Oregon senators list more elements of year-end funding package approved by Congress
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday critical investments in housing, health care, mental health, education, and…
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FBI, partners issue national public safety alert on ‘horrific’ rise in sextortion schemes targeting boys
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The FBI, in partnership with Homeland Security Investigations and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,…
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Merkley bill expanding breastfeeding protections for workers set to become law
Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced Thursday that their bipartisan Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for…
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Oregon AG Rosenblum reports record $1.4 billion in 2022 public health-related settlements
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a monumental year for public health-related legal settlements, including last week’s nearly $700 million settlement with…
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Winter storm hits Pacific Northwest amid extreme cold
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Freezing rain, ice pellets and snow began falling on parts of the Pacific…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft will fight US over $68.7B Activision Blizzard deal
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Microsoft is headed for a battle with the Federal Trade Commission over whether the U.S. will block the…
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Merkley, Wyden list millions coming to Oregon, C.O. for dozens of projects from omnibus funding bill
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday they secured funding for essential community projects across Oregon in Congress’s…
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Have a safe trip: Oregon trains magic mushroom facilitators
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press DAMASCUS, Oregon (AP) — At a woodsy retreat center in Oregon, some 30 men and women are seated or lying down,…
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Gov. Brown issues order forgiving uncollected traffic fines, fees that led to nearly 7,000 Oregon license suspensions
Gov. Kate Brown issued an order Wednesday that forgives uncollected court fines and fees associated with certain traffic violation cases that…
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Frigid temperatures in Pacific Northwest amid cold front
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Frigid temperatures chilled large swaths of the Pacific Northwest…
Continue Reading Frigid temperatures in Pacific Northwest amid cold front
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Frigid temperatures chilled large swaths of the Pacific Northwest…
Continue ReadingIdaho police: Oregon sedan not connected to students’ deaths
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say they’ve determined that a white sedan found in Eugene, Oregon, is not…
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House GOP Leader Breese-Iverson blasts DEQ move to ban gas-powered vehicle sales by 2035
Oregon House Republicans released the following statement Tuesday after the Environmental Quality Commission approved a rule to ban the sale of new…
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Freezing rain and snow snarl travel in Pacific Northwest
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Heavy snow, freezing rain and sleet have disrupted travel across the…
Continue ReadingIdaho police still seek car seen near slain students’ home
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Police investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students say…
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OHSU to receive $3.17 million over 5 years for overdose prevention research
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced Tuesday that Oregon Health and Science University is expected to receive $3.17 million over five years…
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Wyden cheers mental health, other health care provisions in end-of-year funding bill
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement Tuesday after omnibus bill text was released, including a major health care…
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Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, partners allocate $3.3 million for projects across Oregon
As part of its ongoing commitment to ensure the future of elk and other wildlife by helping rehabilitate landscapes impacted by wildfire, the Rocky…
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Spence Mountain protected; Klamath County acquires public forest, tourism destination
Rising dramatically above Upper Klamath Lake in Southern Oregon, Spence Mountain is home to oak and ponderosa pine woodlands, some of the rarest…
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Merkley, Wyden sound alarm on ‘fossil gas’ pipeline expansion: ‘Not in the public’s best interest’
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Richard Glick and FERC commissioners,…
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