OSU Board of Trustees approves building projects, presidential goals
The Oregon State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved OSU President Jayathi Murthy’s goals for the 2023 fiscal year and advanced…
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US gathered intel on Oregon protesters, report shows
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials in the Trump administration compiled extensive…
Continue ReadingJudge orders Meta to pay $10.5M in legal fees to Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — Facebook parent company Meta has been ordered to pay $10.5 million in legal fees to Washington state atop a nearly $25 million fine…
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Sanders aims to boost vulnerable Democrats in US tour
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off a multi-state tour in Oregon on…
Continue ReadingOregon could be 1st state to make health care a human right
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon voters are being asked to decide whether the state should be the first in the nation to…
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OSU, OHSU researchers take key step toward improving treatment of cystic fibrosis
Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have taken a key step toward improving and lengthening the lives of…
Continue ReadingGOP aims to flip Washington House seat back in key race
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Republican mayor of Wenatchee, a small city in central Washington’s orchard country, didn’t…
Continue Reading‘Burn boss’ arrest inflames Western land use tensions
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — When U.S. Forest Service personnel carried out a planned burn in a national forest in Oregon…
Continue ReadingMore than 300,000 fentanyl pills seized in federal bust connected to 3 major drug trafficking groups
By Amanda Musa, CNN A total of 17 people with cartel connections are facing federal charges following the seizure of hundreds of thousands of…
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New Oregon timber harvest rules aim to protect fish, provide long-term economic benefits
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Board of Forestry approved more than 100 changes to the Forest Practices Act at a special board meeting…
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Oregon DHS, Oregon Food Bank make $2.6 million investment in local food purchases, anti-hunger efforts
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Food Bank announced Wednesday a $2.6 million investment in anti-hunger…
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Report by OSU, global scientists says Earth ‘unequivocally facing a climate emergency’
An international coalition of researchers, including several from Oregon State University, says in a report published Wednesday that the Earth’s…
Continue ReadingMeta fined $24.7M for campaign finance disclosure violations
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta nearly $25 million for…
Continue ReadingWaiting period is baked into gun ballot measure in Oregon
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A waiting and vetting period would be baked into gun purchases in Oregon if a measure on the…
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Widespread rain, snow and cooler temperatures bring end to ODF’s fire season as of Saturday
With widespread rain and cooler temperatures across the state, all Oregon Department of Forestry districts will be out of fire season as of Saturday,…
Continue ReadingOregon’s U.S. attorney says two district election officers will oversee handling of voting rights complaints
Oregon U.S. Attorney Natalie Wight announced Tuesday the appointment of two district election officers to oversee the handling of complaints of…
Continue ReadingForest Service boss decries arrest of worker in planned burn
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Forest Service has denounced the arrest by an Oregon sheriff of a Forest…
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AAA reports 24-cent drop in Oregon gas prices in past week; West Coast paces U.S.
Pump prices have been falling every day for more than two weeks, with Oregon and other West Coast states seeing the biggest weekly drops in the…
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Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Stephanie Terrell bought a used Nissan Leaf this fall and was excited to join the wave of…
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Mechanical issue may have caused deadly seaplane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — A mechanical issue may have caused the seaplane crash that killed 10 people off an island in Washington state last month, U.S.…
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