Butte's recycling program has fulfilled its biggest promise, backers say, and that's saving space in the county's landfill by diverting tons of materials elsewhere so they can be used again.

A bill passed by Oregon lawmakers this month will require the Coffin Butte Landfill in Benton County to expand its system for monitoring methane releases, OBP reports. Lawmakers have passed Senate ...

The military ordnance found at the Butte-Silver Bow Landfill has been rendered safe, according to an updated joint media release from Butte-Silver bow Public Works, Fire, and Law Enforcement. The ...

An Oregon landfill known for massive methane leaks may soon be required to regulate those emissions using advanced technology, like drones, planes or satellites. Last week, Oregon lawmakers passed ...

Over two dozen counties send their trash to the 178-acre Coffin Butte Landfill north of Corvallis, where massive methane leaks have prompted calls to better regulate those emissions using advanced ...

The City of Regina has announced a mutual termination of its green bin contract with EverGen for a permanent composting facility that was proposed near Pilot Butte. However, that doesn’t mean ...

All parcels in Butte-Silver Bow with a house or other livable “unit,” such as a duplex or apartments, pay an annual fee of $25.37 for access to the landfill.

When emergency responders arrived, they discovered an 80-year-old male pilot and 46-year-old male passenger. Both people were airlifted to Bend for medical treatment.

An 80-year-old man has died of his injuries and a 46-year-old man was seriously injured in Saturday's helicopter crash near the Prineville Airport, police said Monday.

It would add six years of life to the landfill, about half of what the company requested in 2021. And it would improve, rather than close Coffin Butte Road.

The lawmakers’ request comes as Coffin Butte is trying for a second time to expand the landfill. The Benton County Planning Commission unanimously denied a previous expansion application in 2021 ...