Seventeen-year-old Aster Powell moved in with a close friend last year near Sunriver and started working at an entertainment ...

Unsurprisingly, repairs often take longer than expected; sometimes, they expose underlying problems that need fixing as well. Such was the case for Oregon, which ends the year with only modest ...

When Bob Ferguson becomes governor this month, he should convene a frank conversation with lawmakers and local leaders about what is working and what is not. They should demand real data from service ...

This is the third in a three-part series on the national rise in local camping bans and restrictions since the Supreme Court ...

A yearly one-time count of people experiencing homelessness nationwide suggests that homelessness is growing much more quickly in rural Oregon.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released its annual report assessing homelessness across the ...

For the first time, Oregon is offering home repair services through the state's new healthy homes grant program.

Rural Oregon saw a 29-percent increase in unsheltered homelessness in 2024, far outpacing metro areas, according to the latest Point-In-Time count. Advocates cite improved counting ...

This is the second in a three-part series on the national rise in local camping bans and restrictions since the Supreme Court ...

NewsWatch 12 has the Top 12 stories that happened this year in Southern Oregon and Northern California. From Oregon's most ...

Exploring the concept of compassionate conservativism and its impact on addressing homelessness in America. A look at the ...

An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessness—so it convened a random selection of residents to come up ...