The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...

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The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) identified the victim in Monday’s deadly robbery at a northeast Portland Fred Meyer.

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Mountain-dwelling elk migrate to the lowlands to forage for food in mid-winter. Here's what to know before you go.

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a ...

For the second consecutive week, victims in a high-profile sexual abuse case against a St. Helens High School teacher were ...

The license plate said it all: "Papers." Everyone who saw the station wagon coming down the street in the afternoons knew it ...

An undersea volcano off the Oregon coast will likely erupt in 2025, and scientists can use the lessons learned from ...