Oregon test negative for person under investigation for COVID-19
A second individual to have a test for COVID-19, with results that were still pending on Friday, has come back negative, the Oregon Health Authority…
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Wash. state sees first U.S. virus death, declares state of emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United…
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Washington County resident is Oregon’s first presumed novel coronavirus case
The Oregon Health Authority late Friday confirmed its first, presumptive case of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in a Washington County resident who…
Continue Reading Gov. Brown convenes Coronavirus Response Team
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown convened Friday a Coronavirus Response Team tasked with coordinating state and local agencies and health authorities in…
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Feds reject removal of 4 Snake River dams in key report
A long-awaited federal report released Friday rejected the idea of removing four hydroelectric dams on a major Pacific Northwest river in a…
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Judge denies request to delay Portland’s new rental rules
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland says he won’t block new city housing screening and security deposit rules taking effect this…
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Oregon House Democrats subpoena GOP walkout participants
The House Committee on Rules voted Thursday afternoon to issue civil subpoenas to absent and unexcused members of the House Republican Caucus,…
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Portland jury finds train killer callously disregarded life
A jury ruled Thursday that Jeremy Christian callously disregarded the lives of the three men he stabbed on a Portland light rail train, was fueled…
Continue Reading Seattle-area high school closed over coronavirus concerns
A high school in a Seattle suburb has been closed for cleaning after a staffer’s family member was placed in quarantine for possible…
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Merkley launches Oregon coronavirus resource web page
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Thursday launched a new resource for Oregonians seeking information about the coronavirus (COVID-19), including the…
Continue ReadingMissing fisherman’s body found in Yaquina Bay
A body found in Newport Bay has been identified as that of a fisherman who had been missing for nearly three weeks.…
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Hood River surgeon identified as Mount Hood fall victim
A well-known doctor and surgeon from Hood River has been identified as the skier who died after a fall on Mount Hood…
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Wyden presses FS chief over backlog of fuels reduction, fire prevention work
At a hearing Wednesday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., pressed the chief of the U.S. Forest Service…
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Oregon legislative limbo lingers, threatening bills of both parties
Pressure continued to rise and the House and Senate chambers remained empty Wednesday at the Oregon Capitol, one day after most House Republicans…
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$250M homelessness tax measure on Portland-area May ballot
Metro, the regional government for the three counties in the Portland metropolitan area, has voted to place a ballot measure before voters this May…
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Gov. Brown announces stopgap funding for Pendleton levee repair
Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday $1.8 million in stopgap funding for levee repairs in Pendleton through an emergency no-interest, no-payment,…
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Wyden co-sponsors bill to stop border wall funding ‘raid’
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said Wednesday he is co-sponsoring legislation that would reverse what he called “the Trump administration’s short-sighted…
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Demographics drive GOP nosedive on West Coast
Deschutes County has, for the first time in memory, more registered Democrats than Republicans, a sign of how demographic shifts and the GOP’s tack…
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Oregon House Republicans – except Helt – join Senate in climate battle walkout
Most Republicans in the Oregon House — in fact, all but Bend Rep. Cheri Helt — didn’t show up for Tuesday’s session, expanding a GOP protest over…
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Mt. Hood climber’s body recovered after fall
The body of a climber who fell and was found Tuesday at 9,400 feet elevation on Mount Hood has been recovered, according to the Clackamas County…
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