The native of west Texas found his interest in ag policy piqued in the early 1990s when he successfully won an appeal to USDA in Washington ... from the University of Oregon and is an East Coast ...

House Agriculture Chair G.T. Thompson says no SNAP benefit cuts are expected, focusing instead on strengthening program ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Stephen Vaden as deputy secretary of USDA for his upcoming administration. Vaden, who served as general counsel for USDA during Trump’s ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

The Oregonian/OregonLive created a new interactive map that shows how much snow was estimated to have fallen in specific ...

Along Highway 30 between Portland and Astoria are some spectacular places to take in wildlife, including the "B-52s of the ...

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the Willamette Valley for snow and ice Thursday and Friday.

Food & Water Watch released a series of maps that underline the calls from community members for state officials to address ...

Ingesting dangerous levels of nitrates through drinking water is associated with specific cancers and birth defects.