Wyden intros bill for first study of sex workers’ health, safety
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday joined Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to introduce the SAFE SEX Workers Study Act,…
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Body of Vancouver teen found, man arrested
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Police say the remains of missing Vancouver teen Nikki Kuhnhausen have been found and a man has been arrested and charged…
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Oregon’s capital city tells homeless to leave sidewalk camp
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s capital city has notified dozens of people living in tents along a sidewalk that they must leave or face criminal…
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Interior Dept., states appeal sage grouse ruling
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan to ease land-use…
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DA: Officer’s use of force on Albany man justified
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The Linn County District Attorney’s Office has ruled that police force was justified in an Oct. 23 stun gun incident that…
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Audit: Portland leaders fell short on tax-funded programs
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A city auditor’s report released Tuesday says Portland leaders failed to fully deliver on promises they made to voters as they…
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Yamhill County marijuana facility foe files appeal
NEWBERG, Ore. (AP) — The main opponent of a controversial proposed hemp and marijuana processing facility near Newberg is filing an appeal. The…
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Canadian brothers plead guilty to Bitcoin scheme
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Canadian brothers have pleaded guilty to duping an Oregon woman out of more than $140,000 worth of bitcoin currency. The…
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Five-semi crash shuts Hwy. 97 for nearly 4 hours
A five-semi-truck crash in icy road conditions Saturday night closed U.S. Highway 97 about 30 miles north of Klamath Falls for nearly four hours,…
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Dry conditions fuel salmon die-off on Oregon coast
Extremely dry conditions have triggered a die-off of fall chinook salmon on Oregon’s north coast.…
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Canadian couple gets $9 million jury verdict in bike wreck
A Portland jury has awarded more than $9 million to a man and woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, who were struck by an 18-wheeler truck while…
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Supreme Court won’t revive homeless camping ban in Idaho
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will not review an appellate decision that makes it harder for cities to keep homeless people from sleeping on…
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Wyden: Secure Rural Schools money in year-end funding package
Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, announced Monday that a two-year authorization of the…
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OSU discoverer of blue pigment makes key design advance
An Oregon State University chemistry researcher who made history a decade ago with the accidental discovery of the first new blue inorganic pigment…
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Theft of Christmas trees from Wash. farm leads to arrest
Authorities in Washington state are calling a Christmas tree thief a real-life Grinch after arresting a man they say stole dozens of evergreens from…
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Spokane council to vote on noise-emitting devices to deter loiterers
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The Spokane City Council will vote Monday on a law that would ban devices that emit a disruptive sound to discourage loiterers…
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DA won’t file charges against Salem pipeline protesters
Protesters who were arrested during a sit-in at the Oregon governor’s office last month will not be charged with trespassing.…
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Oregon closes entire coast to clamming due to marine biotoxin
Two Oregon agencies announced Friday that the entire coast is closed for commercial and recreational razor clamming due to elevated levels of the…
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Merkley intros bill to halt ‘predatory’ unsolicited loans
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), two colleagues have introduced legislation that would mirror an existing ban on mailing ‘live’ credit cards by halting…
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Man found guilty in shooting of Salem police officer
A Salem man has been found guilty of shooting a veteran Salem police officer four times during a nighttime traffic stop on April…
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