4,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in Oregon, SW Washington walk off the job

In the latest sign of mounting labor unrest in the health care industry, thousands of Kaiser Permanente frontline health workers in Oregon and southwest Washington walked off the job early Tuesday, part of a coordinated strike spanning several...

“They Say It’s About to Wake”: Scientists Detect Troubling Signs of an Underwater Volcano Rising Beneath the Pacific (and the Ocean Is Rumbling Back)

IN A NUTSHELL 🌋 Scientists monitor the Axial Seamount for signs of an impending eruption. 📡 Advanced underwater sensors provide real-time data on seismic activity. 🌊 Potential eruptions could impact marine ecosystems around hydrothermal vents. 🔍...

Multiple organizations researching where antifa receives its funding from

President Donald Trump and top administration officials have vowed to use the full weight of the federal government to bring down antifa. Trump even pledged to go after antifa’s finances and designate it as an “international” terrorist...

License Plates for Oregon Coast's Largest Aquarium Coming Soon - Mural Artist Needed

Published 10/12/25 at 6:45 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Newport, Oregon) – Oregonians will soon get their hands on a new license plate design, and the same aquarium that brought you that automotive treat is putting out a call for...

Content creator uses social media to get Latino youth interested in STEM

Sonia Camacho started posting her life on social media as a college undergrad. She'd capture her busy life as a student at Oregon State University, majoring in Computer Science Systems and interning at Nike Headquarters. She'd also open up about...

Hermiston schools test scores tick up in math, science

Published 5:00 pm Monday, October 13, 2025 HERMISTON — The recent Oregon Statewide Assessment showed proficiency in math and science among Hermiston students increased while student proficiency in English language arts fell slightly. The Hermiston...

Science LA Times San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault in California and the Cascadia subduction zone offshore of California's North Coast, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The public has...

House Democrats eye DOE-led push on marine energy technologies

As the Trump administration systematically slashes clean energy projects across the country in favor of oil, natural gas and coal, a trio of House Democrats are trying to reverse course by laying the groundwork for marine-focused technological...

Oregon has fallen short of a key higher education goal. Is it time to set a new one?

Fourteen years ago, lawmakers set an ambitious goal for higher education: By 2025, 80% of Oregon’s young people would hold a college degree or an education credential of some sort. Unsurprisingly, the state fell short. The writing has been on the...

Scientists create human egg cells from skin cells

Scientists have created human eggs in the lab using a similar process to the one used to clone the famous Dolly the sheep, then used in vitro fertilization (IVF) to turn them into embryos. Although this method is far from being used in a clinical...

Science Alaska Beacon In a changing Arctic, how much noise is too much?

A bowhead whale and calf swim in an open-water lead in the Arctic Ocean in this undated photo. (Photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) A line of pink lingers above the horizon, the April sun offering a welcome dose...

Local historians and researchers face off in debate discussing 1947 ‘Summer of the Saucers’ events

By Owen Sexton / owen@chronline.com While Kenneth Arnold’s “saucer-like aircraft” sighting near Mount Rainier, the Maury Island Incident and the Roswell Incident all took place nearly eight decades ago during the “Summer of the Saucers” in 1947,...

The Future of Conservation: Indigenous Ways Meet Western Science

High in the mountains beyond Crested Butte, in the inimitable river valley of Gothic, Colorado, the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab (RMBL) is home to one of the most prolific environmental research stations in the world. The lab—which specializes in...

Eastern Oregon nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown

Eastern Oregon nursery among small businesses caught in the fray of government shutdown Published 6:29 am Monday, October 13, 2025 Plant nursery owners fear delayed federal payments could force their 30-year business in Eastern Oregon to close...

Cascadia quake may create ’emergency situation’ in other West Coast fault zone, study warns

Construction workers and vehicles move around the Capitol. The building's retrofitting project came before a recent study which found heightened risk of increasingly damaging earthquakes on the nation's West Coast. (Photo by Julia Shumway/Oregon...

Oregon’s early child care crisis impacts all but two of the state’s 36 counties

When Courtney Eggleston gave birth to her son, she knew she would have to rely on friends and family to help care for him when she went back to work. That’s because Hines, the Eastern Oregon town in Harney County where Eggleston lives, has few...

Carlsbad seeks construction bids on sprawling Veterans Memorial Park

Carlsbad’s City Council authorized staffers Tuesday to advertise for construction bids on Veterans Memorial Park, which will be the city’s largest at 94 acres and will include its first family bike park with jumps, a pump track and a slalom...

Scientists create human eggs from skin cells in major infertility breakthrough

Human eggs made from a volunteer’s skin DNA were fertilized in the lab on September 30, 2025, and some grew for nearly a week. A peer-reviewed study reports that early embryos formed, although most stalled because their chromosomes did not sort...

Pre-Flight Safety Briefing: Researching the Environment in the U.S. Without Being Detained at the Border

This post was originally published on Environmental History Now. It is a turbulent time to be an international scholar in the United States. Students are being detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) for visa...

Explained: Viral online feud between IndyCar and college football team Oregon Ducks as series president reacts

The IndyCar world got into a virtual scuffle with the college football team, the Oregon Ducks, on Saturday. It began before the Ducks' home game at Autzen Stadium against the Indiana Hoosiers. During the pre-game show, the Oregon Ducks mascot...