NEWPORT, Oregon — For years, the city of Newport has been fighting a lawsuit against a woman who said she hurt herself when she was walking to Agate Beach. The legal fight is prompting some Oregon ...

he changes come following the Oregon Supreme Court’s declining to hear an appeal in a case this summer, effectively ending recreational immunity for governing bodies on trails accessing recreational ...

The proposed $1.68 billion draft, the largest funding allocation in CPRA history, focuses on strategic initiatives to mitigate storm surge and reduce flooding. During the State Capitol gathering on ...

Welcome to the era of the smart sea wall!

The island nation of 12,000 people has been advocating for the proposal to more than double the size of its most populated islet during the COP28 United Nations international climate conference ...

Recent research reveals a striking correlation to how life evolved over 500 million years. The movement of rivers, mountains, oceans, and sediment nutrients at the geological timescale are central ...

Citing violations as far back as 1982, the commission will weigh a staff recommendation to fine the Rio Del Mar Beach Island Homeowners Association – and its estimated 27-home membership, most of ...

The policy couched by commissioners as ending a “taking of public property” was approved in a 5-1 vote on Oct. 5 despite strong opposition from the citizens of Manatee County and a “no” vote from the ...

As global leaders gather at COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, there are growing calls for a reparative mechanism to compensate the world’s most vulnerable communities, the members of ...

The Louisiana Republican helped craft the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure package. “Last week, Louisiana received a total of $13.7 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ...

The average annual damages from weather- and climate-related disasters jumped from $18 billion in the 1980s to $81 billion in the 2010s, and the 2020s are easily on pace to shatter that record.

Where there had been steep cliffs eroded into the side of the sand dunes in the seaside village by the end of the summer, there are now no dunes at all. On a recent morning, waves slapped against a ...