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Month: June 2024

Taiwan urges citizens to avoid travel to China, Hong Kong and Macao following Beijing threats

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has urged its citizens to avoid travel to China and the semi-autonomous Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macao following threats from Beijing to execute supporters of the self-governing island democracy’s independence. Spokesperson and deputy head of the Mainland Affairs Council Liang Wen-chieh issued the advisory at a news conference

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Pacific Power receives Emergency Response Award for power shutoff, restoration amid N. California wildfire threat

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – PacifiCorp received the Emergency Response Award from Edison Electric Institute this week in recognition of the company’s response to the 2023 Smith River Complex fires in Northern California. During the 2023 event, PacifiCorp enacted an emergency de-energization of roughly 14,000 customers in Crescent City, California, and surrounding areas. Electricity was quickly

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READ: Biden-Trump debate transcript

By CNN staff (CNN) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participated in their first debate of the 2024 election season on CNN in Atlanta Thursday. Read the final, corrected transcript of the debate below: JAKE TAPPER, CNN MODERATOR: We’re live from Georgia, a key battleground state in the race for the White House.

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OHA: Oregon needs 3,700 mental health, substance abuse treatment beds, closing gap could cost $170 million a year

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon needs up to 3,700 adult mental health and substance use treatment beds to close existing gaps and meet future service projections, according to a final Oregon Health Authority study of the state’s behavioral health continuum of care. The findings are part of an assessment that Governor Tina Kotek directed the

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Amid Umatilla Basin nitrate crisis, Oregon Health Authority mails drinking water test trips to untested households

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them to find out if their well water is exposing them to high levels of nitrate. The LUBGWMA is an area spanning northern Morrow County and northwestern Umatilla

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