The Oregon Water Resources Commission must reconsider its denial of a proposed dam in farmland south of Silverton, the Oregon ...

Though modernizing Oregon water law is a laudable target, irrigation district manager Brent Stevenson isn’t yet sure if lawmakers hit the bullseye this year. It will take time to know […] ...

The Bureau of Land Management has released an impact statement examining the mine's potential effects on water use, wildlife ...

Kotek has declared drought emergencies in five other counties so far this year — Douglas, Lincoln, Morrow, Union and Baker — ...

U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle has announced she’s secured over $16.6 million in federal funding for community infrastructure projects ...

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern ...

Open water swimmers in Oregon will soon be able to take a dip in picturesque Lake Oswego, after a long-awaited ruling allowing access to the water The 395-acre lake is surrounded by private ...

Farms in Eastern Oregon take 400,000 to 450,000 acre feet (one acre-foot equals 325,000 gallons) of water out of the Columbia River annually to irrigate their fields. That’s a little less than 1% of ...

"Public water should remain publicly owned for the public good," said Jeff Klatke, president of the Oregon chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.