The Alvord Desert outside Burns in Harney County is one of the driest places in Oregon. The county made it onto a list of sanctuary jurisdictions. (Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital Chronicle) If you were ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A majority of Oregon counties are supporting a federal lawsuit filed by Marion County seeking clarity on Oregon’s sanctuary state laws. On Monday, Marion County announced that ...

The Coos County Sheriff’s Office needed to take a drastic step. Strapped for cash, officials had cut the county’s jail capacity in half, losing 49 beds. With no place to put people who had been ...

HEPPNER — By the end of the year, counties in Oregon have to decide whether to opt out of a new statute affecting solar farm siting rules. Solar siting projects larger than 320 acres on non-arable ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Four Oregon counties who previously refused to comply with subpoenas from immigration officials will now have to comply. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane granted ...