OSU researchers use decades-old fish to learn more about parasites
Decades-old fish stored at Oregon State University have proved valuable in learning more about parasites that infect a family of fish that includes…
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Construction contractors join Oregon’s Top 10 consumer complaints list
Construction contractors, from home repairs to cleaning services, have for the first time made the Oregon Department of Justice’s annual list of Top…
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The Dalles-area landowner shoots, kills cougar that killed 5 goats
A landowner this week shot and killed a cougar that had killed several goats in a neighborhood on the southern edge of The Dalles, the Oregon…
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Man who faced rogue arrest by West Linn cops meets with city
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A black Portland man who sued West Linn police over his arrest in 2017, brought his wife, two teenage sons and friends to the…
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Silverton officer arrested on assault charges after standoff
KEIZER, Ore. (AP) — A sergeant with the Silverton Police Department is facing charges after police say he assaulted a woman with a knife, then…
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Wyden, Merkley urge Supreme Court to uphold law against robocalls
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., have joined more than a dozen members of Congress to file an amicus brief with the…
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Gov. Brown asks feds to send 400K masks, gowns, ventilators
Oregon needs 400,000 respirator masks, gowns and gloves, disposable protective suits and up to 100 ventilators in case the coronavirus spreads more…
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Oregon’s jobless rate keeps falling, setting records in 2020
Oregon’s unemployment rate fell to 3.3 percent in January, once again the lowest in comparable records dating back to 1976, the Oregon Employment…
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New Yosemite photos suggest secretive forest predator may be moving north
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – New photos from Yosemite National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada represent an exciting development in the recovery…
Continue Reading Pendleton casino closed by COVID-19; Hillsboro hospital workers quarantined
Leaders of an American Indian reservation in Pendleton shut down its casino and several other facilities Monday after an employee contracted…
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Oregon labor agency reminds: You have the right to take sick time
All Oregonians get protected time off from work. The law requires it, the state’s top labor official reminded Monday amid rising concerns over the…
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2 boys shot at NE Portland apartment complex
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say two boys were shot inside a Northeast Portland apartment complex. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports police…
Continue Reading Officials: 6 deaths in Wash. state from coronavirus
Six people have now died from coronavirus in Washington state, health officials said Monday as local leaders said they would purchase a hotel to use…
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Idaho bill would outlaw abortion if Roe v. Wade is reversed
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation has been introduced making abortion a crime in Idaho should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling…
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Quick ‘flash droughts’ present new weather prediction challenge
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Flash droughts, which can develop in as little as two weeks and intensify rapidly, are drawing new attention as…
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Officials announce 2nd coronavirus death in Wash.
Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus — a man in his 70s from a nursing…
Continue Reading Oregon confirms 2nd positive case of COVID-19
The Oregon Health Authority announced Sunday night the second presumptive case of COVID-19 in Oregon: a Washington County resident who is an adult…
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Nike closes Beaverton campus for ‘deep cleaning’
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KGW) — Nike says it has closed its world headquarters in Beaverton this weekend “out of an abundance of caution” after Oregon’s…
Continue Reading Oregon test negative for person under investigation for COVID-19
A second individual to have a test for COVID-19, with results that were still pending on Friday, has come back negative, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue Reading Wash. state sees first U.S. virus death, declares state of emergency
The governor of Washington declared a state of emergency Saturday after a man died there of COVID-19, the first such reported death in the United…
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