
Wyden introduces bill to create 9/11-style COVID-19 commission
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would create an independent, non-partisan commission — closely modeled…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday that would create an independent, non-partisan commission — closely modeled…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Liquor Control Commission this week suspended the liquor license of Springfield’s Twisted River Saloon for allowing indoor…
Continue ReadingThere are 32 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,194, the Oregon Health Authority reported Wednesday while…
Continue ReadingPacific Power says it has finished restoring power following powerful ice storms and that some of its crews plan to help Portland General Electric,…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say a Roseburg man who shot at cars along Interstate 5 in southwest Oregon from his UPS vehicle has pleaded guilty to several charges.…
Continue ReadingSens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined colleagues Tuesday to introduce the Major Richard Star Act, bipartisan legislation to provide…
Continue ReadingSen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) teamed up Tuesday to introduce the Electric Cars Act, bicameral legislation they said would…
Continue ReadingOregon OSHA announced Tuesday it has fined a Florence restaurant, The New Blue Hen, $17,800 for willfully exposing workers to COVID-19. It also said…
Continue ReadingThe city of Portland is set to pay $2 million to relatives of a teen suspected in an armed robbery and attempted carjacking who was shot and killed…
Continue ReadingA jury has ordered Alaska Airlines to pay $3.2 million to the family of a 75-year-old disabled woman who died four months after falling down a…
Continue ReadingThere are eight new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,162, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — About 10,000 customers in northwest Oregon remained without power Tuesday morning, almost two weeks after a strong winter…
Continue ReadingA Klamath Falls man faces kidnapping, rape and other charges after he allegedly kept a woman against her will for three days.…
Continue ReadingFlavor differences in whiskey can be discerned based solely on the environment in which the barley used to make the whiskey is grown, a new study…
Continue ReadingA far-right senator who’s rebelled against coronavirus restrictions and said he supported protesters who stormed the Oregon Capitol has been…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Interior Department is delaying the Trump administration’s last-minute roll-back of federal protections for the northern spotted owl.…
Continue ReadingConverting the ground under electrical transmission towers into spaces for wildlife can enable fragmented populations to connect with one another,…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown on Monday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Friday in memory of the more than…
Continue ReadingThere are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, keeping the state’s death toll at 2,155, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingOregon State University and U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers have significantly expanded the understanding of the hop genome, a development…
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