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Oregon’s transportation system is due for an overhaul next year. But no one is sure what to do
Oregon’s highway officials say they’re tapped out — and that’s about to mean big problems from Portland to Madras to Medford. As inflation has sent road costs soaring in recent years, gas taxes are sputtering like an overworked Geo Metro. The funding pinch has grown so troublesome that the Oregon Department of Transportation warned last winter it couldn’t even plow mountain passes reliably without an emergency infusion of cash.
Group Seeks Meeting With Oregon Governor on Making Eastern Counties Part of Idaho
OREGON - Leaders of the "Greater Idaho" movement are asking Oregon Governor Tina Kotek to sit down with them and talk about next steps for the 13 counties in eastern Oregon who have passed measures supporting a move of the Oregon/Idaho border. According to a press release, the organization has...
Several blazes, including a 'megafire,' growing in Oregon amid dry fuel and high temperatures
A slight respite from hot, dry weather Monday slowed the hunger for acreage among Oregon's eight major wildfires, but an ominous forecast loomed as the state welcomed outside help. Oregon's largest blaze, the Cow Valley Fire along the state's desolate eastern flank, stood at 132,528 acres Monday, with 5% containment...
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