Rob Manning

The latest state budget plans released Monday in Salem are drawing mixed reviews from the education community.

An Oregonian is among the three Americans who died after militants took over a natural gas plant in Algeria, according to federal officials.

Hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in utility savings are the big benefits of a new power agreement announced Friday in Northwest Washington.

Oregon learned Thursday it’s getting more than $20 million from the federal government to improve preschool education.

The Bonneville Power Administration’s long-serving chief is stepping down. Steve Wright was the acting BPA administrator in 2000, when the western U.S. was struggling with an energy crisis. He served as permanent head for a decade and now says he’s retiring in January.

Oregon Attorney General John Kroger has been selected as the next president of Reed College. That means the Democrat will step down early from running the Department of Justice.

Environmentalists and one of Oregon's public sector unions are challenging the recent approval of new water permits in Cascade Locks. As Rob Manning reports, the controversy surrounds a proposal to bottle water in the Columbia Gorge.

Oregon's unemployment rate remained unchanged last month, according to new numbers from the state Tuesday. Officials say the 8.8 percent  jobless rate is the lowest in Oregon since November 2008. Employment department economist Nick Beleiciks says the non-farm payroll lost 6,400 jobs. But he says despite what he called “surprising” job losses, the employment picture is slowly improving.

Hundreds of school and labor supporters rallied at the Oregon Capitol today Monday to advocate for more state spending on education and social services. Rob Manning reports.

The Bonneville Power Administration has offered a solution for its dispute with wind energy producers. As Rob Manning reports, BPA's offer of compensation is not appeasing wind developers.