Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

What you should knowA 4-alarm fire broke out shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday at SPS Technologies, an aerospace parts supplier in Montgomery County.No injuries were reported as of Tuesday morning, and ...

Pain MD, which once ran as many as 20 clinics across three states, gave chronic-pain patients about 700,000 total injections near their spines, according to court documents. Last year, federal ...

Wildfires have been a growing problem in Oregon for the last few years and there is an ongoing debate in Salem about how to best address the issue.

On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state. These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate, and ...

Republicans touted different pieces of legislation — such as Senate Bill 678 — that would eliminate the map. If ...

Oregon Republican legislators are coming out against the state’s wildfire hazard map and seeking its repeal. The map ...