The seven members of Gov. Tina Kotek’s new Data Center Advisory Committee will recommend regulations meant to protect energy ...

The workgroup will consider data centers’ impact on climate and energy, but the industry’s huge tax breaks aren’t on the agenda.

Oregon’s governor is organizing a new committee of advisers to weigh in on issues rising from the rapid growth of data ...

Hedquist was convicted in 1995 of murdering 19-year-old Nikki Thrasher. He later said he feared Thrasher would report him to ...

Kyle Hedquist, 47, was jailed for life in 1994 for the execution-style killing of Nikki Thrasher, but his violent history did ...

Former Statesman Journal reporter Peter Wong is honored during a dedication at the Oregon State Capitol.

Terri Lee Brown, who the Oregon Supreme Court found was wrongly returned to prison after an earlier release, has sued Gov. Tina Kotek, Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton, clemency ...

The director of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission approached lawmakers with an unusual request last week. OLCC director Steve Marks wanted to change state law to benefit just one person: the liquor ...

Salem City Council reversed its decision to appoint a man convicted of murder to two city commissions. The initial appointment drew national attention and a social media campaign from police and fire ...

A controversial vote to keep a convicted Oregon killer on a city police oversight board is now under pressure to unravel after police and fire unions revealed that two Salem city councilors are ...

SALEM, Ore. (KOIN) — The man at the center of a controversy in Salem is speaking out. Kyle Hedquist is a convicted murderer who is facing backlash for his appointment to a public safety committee.