For several years now, I'm told, the second most over-used phrase at the Arlington Club -- behind "Pass the lobster" -- has been, "How do those BETCs work?" A generation removed from the era in which Harold Robbins' "The Betsy" established the nadir of American cinema, Oregon's BETC -- Business Energy Tax Credit -- has redefined the indecent tax ...

An engineering firm hired by Yamhill County to study alternatives to expansion of McMinnville's Riverbend Landfill identified 12 of them and found major fault with all 12.

Where does that coffee cup, disposable razor or unwanted television end up once it's tossed to the curb? Using an electronic tracking device about the size of a matchbook, MIT researchers are tagging about 3,000 pieces of Seattle trash to get people thinking about what they throw away and where it ends up.

Where does that coffee cup, disposable razor or unwanted television end up once it's tossed to the curb? Using an electronic tracking device about the size of a matchbook, MIT researchers are tagging about 3,000 pieces of Seattle trash to get people thinking about what they throw away and where it ends up.

Federal cash grants worth more than $140 million were awarded Tuesday to energy companies operating three Eastern Oregon wind farms.

"Almost every job has a green component. Even bartenders have to learn how to recycle," he explained.

A car arrives at the top terminal of the Wallowa Lake Tramway south of Joseph. Double the suggested time for this trip and you still won't scratch the surface of what northeast Oregon has to offer.

A man who set at least six fires in Eastern Oregon last year pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted arson and was sentenced by a Morrow County judge to 4½ years in prison.

More than 150 years after signing a treaty ceding land but preserving their hunting and fishing rights, Columbia River tribes are locked in a legal dispute with this tiny port over whether those rights can change with the course of the river.

ARLINGTON - Oregon State Police say a trooper pulled over a motorcyclist who had been clocked at 130 mph on Interstate 84 near the spot where the Deschutes River joins the Columbia.

ARLINGTON, Ore., -- A Vancouver man died in a single-vehicle crash late Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 84 about eight miles west of Arlington.

The city has a goal to recycle or compost 60 percent of its waste by 2012. Seattle's 50-percent recycling rate is higher than the national average of about 32 percent.

Set amid wheeling seagulls that have found paradise 250 miles from the ocean, hydraulic tippers hoist truck containers and send thousands of pounds of Portland's garbage sliding into a never-ending pile.