John Kitzhaber News

The fallout from SAIF Corp. board's firing of CEO John Plotkin continues. As WW reported earlier, the state-owned worker's compensation insurer fired Plotkin on May 9, just three-months after he started work.

Cover Oregon's new executive director has signed a contract awarding him a base salary of $215,000 a year, more than a $30,000 raise over his predecessor.

The LaGrande Observer is now online in a Replica E-edition form and publishes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The state snagged nearly $658,000 in federal funds this week. The funding is part of an overall $43.3 million allotted through the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The battle over whether to require labeling of genetically modified foods is moving to its third West Coast state in three years.

In a letter to Gov. John Kitzhaber, the Oregon Department of Agriculture said state law allows it to create "control areas" for genetically engineered crops to deal with pests and disease.

The column that wishes Sam Feinstein would run for Bridgeton City Council just to see how many votes he would get, and we don't care on whose slate he runs or what cause because he's a just and honest man.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, seeking a fourth term, recently claimed that, since he took office, the state's unemployment rate is at its lowest point in three years.

The South Metro Area Regional Transit Agency has been awarded a $60,000 competitive Oregon grant to support alternative-fueling infrastructure, the city of Wilsonville announced.

A mediation program spearheaded by Gov. John Kitzhaber went into effect Tuesday, giving patients and their families an option besides suing when medical errors happen.

Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber on Tuesday agreed to a July 18 debate with his Republican challenger, Rep. Dennis Richardson of Central Point.

The Oregon Health Authority will pay Deloitte Consulting LLC up to $18.4 million to be the "system integrator" that oversees the transition.

Gov. John Kitzhaber blasted a proposed "right to work" ballot initiative during a Labor Day picnic at Oaks Park in 2013.

Oregon's First Lady, Cylvia Hayes delivers her keynote address at this weekend's SolWest Fair at the Union County Fairgrounds.

Gov. John Kitzhaber, center, listens as Boise Cascade employees explain how the particleboard plant takes in material at one of its dump sites.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision appears to give thousands of Oregon care workers the right to opt out of paying dues to two of the state's major public employee unions.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dennis Richardson made a stop at a barbecue and disk golf tournament hosted by the Lane County GOP.

From left, House Speaker Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and Gov. John Kitzhaber join Daimler president and CEO Martin Daum at a press conference last year announcing the expansion of Daimler Trucks' North American headquarters in Portland.

A group of medical marijuana advocates is trying to overturn the Clackamas County commissioner's one-year moratorium on dispensaries.

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., meet before walking into the Senate chamber on Wednesday to shepherd the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.