Unaffiliated gubernatorial candidate Johnson gets on ballot
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon election officials notified unaffiliated candidate for governor Betsy Johnson on Thursday that she has qualified for the…
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Oregon: Surge in out-of-state abortion patients
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Planned Parenthood leaders in Oregon on Thursday said there has been a…
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Report: Benefits of dams must be replaced before breaching
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the Snake River must be…
Continue ReadingDeal reached to address 2 leaking nuke waste tanks
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A deal to address two nuclear waste storage tanks that are leaking radioactive…
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Idaho Power Co. agrees to pay $1.5 million in federal civil settlement over 2 Baker County fires
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced Thursday that Idaho Power Company, a Boise, Idaho-based…
Continue ReadingSheriff pleads guilty to rendering criminal assistance
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A former county sheriff in Washington state has pleaded guilty to charges relating to his role in trying to cover up his…
Continue ReadingKirkland man charged with murder in road-rage incident
KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — Surveillance footage and witness statements contradict a Kirkland man’s claim that he fatally shot a driver in…
Continue ReadingMacKenzie Scott supports child mentors with $44 million gift
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press LANCASTER, Ca. (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring…
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Group stymied in bid for 2022 independent redistricting ballot measure files again for 2024
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —Â People Not Politicians announced Wednesday that they have filed with the Oregon Secretary of State a proposed initiative…
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Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge in Idaho has barred the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies over…
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OHA biweekly report shows drop in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases. hospitalizations and…
Continue ReadingPolice shoot, kill man, 69, in McMinnville, Oregon
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Police in McMinnville, Oregon, shot and killed a man on Tuesday, according to Oregon State Police. The man who died has…
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New report, ‘The Re-Employment of Oregon,’ looks at state’s ‘remarkable turnaround’ after pandemic hit
The pandemic recession brought unparalleled job losses – in both speed and scale – to Oregon in March and April 2020. Two years later, the state’s…
Continue ReadingAgencies, tribes work to stop growth of invasive crab
SEATTLE (AP) — Agencies, tribes and groups across Washington state are working to limit the growth of European green crab populations. Scientists…
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Endangered northern leopard frogs hop from Oregon Zoo back into the wild
More than 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo are hopping back into the wild this month, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one…
Continue ReadingCourt: Idaho governor can deny clemency for condemned man
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court says the governor has the authority to reject a parole board’s…
Continue ReadingIdaho special session aims for tax cut, education spending
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called a special session of the Legislature starting next…
Continue ReadingMan shot by Oregon police Friday in critical condition
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — The family of a man accused of attacking a Hillsboro police officer Friday says he was in critical condition Monday after…
Continue ReadingHiker who died in fall at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls ID’d
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The woman who fell and did while hiking near Multnomah Falls east of Portland, Oregon, on Friday afternoon has been…
Continue ReadingCop shoots, kills man outside Olympia, Washington, Starbucks
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Olympia, Washington, police said.…
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