In a region rife with contaminated wells due to nitrates, the Port of Morrow is usually restricted in how much wastewater it can spread during the winter.

Oregon’s second largest port is getting another exception to a water pollution permit it’s violated for much of the last two ...

Morrow County residents drove to Salem to meet with Gov. Tina Kotek’s staff to discuss the pollution in the area’s water.

Governor Tina Kotek issued “a state of emergency due to risk of economic shut down,” that allows the Port of Morrow to ...

The group stops near the Port of Morrow, where a recent leak allowed thousands of gallons of wastewater to contaminate the site. Monica Samayoa / OPB Oregon will allow the Port of Morrow to dump ...

BOARDMAN — Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order Jan. 13 to let the Port of Morrow apply wastewater to low-risk agricultural fields in the Lower Umatilla Basin during the nongrowing season ...

Tina Kotek. She issued an executive order Monday afternoon, allowing officials at the Port of Morrow in Boardman six weeks of relief — between Jan. 15 and Feb. 28 — from state penalties for ...

SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday declared a state of emergency, allowing the Port of Morrow to exceed its wastewater permit, citing "risk of economic shutdown" in Morrow and Umatilla ...

Oregon will allow the Port of Morrow to violate its water pollution permit by spreading nitrogen-contaminated wastewater on nearby agricultural fields, despite a drinking water crisis in the area.

Tina Kotek. She issued an executive order Monday afternoon, allowing officials at the Port of Morrow in Boardman six weeks of relief — between Jan. 15 and Feb. 28 — from state penalties for ...