The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.

The federal Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, finalized a new resource management plan in early January that outlines how the government will take care of the over 100,000 acres of breathtaking landscape.

The BLM manages wild horse and burro populations in 10 western states. In 1998, the program spent about $17 million dollars. By 2023, the expenditure had exploded to $158 million. What did that buy the taxpayer?

The announcements come just days before the start of the Trump administration, which is widely expected to promote extractive industries over conservation.

The holdup in finalizing plans covering nearly 70 million acres of federal rangelands in all 10 Western states is linked to the agency's inability to resolve objections raised by the governors in those states.

Nada Wolff Culver, BLM’s former principal deputy director and one of the architects of the signature Biden administration regulation, said she fears this signals the new administration is moving to dismantle the rule that seeks to balance conservation with energy development, livestock grazing, recreation and other uses of BLM rangelands.

Tillamook’s Bureau of Land Management field office has moved into a brand-new building located at the Port of Tillamook Bay, after vacating its old Third Street location last July.

Robert Kentta of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the tribal council’s treasurer, stands in part of the tribe’s 2,000-acre purchase of Table Rock property north of Medford. (Photo courtesy of Matt Hill/Lone Rock Strategies) Matt Hill/Lone Rock Strategies

Gregory Gourdet, a chef whose parents immigrated from Haiti to Queens, New York, in the 1960s, started out with a two-day pop-up in the summer of 2020, when Portland was locked down from COVID and embroiled in Black Lives Matter protests.

Protecting your mental health is tough amid anti-LGBTQ+ attacks, but here's some advice on how to stay safe during the next four years.

Trump halts Lava Ridge Wind Project as BLM proposes new 60,000-acre Taurus wind farm from Shoshone to Gooding despite local opposition.

There is a shrinking potential to increase the amount of official wilderness in the country. The possibilities are waning because of federal agency decisions and congressional opposition or indifference.