Oregon reports no new COVID-19 related deaths, 492 cases; vaccinations to expand
There are no new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, keeping the state’s death toll at 2,149, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Oregon lawmakers take aim at loophole in state gun law
So many people are buying guns in Oregon these days that the state police are often unable to complete background checks in time, allowing the sales…
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First Oregon USDOJ report lists 11 missing, 8 murdered Indigenous persons
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon released its first annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons program report on Friday,…
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Wyden bill would spend billions on 21st Century Conservation Corps
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., a senior member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and Rep. Joe Neguse, Chair of the U.S. House…
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Wyden, colleagues propose funding mobile crisis response teams
Sen. Ron Wyden, colleagues propose bill to help states adopt mobile crisis response teams that can be dispatched when a person is experiencing a…
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Biological assessment of world’s rivers presents incomplete but bleak picture
An international team of scientists, including two from Oregon State University, conducted a biological assessment of the world’s rivers — and the…
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More than 100,000 customers in Oregon still without power
More than 100,000 customers remained without power Thursday in Oregon, a week after a massive snow and ice storm swept into the Pacific Northwest and…
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Gov. Brown praises school district efforts as in-person class numbers double
Gov. Kate Brown issued a statement Thursday praising Oregon school districts and all involved for getting more students back in the classroom amid…
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Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 related deaths, 473 new cases
There are five new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,143, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Portland police guard dumpsters full of discarded food at Fred Meyer
About a dozen police officers guarded dumpsters filled with perishable food outside a Portland Fred Meyer as people attempted to take the items that…
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OSU, USFS researchers use new method to track salmon, trout genetic diversity
Scientists at Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service have demonstrated that DNA extracted from water samples from rivers across Oregon…
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Federal lease allows OSU’s offshore wave energy testing facility to proceed this year
An Oregon State University-led project to build the nation’s first pre-permitted wave energy testing facility cleared a critical hurdle this week…
Continue ReadingBrown issues order targeting hotel price-gouging reports amid winter storm
Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday issued Executive Order 21-03, declaring an abnormal market disruption as a result of the severe winter weather emergency…
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4 die in Clackamas County from carbon monoxide poisoning amid storm
As thousands of Oregonians remained without power in the Portland area and crews raced to restore service came word Tuesday that four people died…
Continue Reading Oregon House GOP leader asks speaker to pause session due to mass outages
In an effort to “preserve public access” to the Oregon Legislature, the House Republican leader is urging the House speaker to pause the virtual…
Continue ReadingOregon’s lower COVID-19 counts continue; winter weather delays vaccines
There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,138, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Earthquake early warning system to roll out to Oregon next month, Wash. in May
The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert will be capable of delivering alerts directly to wireless…
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More than 200,000 still without power following icy NW storm
Tens of thousands of Oregonians remained without power Tuesday as crews raced to restore electricity after an icy weekend winter storm downed more…
Continue ReadingMerkley to chair Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Tuesday that he will serve as chair of the…
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Congressman hopes politics align on divisive Northwest dams
A Republican congressman has proposed removing four hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest as part of a sweeping plan to save salmon…
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