Authorities planned to pull several vehicles from the Columbia River on Thursday, including a car believed to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters, including two whose bodies washed up at a dam the following year.

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities.

The bean native to South Sudan and a handful of other African countries has deep roots, thick leaves and big trunk help it thrive in extreme conditions where other coffees cannot.

The findings come as the Oregon Legislature is considering a bill to improve landfill methane monitoring and reporting.

California and other states and counties are using a legal strategy that took down Big Tobacco, hoping to make fossil fuel companies pay for damage they have long denied. But many obstacles remain.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said climate change is an existential threat to the state, she told KATU's Steve Dunn in an exclusive interview.

The shark plate is the most recent in a series of specialty license plates benefiting Oregon State . They include the bee plate, which launched in 2023, and the gray whale plate, which launched in 2019. The DMV will also issue a new Beaver plate, which supports the university’s athletics and marketing initiatives, starting April 7.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Climate change's impact on Oregon's geography is vividly captured in "A Changing Landscape," an exhibition at the Oregon Historical Society in downtown Portland ...

The storm will usher in warm temperatures, which will contribute to the flooding risk from heavy rain as snow melts.

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation last week announced $5 million in grants to six natural climate-solutions projects across the Pacific Northwest to help speed up efforts to mitigate climate change.

A study from the University of Oregon, published this month in the journal Environment and Behavior, found that climate news that includes a solutions angle is more likely to influence people to take action — whether by supporting policies that address greenhouse gas emissions or donating to environmental causes.

President Trump's not the first to propose sending Pacific Northwest water to California, but there are technical reasons why it has never happened.