Oregon adopts Calif fire tactic, shuts power amid high winds
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon utilities shut down power to tens of thousands of customers on Friday as dry…
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon utilities shut down power to tens of thousands of customers on Friday as dry…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — On the third day of a teacher strike in Seattle on Friday, picketing staff members at Hazel Wolf…
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Forecasters warned Thursday that strong, gusting winds and low humidity…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The three finalists to be Seattle’s next police chief include the current acting chief, another internal candidate and a longtime…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Alek Skarlatos, a Republican nominee for Congress in Oregon, was cleared this week of…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Senate has confirmed Natalie Wight as Oregon’s U.S. attorney, formally making her the top federal law enforcement…
Continue ReadingOregon State University has received $4 million to lead a national program that will engage educators, artists and writers in polar science…
Continue ReadingDays of hot, windy weather have caused the Cedar Creek Fire to nearly double in size, topping 31,000 acres, officials said Thursday after fire crews…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The 2021 COVID-19 Year-in-Review Data Report released Thursday by the Oregon Health Authority highlights the pandemic’s…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown has ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff until sunset on the day of…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – To boost capacity ahead of forecasted east winds and heightened wildfire conditions, the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal…
Continue ReadingBy RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that the state of emergency sparked by the…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Legislature has asked a federal judge to reconsider his decision blocking the state…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — People with disabilities in Portland, Oregon, have sued the city, saying…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Power has issued potential shutoff notices to customers in six Oregon counties south and west of Portland because of…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday announced changes to its reporting of COVID-19 data and provided an update on the new…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Health Authority on Wednesday began publishing monthly reports of monkeypox (hMPXV) case data by sexual…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Organizers of an education funding initiative have asked to have the measure pulled from the…
Continue ReadingMEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A bear that attacked a woman in southern Oregon Monday night has been killed, police said. Police in Medford, Oregon, said…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – In 2023, Oregon employers, on average, will pay less for workers’ compensation coverage, the Oregon Department of Consumer…
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