Third dead whale in a week washes up on Oregon coast
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) — A baby gray whale washed up on the northern Oregon coast on Wednesday, making it the third dead whale to beach on the…
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Oregon’s jobless rate rises to 4.5% at year’s end, despite adding 14,300 jobs in last two months
Oregon’s nonfarm payroll employment rose by 6,100 jobs in December, following a gain of 8,200 jobs in November, but the jobless rate rose…
Continue ReadingThis is the evidence investigators used to help their search for the suspect in the Idaho student killings
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN A bloody crime scene left in the aftermath of four college students killed in Idaho would help authorities navigate their hunt…
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OSU study: Homeowners’ cultural traits should be considered in promoting wildfire mitigation efforts
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — People’s cultural worldviews play a part in how they respond to wildfire risk, and should be taken into account in…
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Feds send $930 million to curb ‘crisis’ of US West wildfires
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. is directing $930 million toward reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states…
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OSU study: Landslides’ frequency, size influenced more by road building, logging than heavy rain
A long-term Pacific Northwest study of landslides, clear-cutting timber and building roads shows that a forest’s management history has a greater…
Continue ReadingIBM and SAP are cutting thousands of jobs
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Michelle Toh and Hanna Ziady, CNN IBM and SAP are the latest tech companies to slash thousands of jobs, as they reorganize…
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Chavez-DeRemer announces House committee assignments
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Ore., said Tuesday she has been selected to serve on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House…
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Merkley, Wyden announce $450K coming to Oregon arts, cultural organizations, 2 in C. Oregon
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Tuesday a total of $450,000 is coming to Oregon from the National…
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Oregon lawmakers show signs of bipartisan harmony — for now
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers in both the Democratic and Republican parties named housing,…
Continue ReadingWashington state court OK’s Albertsons’ merger $4B dividend
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Supreme Court has brushed aside the final remaining legal hurdle in the way of a $4 billion dividend by…
Continue ReadingMan accused of trying to kidnap Washington barista arrested
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington state arrested a man Tuesday who is accused of trying to kidnap a barista from a suburban Seattle coffee…
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Housing, mental health: Oregon lawmakers face linked crises
Oregon lawmakers are taking up a full slate of legislation on pressing and polarizing issues from homelessness to gun control to drugs as the…
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Sperm whale beached in Oregon killed by ship, feds find
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 40-foot sperm whale that beached on Oregon’s northwestern coast…
Continue ReadingBill would force period tracking apps to follow privacy laws
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — When the Supreme Court last June stripped away constitutional protections for abortion, concerns grew over the use of period…
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Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, husband struck by car at NW Portland crosswalk
Rep. 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…
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Oregon wants high court to toss orders blocking gun measure
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state attorney general has petitioned the Oregon Supreme Court to either toss out a circuit judge’s rulings that…
Continue ReadingThe father of one of the Idaho students killed says surviving the grief comes ‘one day at a time’
CNN By Christina Maxouris, CNN Since the November slayings of four University of Idaho students, Ben Mogen says he has been going through life…
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ODOT reopens one temporary, gravel lane of slide-hit Highway 101 near Port Orford
One 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…
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Wyden, Merkley urge Biden administration to include 12 weeks of paid family, medical leave in FY24 budget
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined colleagues Thursday in urging the Biden administration to advance a national…
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