By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday…
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a…
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With no real opposition arising during a public hearing, Deschutes County commissioners indicated Wednesday they will choose the recommended “Moon…
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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative for a proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern…
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Deschutes County commissioners will hold a public hearing Wednesday morning on the recommended location for the county’s next landfill, the “Moon…
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Senator Jeff Merkley, in Prineville for a town hall Sunday, also visited two of the dozens of homes dealing with manganese contaminating their water,…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Get outside and move in the name of climate action! That’s what The Environmental Center is challenging Central Oregonians to…
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ASTORIA, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Unified Command is concluding its operation to address the presence of tar balls on the Oregon and southern Washington…
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SHASTA LAKE, Calif. (KGW/KTVZ) — It was a messy Memorial Day weekend on a Northern California lake, and some University of Oregon students are…
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By Samantha Young for KFF Health News in collaboration with Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon is shipping air…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the…
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Mapping project aims to find top-priority spots for safer wildlife crossings – and not just for deer, elk PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Oregonians hit…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of acres were set on fire west of Bend Wednesday as the U.S. Forest Service offered reporters a…
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— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday it is designating 1.2 million acres of critical habitat in northwestern California and…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer came early last week for 11 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo. With the help of volunteers and…
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MANZANITA, Ore. (KTVZ) – A dead humpback whale washed ashore Monday morning at Nehalem State Park near Manzanita, the Oregon Parks and Recreation…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program is kicking off the 2024 beach monitoring season by announcing the list of coastal…
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Responders continued surveying and cleanup efforts Saturday for a tar-like substance washing up on shorelines and impacting wildlife since last…
Continue Reading CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon environmental, parks and wildlife officials, as well as federal agencies, responded Thursday to investigate…
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s…
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