BLM plans 11,000 miles of fuel breaks across the West
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released Friday the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for up to 11,000 miles of fuel breaks across…
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Federal panel to consider disputed Oregon natural gas project
A three-member federal commission, all appointed by President Donald Trump, has on its agenda next week a controversial proposed natural gas…
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Police: Vancouver homeowner shoots, kills burglar
Authorities say a man was shot and killed by a homeowner Thursday night while he was breaking into a home in Vancouver,…
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Pacific Power: ‘Green’ energy move will trim 2021 rate hike
Pacific Power on Friday asked state energy regulators for a 2021 rate hike, expected to raise the average homeowner’s bill by 1.6%, or $4.03 monthly.…
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Oregon House OKs bill to assist those struggling to pay energy bills
The Oregon House passed legislation Friday to help address the energy affordability gap for low-income Oregonians.…
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‘Take Care Out There’: New state campaign urges responsible recreation
The Oregon Outdoor Recreation Network on Friday launched a new campaign, “Take Care Out There,” to encourage responsible outdoor recreation by…
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Wyden, Merkley call for AG Barr’s resignation
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., joined their Democratic colleagues on Friday in calling for U.S. Attorney General William Barr to resign…
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NTSB wants states to require seat belts in school buses
The National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for all states to require new school buses have three-point seat…
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Oregon landfill took 2M pounds of radioactive fracking waste
Authorities say a chemical waste landfill in Oregon near the Columbia River has been accepting hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from…
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Oregon’s fatal workplace injuries rise slightly
There were 62 fatal work injuries reported in Oregon in 2018, up slightly from the year before but lower than the 72 seen in 2016, the U.S. Bureau of…
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Merkley bill aims to avert federal abuse of facial recognition
Sen. Jeff Merkley intros legislation to protect consumers’ privacy from inappropriate use of facial recognition technology, data collection…
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OHA launches program offering home visits for families of newborns
Families in eight Oregon communities, including Central Oregon, will be among the first in the state to have the option of receiving nurse home…
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Bill would help part-time professors with health care
Part-time college professors are struggling to afford health care. A bill in the Oregon Legislature would change…
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S. Oregon Army soldier dies in Afghanistan
A U.S. Army soldier from Southern Oregon has died in a non-combat incident at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the Defense Department said…
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Medford police: Uber driver locked passenger in car, raped her
olice say an Uber driver in southern Oregon has been charged with locking a passenger inside his car and raping her.…
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Concordia students stage walkout, sit-in over school’s closure
Students at Concordia University walked out of class Thursday morning, then staged a sit-in at the president’s office in protest of the Portland…
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$10M verdict for man injured in Wash. Amtrak derailment
A jury has awarded more than $10 million to a man who was seriously hurt when an Amtrak train derailed between Tacoma and Olympia in 2017.…
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Parents of Portland man who died in fire file $6M suit
The parents of a man who died in a fire in Portland have filed a nearly $6 million lawsuit against the apartment owners and the man accused of…
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Oregon House OKs bill to support students after concussions
The Oregon House passed legislation Wednesday to support students in the classroom after they are diagnosed with a concussion or brain…
Continue Reading Merkley, Wyden want to take Oregon’s Bottle Bill national
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday the introduction of a pair of bills that offer multiple pathways to tackling…
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