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U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon (Malheur Enterprise photo) ONTARIO – Congressman Cliff Bentz on Monday called on Gov. Kate Brown to reverse her decision to impose tighter restrictions on 15 Oregon counties that require restaurants to close. The governor last week announced 15 counties were…

KLAMATH FALLS – While most irrigators in the Upper Klamath Basin are enduring a spring without surface water, canals in Klamath Drainage District have been flowing since the middle of April. And KDD says no laws were broken to make deliveries to its customers. KDD…

Sunday’s big winner at the Academy Awards has an Oregon connection: The book that inspired “Nomadland” was written by a former reporter for The Oregonian “Nomadland,” which follows a woman in her 60s as she takes up a nomadic lifestyle after losing everything in the…

Oregon State Hospital employees were hit with bad news at the end of March. An unprecedented 20% of the hospital’s full-time nursing staff was out on leave, marking the latest effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And beginning April 1, another wave of workers from throughout…

Trail crew volunteer Frank Jahn works on a segment of the Pacific Crest Trail that winds through the burn area of the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge. (Courtesy/ The Oregonian) Leif Hoven can walk down a trail he hasn’t visited in years…

Gene L. Thompson, 55, photographed with his son before his sentencing on a federal conspiracy charge. The photo was included in a pleading to a federal judge for leniency. NYSSA – A one-story home in Nyssa on a quiet city street was key to global…

Bill Markham (Courtesy/Markham family) Longtime businessman, state legislator and World War II veteran Bill Markham will be remembered as a man of service to his family and community. He died Monday at the age of 98. Markham served Douglas County and parts of Josephine County…