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Oregon housing agency releases first ‘State of the State’s Housing’ report, highlighting the shortages, challenges

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 SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Housing and Community Services on Thursday unveiled the first State of the State’s Housing Report for Oregon, providing an in-depth analysis of housing availability and affordability across the state. Drawing from comprehensive data on housing markets, economic trends and demographic shifts, the report highlights the challenges Oregon residents face in affording

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Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program after gas industry lawsuit derailed it

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By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon’s keystone plan to regulate fossil fuel companies and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution will be reinstated in early 2025 after being derailed for nearly a year by a gas industry lawsuit. The Environmental Quality Commission, which oversees the Department of Environmental Quality, voted unanimously

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‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the US Northwest

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Associated Press ISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks through Friday, and hurricane-force wind warnings were in effect as the strongest atmospheric river

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Washington teen arrested on felony charges of ‘swatting’ calls to police agencies across US, including Prineville

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LEWISTON, Idaho (KTVZ) – A 15-year-old Garfield, Washington boy was arrested last week on a Nez Perce County, Idaho felony arrest warrant, accused of a series of hoax “swatting” calls to law enforcement agencies this year, including to the Prineville Police Department. Here’s the full text of a Nov. 14 news release from the Lewiston

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ODF completes massive Santiam State Forest reforestation, planted 2.3 million seedings after devastating 2020 wildfires

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LYONS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The four-year effort by the Oregon Department of Forestry to reforest the Santiam State Forest after the 2020 wildfires hit an important milestone this month when the last of more than 2.3 million trees were planted.  “This was a huge, challenging, and long-term project for ODF,” said John Walter, ODF’s State

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Senate panel advances Wyden legislation to increase pace, scale of prescribed burns, improve smoke management

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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday applauded the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee for advancing his bipartisan National Prescribed Fire Act to support prescribed burns during the colder and wetter months as an essential, science-based strategy proven to save lives and property.  “Today’s vote takes us much closer toward my goal of

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‘Bomb cyclone’ brings high winds and soaking rain to Northern California and Pacific Northwest

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Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — What was expected to be one of the strongest storms in the northwest U.S. in decades arrived Tuesday evening, knocking out power and downing trees across the region. The Weather Prediction Center issued excessive rainfall risks beginning Tuesday and lasting through Friday as the strongest atmospheric river — a large

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US Dept. of Labor seeks to distribute wages owed to Oregon workers with online ‘WOW’ tool

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ)  – With the year coming to an end, the U.S. Department of Labor is eager to return $819,762 in wages recovered by its Wage and Hour Division’s Portland District Office to 1,195 workers who have earned them and encourages people to use the Workers Owed Wages online tool. WHO:             Anyone who believes they may

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State agencies celebrate green milestone as Oregon tops 100,000 registered electric vehicles

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s push for a greener future got a major boost earlier this year when the state surpassed 100,000 registered electric vehicles, ODOT said Monday. The milestone, marked at Portland event Monday, will mean fewer emissions from the transportation sector and across the state, the agency said. Representatives from the Oregon Departments

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More logging is proposed to help curb wildfires in the US Pacific Northwest

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Associated Press U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades. The U.S. Forest Service proposal, released Friday, would overhaul the Northwest Forest Plan that

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Oregon school board chair resigns, superintendent and principal on leave over sex abuse arrests

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ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — A school district in northwest Oregon has put its superintendent and high school principal on leave, accepted the school board chair’s resignation and temporarily canceled classes in response to an uproar over the arrests of a teacher and former teacher on sexual abuse charges. The St. Helens Police Department said

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Oregon confirms first human case of highly pathogenic avian influenza, tied to poultry operation

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a person linked to a previously reported outbreak affecting some 150,000 birds at a commercial poultry operation in Clackamas County. Health officials are not providing additional details about the individual or naming the operation, and

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