It's been mostly smoky in July with the wildfires burning in North State forests and in Oregon. Here's what to know.

The largest dark sky sanctuary in the world is 2.4 million acres of volcanic landscape, deserts, and mountains. Learn how to ...

Snow is continuing to accumulate at higher-than-normal levels in Oregon’s mountains. The build-up may aid the state in recovering from drought. A map showing Oregon snowpack levels as of March ...

The Blue Mountains Complex of Oregon stretches east to west from the Snake River to the Cascades. The Blue Mountain Complex is made up of sub-ranges, including the Wallowa, Elkhorns, Strawberries ...

My favorite moments of every winter come after big snow events in Oregon’s mountains and foothills. In those moments, waterfalls are transformed, forests turn white, backcountry shelters become ...

Oregon wildfires close these popular camping, hiking spots in Cascade Mountains Elliott Deins, Salem Statesman Journal Updated Sun, July 28, 2024 at 6:41 PM UTC ...

The wet start to 2024 has already put Oregon’s drought map at its lowest levels since 2019. That trend should only continue with the rain and boost to Oregon’s snowpack. Oregon’s snowpack is ...

Hope was running low as well for the Kim family nine days after they became stuck in the snowy mountains of southwestern Oregon while making their way from Seattle toward home in San Francisco.

Travel & Outdoors; Find one of Oregon’s tallest waterfalls on an easy little hike in the mountains. Updated: ; Jul. 11, 2025, 3:31 p.m. | Published: ; Jun. 10, 2025 ...

Waterfalls can feel like a dime a dozen in Oregon, where hundreds of documented plunges and multiple “waterfall corridors” are found in the Columbia River Gorge, Willamette Valley, Coast Range ...

A few weeks after the letters went out, the state held a virtual meeting to discuss the map. Around 900 residents called in, filling the two-hour video session with a litany of complaints. “I ...