Oregon FFA spotlights farmer mental health

Published 9:05 am Monday, April 14, 2025 Several Oregon FFA members recently shone a spotlight on farmer mental health and farm stress as part of their projects. Each year, FFA members select speech topics based on current agricultural issues that resonate …

Organic leader named to Oregon ag board

Published 9:46 am Monday, April 14, 2025 Mike Dill, director of advocacy and sustainability for Organically Grown Company, has been appointed to the Oregon State Board of Agriculture. The appointment was announced April 9. He will immediately begin serving …

Oregon lawmakers to decide whether big tech should pay to support local journalism

Oregon’s faltering journalism landscape could receive a significant boost if lawmakers approve a bill to require big tech companies including Google and Meta to pay money to local newsrooms and journalists. Proponents of the bill, including Oregon …

Bill hopes to stop spread of Oregon ‘pharmacy deserts'

Proposed state legislation seeks to address the dire Oregon pharmacy landscape by giving more power to drugstores when dealing with pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. These companies, created to help customers more easily navigate buying medicine, act …

Two Deaths in Oregon County Linked to Fatal Brain Disorder

Stellar snowmobile season wrapping up in Northeastern Oregon

Published 9:47 am Monday, April 14, 2025 By Jayson Jacoby | Baker City Herald 1 of 2 La Grande Sno-Drifters/Contributed photo Several feet of snow piled on an outhouse at West Eagle Meadows in the Wallowa Mountains during the winter of 2024-25. La …

Trout stocking underway in Northeastern Oregon

Published 9:51 am Monday, April 14, 2025 LA GRANDE — Trout stocking is underway across Northeastern Oregon, as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife releases thousands of legal-size rainbow trout in ponds and reservoirs over the next several weeks. …

Two dead, another infected, as rare brain disease reported in one Oregon county

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Oregon baseball drops in polls after series win at Maryland

Oregon dropped in three of the major polls after winning two of three against Maryland. The Ducks (24-10, 12-6 Big Ten) are ranked No. 16 by d1baseball.com, No. 17 by Perfect Game, No. 18 in the coaches poll and No. 25 by Baseball America. A new NCBWA poll …

When will the NIL-fueled madness end with Oregon State men’s basketball?

Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle, on rebuilding the roster again: “I’m never going to ask or try to play for sympathy, but these last few years have been a grind. We’re going to stay positive. We love Oregon State so much, and we’ve got faith that we can …