If you saw Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2025, maybe you thought it looked like its namesake, Mocha Mousse. But for Charity: Water, a nonprofit that brings clean water to people around the world, ...

SALEM — Legislation intended to streamline the regulation of water from the Columbia river has died in committee but Oregon lawmakers expect to resurrect it next year after further negotiations.

Oregon irrigators want to lower the bureaucratic hurdles for distributing water from the Columbia River, arguing that increasing regulatory flexibility will boost aquifer recharge efforts. In the ...