Weather

Senate Bill 54 would require property owners of 10 or more multi-family rental units to provide tenants with indoor cooling in at least one room. By 2036, all bedrooms would require cooling devices.

Above-average Oregon rainfall will last through at least mid-April.

Gov. Kotek determined that the flooding and landslides pose a continued threat to life, safety, property and infrastructure in 10 Oregon counties.

As flood warnings continue in parts of Southwest Oregon, the Oregon Department of Emergency Management has activated a Level 3 regional emergency response.

Heavy rains battered areas of Southern Oregon this weekend, resulting in widespread flooding and damage.

“Winter isn’t done with us yet,” according to the National Weather Service in Portland. Heavy snow is expected in the Cascade passes through at least Saturday.

Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.

Agencies that keep tabs on Northwest rivers and snowpack have been shedding scientists under the Trump administration.

Two nonprofit avalanche forecasting centers in Oregon rely on tools and information from federal agencies but do not receive federal or state funding.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest U.S. government agency to face layoffs as the Trump administration continues slashing the federal workforce. Some of the cuts are in Newport, Oregon.