The public has until Feb. 6 to comment on the proposed Grassy Mountain Gold and Silver Mine near Vale in Malheur County Oregonians have roughly two months to weigh in on a Nevada company’s plans to ...

MALHEUR COUNTY, Ore. — A proposed underground gold and silver mine in eastern Oregon is undergoing federal environmental review, and officials are accepting public comments on a project that could ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore.GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A bill to put a five-year moratorium on using suction dredges to mine for gold in key salmon streams is moving through the Oregon Legislature. By a 3-2 vote ...

Oregon and Oregonians have often turned up on Discovery Channel shows, from Todd Hoffman and his “Gold Rush” crew, to “Gold Rush” veteran Dave Turin, hosting “Dave Turin’s Lost Mine” and “America’s ...

With gold prices at an all-time high, illegal gold mining is again rising— a recurring pattern between gold prices and illegal gold mining. Earlier this month, several top-tier news reports covered ...