Oregon

Forty students earned a shot at national FFA office this fall, including Livvy Sturm from Oregon and Joshua Nelson from Idaho, who will face a nine-student interview panel at the national convention.

BLM lands across Oregon and Washington are under fire restrictions right now. Officials say smoke and fire conditions can change quickly, so checking local closures before heading out is worth the extra minute.

American wheat farmers have been part of global food aid efforts for more than 70 years, and a recent shipment out of New Orleans is a reminder of how much that program still moves.

From the southwest corner of Oregon to the northeast, a wide band of extreme drought is straining water supplies and drying out fire fuels at the same time.

Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 20 other senators in opposing a USDA reorganization they say could gut programs that fund rural water systems, broadband, small businesses, and health clinics across Oregon.

Governor Kotek stepped in to halt a southeast Salem data center project, saying growth in Oregon has to make sense for the community, infrastructure, and natural resources — not just for investors.

The Oregon Department of Agriculture confirmed a classical scrapie case in a sheep processed at an in-state facility — and officials say the detection could push back the U.S. timeline for scrapie-free status by several years.

Oregon lawmakers are backing a bill that would fund mobile meal programs for rural kids during summer — an idea that started with one converted van in the Umatilla School District.

Oregon's Open Fields program is coming back. A new round of federal funding could reopen up to 300,000 acres of private farmland and ranchland for public hunting across the state.

Oregon lawmakers from both parties are calling on FEMA to reverse its denial of emergency grants tied to two wildfires, including the East Evans Creek Fire burning in southwest Oregon.