Hass: Oregon should adopt same-day voter registration
Oregon Secretary of State Democratic candidate Mark Hass called Tuesday for a constitutional amendment that would allow residents to register up…
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Hillsboro police shoot, kill man in PD parking lot
(Update: New details from police) HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say police officers in Hillsboro, Oregon, fatally shot a man in their West…
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Merkley bill would bar summits at Trump-owned property
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and colleagues Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) on Monday introduced the Scrutinizing White House Activities…
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Study finds US public land workers facing assaults, threats
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal employees overseeing U.S. public lands were assaulted or threatened at least 360 times over a five-year period…
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Body recovered from Willamette believed to be missing student
A body recovered from the Willamette River in northwest Portland on Sunday afternoon is believed to be a missing University of Portland student whose…
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Oregon State announces new protections for old growth
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University has announced plans to immediately reinstitute an abandoned 2005 management plan for its…
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Chinese national gets 3 years for trafficking fake iPhones
A Chinese national and former engineering student at Linn Benton Community College in Albany was sentenced today Monday to 37 months in federal…
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Portland agrees to pay $10,000 to settle lawsuit
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland plans to pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleged police assaulted her with a baton…
Continue Reading4.6 magnitude quake hits off S. Oregon coast
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook off the southern Oregon coast Monday morning KOIN reports the 6:47 a.m. earthquake was over…
Continue ReadingOregon gas prices up 6.3 cents in past week
Oregon gas prices have risen 6.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.31/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 1,307…
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PSU research: Microbe gas could ‘cushion’ buildings during quakes
Oregonians could rely on some of the smallest organisms to survive a big earthquake. Researchers at Portland State University are looking at how…
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Trial to begin in $1.4B Oregon forestry management lawsuit
(Update: Adds details, quotes) ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — A trial in a $1.4 billion breach-of-contract lawsuit brought against the state of Oregon by 150…
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Hwy. 22E crash kills Stayton woman, injures Culver man
An 86-year-old Stayton woman was killed and a Culver man was seriously injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 22E near…
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Leaking pipe in NE Portland releases sewage
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A sewer pipe in Northeast Portland leaked an estimated 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) of untreated sewer water into an…
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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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