpiled on the diamond at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, having just defeated Arkansas to win the program’s third NCAA championship in a 12-year stretch. For the first time since that fateful night, the …

This is what Oregon's 25th lawsuit against Trump says

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield is suing the Trump administration over the reversal of clean vehicle emission standards. The lawsuit argues the Congressional Review Act was unlawfully used to block states' rights to enforce stricter emission …

The bottle bill: An Oregon gem 

Oregon’s bottle bill, established in 1971 as the first in the U.S and the second worldwide, leads the nation with an 87% beverage container redemption rate (2023 data) and a preliminary redemption rate of 90% for 2024, far surpassing the beverage container …

Will Oregon have enough firefighters for 2025 wildfire season?

Oregon forestry officials say they’re entering this summer’s wildfire fire season fully staffed and as prepared as they can be to meet the growing challenge of protecting millions of acres of public and private land. They also are taking at face value …