Mike Werner is excited about seeing what has been hidden, far beneath the ground in the mountains north of Sumpter, for a century or more.

A Nevada-based company is one step closer to being allowed to construct Oregon’s first modern-day gold mine. On Monday, the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries announced it has ...

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 ...