Oregon's state rock is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Here's everything to know about the thunderegg and where ...

Its size ranges in diameter from less than an inch to more than 4 feet, according to the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

A team of researchers led by Oregon’s Department of Geology and Mineral Industries recently lasers surveys of the area burned by the Eagle Creek fire in 2017 to better understand how frequent ...

While damage from the recent flood has been limited, "the community still has a long road before we are whole again,” said ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Eight years after the Eagle Creek Fire scorched nearly 50,000 acres in the Columbia River Gorge, a new report shows the fire helped pave the way for hundreds of dangerous ...

Her work was so quiet and fundamental—to academia and industry, all over the world—that she believed her job would be safe.

Just 1.5 hours from the city of Bend, tucked away in Eastern Oregon, is the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Prior to her appointment as dean, Marrongelle held positions as the vice chancellor for academic strategies and assistant vice chancellor for academic standards and collaboration with the Oregon ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

And thanks to the Cowiche Canyon Conservancy, an area once deemed “absolutely worthless” has become one of the Valley’s ...