Crews make progress on Oregon’s major wildfires; no. of missing rises to 9
There were more gains in containment over the weekend on all six major fires in Oregon that the Oregon Department of Forestry is tracking, down from…
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Sisters Folk Festival receives $195K in emergency funds to address COVID-19 impacts
Sisters Folk Festival, Inc has received $194,998 in CARES Coronavirus Relief Funds for Cultural Support (CRFCS) through the Oregon Cultural Trust to…
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Over 300,000 Oregon students to receive Pandemic EBT benefits
The Oregon Department of Education and Oregon Department of Human Services have received federal approval to issue Pandemic EBT benefits in…
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Merkley bill would provide aid to families hit by natural disasters, economic crises
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said Monday he has teamed up with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) to introduce the Family Crisis Cash Assistance Act, legislation…
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Gov. Brown extends residential eviction ban through end of year
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the widespread devastation caused by wildfires, Gov. Kate Brown established a new moratorium Monday…
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Oregon reports 181 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Sunday and remains at 547, along with 181 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Donations lift Oregon Wildfire Recovery Fund to $5 million
Oregon’s three largest foundations announced new donations Monday to the 2020 Community Rebuilding Fund, a pooled philanthropic fund dedicated to…
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Oregon lawmakers seek extended deadline to claim Economic Impact Payments
Oregon’s congressional delegation on Monday asked the Treasury Department, IRS to extend the deadline to claim Economic Impact Payments as Oregonians…
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Seaside man posing for photo in tree falls to death when limb breaks
A Seaside man who climbed a tree to pose for a photo along a cliff along the Oregon coast fell 100 feet to his death after a limb broke Sunday…
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Gov. Brown seeks review of Portland police protest response
Criticism of the law enforcement response to a protest in Portland late Saturday into early Sunday prompted Gov. Kate Brown to ask authorities to…
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OSU study IDs 4 new kinds of ensign wasp, cockroach-killer for 25 million years
An Oregon State University study has identified four new species of parasitic, cockroach-killing ensign wasps that became encased in tree resin 25…
Continue ReadingFast-moving fires in Calif. send tens of thousands of residents in wine country fleeing
Several new California fires torched thousands of acres in a day, including the fast-moving Napa County Glass Fire, which destroyed a…
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Judge rules TikTok can avoid a ban in the US, for now
TikTok won’t be kicked off of US app stores — at least not…
Continue Reading Late-night protest in Portland declared unlawful; 30 arrested at gatherings
Several people in Portland were arrested in anti-police brutality protests that continued into early Sunday, hours after demonstrations ended with…
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Fires update: Warmer, drier weather, wind shift may test lines, send up smoke
A return of warmer and drier weather, with a shift to easterly winds, could test some fire lines on the large blazes still burning around Oregon in…
Continue Reading Oregon reports one new COVID-19 death, 242 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed another life in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 547, along with 242 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Snake River inmate is 9th in Oregon to die after testing positive for COVID-19
An inmate at the Snake River Correctional Institution has become the ninth state prison inmate to die after testing positive for COVID-19, the Oregon…
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Portland police detain people at downtown rally
Portland police Saturday night detained anti-police brutality protesters who had gathered…
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Wyden, Merkley critical, Walden supports Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., issued critical statements Saturday shortly after President Trump announced his nomination of Amy Coney…
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Redmond police seek person of interest in homeless camp shooting
Redmond police asked the public for help Saturday evening in finding a man termed “armed and dangerous,” a person of interest in a shooting that…
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