A series of billboards went up alongside Interstate 5 heading into Salem on Monday — but they aren’t meant for most of the people who will see them. They’re for the eyes of state senators and representatives heading into the capital.

The man who shot himself after an overnight standoff near Nyssa has been identified by police as 58-year-old Joel Evan Brousseau.

Organizers of the Greater Idaho movement have descended upon Oregon’s capital city with a series of billboards targeting Oregon lawmakers.

Lawmakers returning to Salem for the start of the Legislative session this week are being greeted by roadside electronic billboards encouraging them to "Free Eastern Oregon" by moving the Oregon-Idaho border.

Family members and authorities said a body found recently in the Snake River appears to be that of a Treasure Valley man who went missing in November. Someone reported seeing a body in the river near Delmar Avenue at about 1 p.

According to Oregon and California’s fire departments, trucks were stopped in Davis, California, just outside Sacramento, for maintenance and safety checks, and those trucks continued onward. Photos and news coverage confirm that trucks from other states were assisting firefighters in Los Angeles.

The price of crude oil jumped to $80 a barrel last week, and that’s pushing pump prices higher in 45 states, including Oregon, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. Global oil prices have soared on concerns of tighter supplies,

The Oregon Legislature meets Tuesday for a 160-day "long" session, one facing big demands for funding toward some of the state's most pressing problems.

The two adults had been without food, water or means of communication for several days when firefighters found them last weekend.

A 19-year-old on a boogie board vanished off a coastline in Oregon in the dark until rescuers heard a cry for help, fire officials said. His family reported him missing after 5:30 p.m. Jan. 13 near Haystack Rock, the Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District said in a news release.

An eight-hour standoff in Nyssa, Oregon, ended with the suspect, 58-year-old Joel Evan Brousseau, found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A neighbor shares how she hid during the incident.

The man who shot himself following a standoff near Nyssa, Oregon, was identified as Joel Evan Brousseau on Thursday by the Malheur County Sheriff's Office.