Jonathan Bach

Former lumber town Bend, Oregon, entices residents who long to live in a wonderland of sagebrush and forests. But like so many other communities across the West, Bend has too few homes for everyone clambering for access.

The tenuous position of affordable housing providers calls into question whether, and when, Oregon will be in a position to generate the more than 176,000 affordable housing units that officials say the state needs over 20 years while key providers are having a hard time covering their bills and maintaining their existing properties.

White homebuyers in the U.S. get an outsized share of purchase mortgages within neighborhoods of color.

Rather than greeting droves of guests, many hoteliers have shown workers the door.

An "A-hed" story that ran on the front page of The Wall Street Journal investigates "wind throb" in cars.

A coming wagon and SUV offer a ray of hope for U.S. dealers unable to sell nearly 12,000 vehicles.

An investigation reveals shortfalls of Oregon's child welfare agency.

States with legal pot have collected more than $1.6 billion since the newest sin taxes went into effect in 2014.