Crash kills driver, seriously injures ODOT snowplow operator
A pickup driver was killed and an ODOT snowplow driver seriously injured Saturday morning in a collision on snow-covered state Highway 3 in northeast…
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Woman sues after husband killed in E. Oregon hunting accident
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of an Eastern Oregon elk hunter has filed a $960,000 lawsuit against the man’s hunting partner following an…
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Oregon judges recommend barring ICE from courthouse arrests
(Update: Adds committee recommendation, details) SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Seeking to halt federal agents from arresting people in courthouses for…
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Interstate Bridge project committee to meet
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon and Washington lawmakers tasked with reviving moribund talks to replace the Interstate Bridge will meet for…
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Lost Pacific Crest Trail hiker rescued in snowstorm
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Robert Campbell was thoroughly soaked, shivering, his wet sleeping bag covering him in the only shelter he could find — a…
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Second Eugene bobcat released into the wild
(Update: Second bobcat released into the wild) The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Friday safely released a young male bobcat back into the…
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Portland trio indicted in international money laundering
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three Portland residents have been indicted in an international money laundering scheme involving Mexico and China, but they…
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OSP: Oakridge officer fatally shot domestic disturbance suspect
(Update: OSP releases suspect’s name, location) An Oakridge police officer fatally shot a suspect during a domestic disturbance call Thursday…
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Police: Portland man beat woman with skateboard on bus
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a Portland man riding a Tri-Met bus beat a woman with his skateboard and his fists after she asked him to stop…
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Small quake strikes off southern Oregon coast
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Oregon Thursday afternoon. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports it…
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Wyden introduces sweeping privacy legislation
Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,introduced sweeping new privacy legislation Thursday, called the Mind Your Own Business Act, to create what he called the…
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Person with measles passed through Portland airport
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Multnomah County Health Department says a person who passed through the Portland International Airport on Saturday has…
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Pipeline protesters block trains at Port of Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Environmental activists staged a protest at the Port of Vancouver, blocking train tracks with the goal of disrupting…
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Court issues temporary stay on Oregon flavored vaping ban
(Update: Adding details, reactions) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s Court of Appeals on Thursday put a halt to the state’s ban on…
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Gov. Brown orders flags to half-staff in Cummings’ honor
Governor Kate Brown on Thursday ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff in honor of the U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings,…
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OSU study: Blue light exposure may speed aging
Prolonged exposure to blue light, such as that which emanates from your phone, computer and household fixtures, could be affecting your longevity,…
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Report card: Oregon stops rise in chronic absenteeism
For the first time since the Oregon Department of Education reported rates of chronic absenteeism among students, the rate did not increase from the…
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Oregon waterway pesticide levels fall due to farming changes
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Environmental regulators say pesticide levels in some Oregon waterways have dropped to fractions of former concentrations due to…
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USDOJ finds Woodburn School District discriminated
WOODBURN, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has concluded that a school district in Oregon serving…
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Oregon report paints mixed picture of children’s wellbeing
The 2019 Oregon County Data Book, produced annually by Children First for Oregon, was released Wednesday. This is the latest edition of…
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