Oregon lawmakers seek extended deadline to claim Economic Impact Payments
Oregon’s congressional delegation on Monday asked the Treasury Department, IRS to extend the deadline to claim Economic Impact Payments as Oregonians…
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Seaside man posing for photo in tree falls to death when limb breaks
A Seaside man who climbed a tree to pose for a photo along a cliff along the Oregon coast fell 100 feet to his death after a limb broke Sunday…
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Gov. Brown seeks review of Portland police protest response
Criticism of the law enforcement response to a protest in Portland late Saturday into early Sunday prompted Gov. Kate Brown to ask authorities to…
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OSU study IDs 4 new kinds of ensign wasp, cockroach-killer for 25 million years
An Oregon State University study has identified four new species of parasitic, cockroach-killing ensign wasps that became encased in tree resin 25…
Continue Reading Late-night protest in Portland declared unlawful; 30 arrested at gatherings
Several people in Portland were arrested in anti-police brutality protests that continued into early Sunday, hours after demonstrations ended with…
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Fires update: Warmer, drier weather, wind shift may test lines, send up smoke
A return of warmer and drier weather, with a shift to easterly winds, could test some fire lines on the large blazes still burning around Oregon in…
Continue ReadingSnake River inmate is 9th in Oregon to die after testing positive for COVID-19
An inmate at the Snake River Correctional Institution has become the ninth state prison inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19, the Oregon…
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Portland police detain people at downtown rally
Portland police Saturday night detained anti-police brutality protesters who had gathered…
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Wyden, Merkley critical, Walden supports Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued critical statements Saturday shortly after President Trump announced his nomination of Amy Coney…
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Team effort rescues S. Oregon elk, tangled in downed wires
A team effort in southwest Oregon rescued a large elk that got its antlers tangled up in downed telephone and cable wires, officials…
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Oregon reports 4 more COVID-19 deaths, 277 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed four more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 546, along with 277 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
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Pilot killed in Idaho air tanker crash helped nurse litter of orphaned kittens
Pilot Ricky Fulton died doing what he loved –…
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Weekend Portland protest to bring ‘massive influx’ of OSP troopers, law enforcement
A “massive influx” of Oregon State Police will be part of a joint law enforcement effort over the weekend to keep the peace amid major protest…
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Judge removes Trump BLM boss for serving unlawfully
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from…
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Another cold front brings more favorable conditions for Oregon firefighters
The Oregon Department of Forestry said Friday it is still closely monitoring seven major fires in Oregon, down from 17 originally, as more favorable…
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Portland protesters set fire at police building, 14 arrested
Protesters in Portland late Thursday set fire to plywood attached to the front door of a police union building in Oregon’s largest city and clashed…
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77 workers at Oregon coast seafood plant test positive for virus
Clatsop County officials say 77 workers at a seafood processing plant at Warrenton on the Oregon coast have tested positive for the coronavirus.…
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Merkley, Wyden intro bill to bar federal law enforcement camouflage uniforms
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with 32 Senate Democratic colleagues, introduced legislation Thursday to prohibit federal law…
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Crater Lake National Park lifts Level 1 evacuation notice
Based on the status of nearby fires, local forecasts with cooler temperatures and some precipitation, and long-range projections for fire behavior,…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 382 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily figure in over a month
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 539, along with 382 new cases — the highest daily case count in…
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