Converting the ground under electrical transmission towers into spaces for wildlife can enable fragmented populations to connect with one another, increasing local biodiversity and providing animals around the globe an important tool for adapting to climate change, a new study found.

U.S. Highway 101 was open to one-lane travel Tuesday night after another week of landslide activity blocked the road at Last Chance Grade.

Flavor differences in whiskey can be discerned based solely on the environment in which the barley used to make the whiskey is grown, a new study co-authored by an Oregon State University researcher found.

Environmental Defense Fund is launching a new platform to improve data collection and management of fishing in the ocean using smart cameras coupled with artificial intelligence to get an accurate assessment of the number of vessels fishing in a particular region.

Brookings City Manager Emeritus Gary Milliman has been elected as vice chair of the Border Coast Regional Airport Authority.

Last week, Senator Mike McGuire was again named assistant majority leader of the California State Senate by Senate President Toni Atkins.

Former Del Norte USD athletic director Jay Reese is facing additional charges following his arrest earlier this month for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in Grants Pass, Ore.

After days of moving dirt, rocks and trees that slid onto the roadway, U.S. 101 is scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Last Chance Grade south of Crescent City. CalTrans is planning to keep the roadway open until 6 p.m. with one lane of traffic open. Motorists should anticipate at least …

Workers in the construction industry are most likely to suffer traumatic injuries during the first four hours of their shift, and those who work evening or night shifts experience more severe injuries than their day-shift counterparts, a recent Oregon State University study found.

A Fort Dick fire dog is recovering after the first of two leg surgeries.

Starting March 11, 2021, ShakeAlert-powered earthquake early warning alerts will be available for delivery directly to wireless devices in Oregon.

Now that it’s tax season and tax forms are arriving in the mail, many people are beginning to find a nasty surprise in their mailbox: an IRS form 1099-G reporting unemployment benefit income that they did not actually apply for or receive.

Local restaurant owners received good news last Wednesday when they were allowed to reopen their doors to dine-in customers.

Last Chance Grade south of Crescent City was reopen for one-way traffic as of Wednesday morning, according to Caltrans.

Statistical modeling developed by Oregon State University researchers has confirmed that changes to melanoma patients’ gut microbiome led them to respond to a type of treatment capable of providing long-term benefit.

Scientists at Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service have demonstrated that DNA extracted from water samples from rivers across Oregon and Northern California can be used to estimate genetic diversity of Pacific salmon and trout.

When I was a young man growing up in rural Oregon, there was a term for people like me: “gun nut.” 

Analyzing thousands of genetic markers in albacore tuna from the Pacific Ocean, researchers at Oregon State University have learned that just seven dozen of those markers are needed to determine which side of the equator a fish comes from.

Assemblymember Jim Wood recently introduced AB 510, a bill that adds new protections for patients from surprise medical bills, building on those already provided by AB 72, a bill that has protected 14 million California patients from surprise medical bills since 2017.

Family members are asking for support as a Humboldt County woman remains in the hospital after a dog attack caused serious injuries two weeks ago.

A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a “protected area” designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.

After briefly reopening one lane of traffic Sunday, CalTrans has completely closed U.S. 101 at Last Chance Grade due to continued rock and mud slides in the area.

Congressman Jared Huffman held a town hall Feb. 3 to share information about the state of the COVID-19 pandemic in the northern portion of his congressional district, from Del Norte County to Mendocino County.

Del Norte County has advanced to the red tier of COVID-19 restrictions, the state announced Tuesday.

William Henry Bommelyn, 60, of Smith River, was convicted of DUI with a prior and violating probation and sentenced to four years of probation, 60 days in jail and a fine of $2,602.

A former Del Norte Unified School District athletic director is behind bars in Josephine County, Oregon, on charges he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in late January.

The Del Norte County Sheriff”s Office has chosen a name for its newest K9 officer and will honor a local hero at the same time.

 Oregon State University scientists have received a $3 million National Science Foundation grant to study how communities of microorganisms respond to human-caused stress and how the responses relate to the health of the people, plants and animals that host the microbes.

Extensive sea ice covered the world’s oceans during the last ice age, which prevented oxygen from penetrating into the deep ocean waters, complicating the relationship between oxygen and carbon, a new study has found.

Crescent City police are looking for a man who fired up to five shots from a shotgun into a vehicle in the 700 block of C Street shortly early Monday morning.

The 600-mile fault line of the Cascadia Subduction Zone runs from northern California to British Columbia, bringing with it potential danger of devastation to communities along the West Coast by the effects of a high-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunamis.

Del Norte County supervisors cleared the way for the first commercial marijuana growing operation in the county.

Dogs synchronize their behavior with the children in their family, but not as much as they do with adults, a new study from Oregon State University researchers found.

Across the country, food banks have been reporting vast increases in demand for their support since the pandemic began as businesses close and new families lose jobs daily. But at least one Crescent City food bank is bucking that trend.

A recent study from Oregon State University has found that to best help kids with autism maintain healthy rates of physical activity, interventions should be targeted during the ages of 9 to 13, as that’s when kids show the biggest drop in active time.

Two men escaped with minor injuries when a small Cessna airplane crashed Sunday in a field in Fort Dick.