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Oregon’s prison chief in lead for top federal prisons job
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Three misconduct complaints against former Seattle police Chief Carmen Best from the summer of 2020 went unaddressed and are still…
Continue ReadingCOOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Police on Tuesday fatally shot a man in Coos Bay who was suspected of killing a woman days earlier, officials said. Coos…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A commission formed to review the government structure in Portland, Oregon, has voted by a supermajority to send a sweeping…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — A brewery in Astoria in northwestern Oregon partially has collapsed, with much of its roof caved in and parts…
Continue ReadingOregon’s jobless rate edged downward to 3.6% last month, the lowest level in more than two years and near the record low seen for several months just…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more…
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is drawing up a surtax on Big Oil that would seek to rein in the industry’s skyrocketing profits at…
Continue ReadingLAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for Oregon House District 38 has won his party’s primary by just 28 votes. The OregonianLive…
Continue ReadingResearch by Oregon State University has shed new light on the hazards associated with harmful algal blooms such as one four years ago that fouled…
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have identified the bicyclist who was struck and killed by a motorist in Yakima on Sunday morning. Wendy Baker,…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state ecology officials fined a Portland contractor $135,000 for repeated water quality violations while working…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Following USDA’s announcement of $503 million in new funding for conservation and outdoor projects in fiscal year 2022…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Four participants in an annual marine race from Washington state to Alaska were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Monday when some of…
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say three members of a Puyallup, Washington, family have been charged with a series of misdemeanors for their role…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A few weeks before 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested for allegedly…
Continue ReadingOregon State University scientists have identified proteins that prevent a bacterial cell from becoming misguided by its own messaging, allowing it…
Continue ReadingBy KPTV Staff PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Multnomah County judge on Monday sentenced former romance novelist Nancy Crampton-Brophy to life in…
Continue ReadingMore than 4,000 students took part Saturday in Oregon State University’s first in-person commencement event in three years at Reser Stadium on…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Forensic psychiatric evaluations of Caleb Sharpe, who pleaded guilty to killing a classmate and injuring others in a shooting…
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