A rancher and former county commissioner who raised alarm bells about polluted groundwater in eastern Oregon hopes to replace ...

A wheel line is used to irrigate crops. There are competing bills in the Oregon Legislature concerning the regulation of water transfers. (Oregon Department of Agriculture) Public interest ...

Oregon Supreme Court justices Thursday heard an appeal of a ruling denying a water right to a group of farmers in Marion and Clackamas counties who want to build a dam on a creek where cutthroat trout ...

Lawmakers have scaled back the fee increases proposed for many Oregon water rights transactions, though they’re still likely to get considerably more expensive. As originally proposed, House Bill 2803 ...

M orrow County, Oregon, is home to mega farms and food processing plants. But it’s also home to several Amazon data centers. And now, some experts believe, that combination is leading to an alarmingly ...

Bills from Gov. Tina Kotek and a bipartisan duo of representatives would streamline water rights transfers and impose new environmental reviews In an effort to modernize and streamline how state ...

A wave of water-related legislation swept through the Oregon Legislature during the 2025 session. The most controversial water-related bills did not end up passing. In particular, there were three ...

More than 500 letters of testimony were submitted in opposition to Senate Bill 1154, largely from people who fear it will let state agencies take their well water. FILE - Gov. Tina Kotek on May 3, ...

Oregon residents represented by attorneys at Hagens Berman, Bliven Law Firm and Heenan & Cook today filed a new lawsuit accusing Portland General Electric Company (PGE) and Columbia River Processing ...

Farmers currently need a water right to irrigate crops they plan to sell. However, House Bill 3372 would exempt gardens that are a half acre or smaller. Those farms could use up to 3,000 gallons of ...

Amazon has come to the state's eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that's been linked to cancer and miscarriages ...