A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.

Two federal agencies oversee more than 32 million acres in the state, an area larger than the state of Kentucky, and federal agencies are responsible for funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to t

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wanted to use gigantic mechanical traps to haul baby fish downstream in tanker trucks.

As Arctic air blankets the eastern United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its latest weather outlook for the last week of January — but will Portland

A sign warns people to stay out of forest on a tract of privately owned land in 2024 near Alsea. A record 1.9 million acres of Oregon forests, shrubland and grass burned in 2024. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek stood before lawmakers Monday, Jan. 14, and talked about the ground under her feet.

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Parts of the country remain under cold weather advisories and freezing warnings today, as the NWS warns of dangerous wind chills.

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration.

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration.

Jacque Schrag/Axios While some parts of the U.S., especially along the Gulf Coast, are seeing a once-in-a-generation snowstorm, you have to go back decades — sometimes more than a century — to see all-time snowfall records for some counties in Oregon.

Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Another display of the northern lights could be visible this weekend in several U.S. states following a severe solar storm.T