Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Seattle area
SEATTLE (AP) — A record 310 homeless people died in the Seattle area last year, highlighting the region’s struggle to house the thousands of…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A record 310 homeless people died in the Seattle area last year, highlighting the region’s struggle to house the thousands of…
Continue ReadingRep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., and her husband, a federal judge, were struck by a car Friday evening as they crossed a northwest Portland street, an…
Continue ReadingBy CASEY MARTIN KUOW SEATTLE (AP) — The homelessness crisis in Seattle is often highly visible, with many people living in camps, tents, and RVs.…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state attorney general has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to either toss out a circuit judge’s rulings that…
Continue ReadingCNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Since the November slayings of four University of Idaho students, Ben Mogen says he has been going through life…
Continue ReadingOne lane of U.S. Highway 101 reopened to all traffic 12 miles south of Port Orford at 3:30 pm. Friday, ODOT said. The temporary gravel lane was…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined colleagues Thursday in urging the Biden administration to advance a national…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission is issuing a recall for four vaping products produced by an OLCC-licensed processor. The products were sold…
Continue ReadingDouglas-fir trees will likely experience more stress from drier air as the climate changes than they will from less rain, computer modeling by Oregon…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state who mistakenly shot and killed an off-duty police officer will not face criminal…
Continue ReadingRespiratory virus prevention steps such as masking and avoiding gatherings helped limit RSV, COVID-19 and influenza transmission over the holidays,…
Continue ReadingOne lane of U.S. Highway 101 is expected to reopen by Friday afternoon to all traffic following a four-day closure due to a landslide, the Oregon…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized the killing of two more wolves, several weeks after the state fatally…
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — One of Oregon’s oldest operating newspapers will shut down by the end of the week. The Mail Tribune publisher and CEO Steven…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Nearly two months after four University of Idaho students were killed near campus — and two…
Continue ReadingOregon State University College of Pharmacy scientists have demonstrated in animal models the possibility of using lipid nanoparticles and messenger…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – As the Mega Millions jackpot grows to an estimated $1.35 billion, a lucky player in Oregon will be cashing in on a $1…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media…
Continue ReadingAs James Schroeder starts his new role as director of the Oregon Health Authority, he is already taking aim at some of the biggest issues affecting…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in a speech to a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday urged lawmakers to act on his…
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