News As The Oregonian reported earlier today, a Marion County grand jury decided not to charge former Assistant Attorney General Brent Foster with a crime for his conduct in a Hood River County case. Foster, formerly the director of Columbia Riverkeeper and one of Attorney General John Kroger's highest-profile hires after Kroger won election in 2008, greeted the Marion County announcement with this ...   More

News  As The Oregonian reported earlier today, a Marion County grand jury decided not to charge former Assistant Attorney General Brent Foster with a crime for his conduct in a Hood River County case.Foster, formerly the director of Columbia Riverkeeper and one of Attorney General John Kroger’s highest-profile hires after Kroger won election in 2008, greeted the ...   More

News Just about every month, your utility includes written information in your bill that's designed to make you a better-informed ratepayer. In July, NW Natural, the local gas utility, presented its customers information about Liquified Natural Gas. For the past couple of years, NW Natural has been a strong proponent of siting an LNG terminal on the Columbia River, to diversify its supply sources. Most ...   More

News Attorney General-elect John Kroger campaigned on a promise to shake up what some people have considered a staid operation. At least two of the three special counsels he named today will go a long way toward helping him accomplish that goal when he starts next month as head of Oregon's Justice Department. According to sources in the legal community, Kroger has hired lawyers Margaret Olney, ...   More

News Yesterday's news that Brent Foster, formerly Attorney General John Kroger's top enviornmental lawyer, was making an untimely exit from Kroger's office surprised many in the legal community. But Foster's departure, which was related to his conduct in a criminal case in Hood River in which his former employer Columbia Riverkeeper played a role, came on the heels of another departure by one of ...   More

News Attorney General John Kroger today parted ways with one of his highest profile deputies—Brent Foster, the former executive director of Columbia Riverkeeper and perhaps the leading opponent of liquified natural gas terminals proposed for Oregon. Here's the statement Kroger's office released today: Oregon Attorney General John Kroger today announced the resignation of Brent Foster, Special ...   More

News Attorney General John Kroger today responded in writing to requests for information from Sen. Ted Ferrioli (R-John Day) regarding Kroger's former top environmental deputy, Brent Foster. Foster resigned under pressure last month after questions arose about his role in a Hood River County investigation into an alleged polluter. Kroger pledged to cooperate with Ferrioli, the Senate minority ...   More