ODOT crews struggle to reopen 3 snow-hit S. Oregon highways
ODOT reported limited progress Tuesday in efforts to clear and reopen three southwest Oregon mountain highways after heavy snowfall downed numerous…
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Salem moves forward with plan to allow car camping
The Salem City Council has voted unanimously to draft an emergency declaration legally allowing car camping in certain areas. …
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Work begins on new Oregon cap and trade bill
A climate change bill that could dominate the 2020 Oregon legislative session got its first public hearing as lawmakers try to find a compromise on…
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Family struck by coast tragedy: ‘Our hearts … could not be more broken’
A family devastated by the tragic loss of a 7-year-old girl and 4-year-old boy shared some details of what happened on the Oregon coast this weekend…
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Snow causes more school, road closures in Washington
Freezing temperatures and more snowfall created hazardous driving conditions and caused more school delays and closures in the Puget Sound area.…
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Oregon, other states settle with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined 23 state law enforcement partners in an agreement Tuesday with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. It…
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OSU’s online Ecampus scores high nationally
For the third time in six years, Oregon State University is ranked as one of America’s five best providers of online education by U.S. News & World…
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Man with meth on sailboat off Oregon coast pleads guilty
A 65-year-old man from Canada found having a “possible drug overdose” aboard a sailboat loaded with jugs of liquid methamphetamine off the Oregon…
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Near-misses reported as trees fall on snowy S. Oregon highways
Stretches of three southern Oregon mountain highways remained closed Tuesday after hundreds of snow-laden trees fell or were leaning over them, as…
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Snowmobiler dies in Eastern Oregon avalanche
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — Officials say an Eastern Oregon man died in an avalanche Saturday while he was snowmobiling in the Elkhorn Mountains. The…
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Wash. snow causes power outages, school closures
A winter storm in Washington state left thousands of without power in the greater Seattle area and caused school closures and delays.…
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High anxiety: Proposed US hemp rules worry industry
Hemp growers and entrepreneurs who were joyous a year ago after U.S. lawmakers reclassified the plant as a legal agricultural crop now are worried…
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Ex-student claims teacher groped her 80 times, seeks $4.5M
The first of what could be many sexual abuse lawsuits against The Catlin Gabel School in Portland has been filed.…
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OSU study: College students use more marijuana in legal states, binge drink less
Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped…
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OSP IDs father swept to sea on Oregon coast; daughter dies, son missing
A Portland father and his young son and daughter were swept into the Pacific Ocean by a large wave on the Oregon coast Saturday afternoon, Oregon…
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Bonamici backs bill to stop intimidation of unionizing workers
Even if House approves it, measure considered DOA in Senate By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The U.S. House has…
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ODFW closes spring Chinook harvest on Umpqua River
ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed the harvest of wild spring Chinook salmon in the Umpqua River. The…
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Oregon National Guard members prepare to deploy to Kosovo
About 400 citizen-soldiers in Task Force Jungleer, part of the Oregon Army National Guard’s 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, were honored in a…
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Police: 2 Idaho kids safe after escaping from stolen car
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Two young children are safe after police say they escaped from the back seat of a stolen car in Pocatello. The ordeal began…
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ODOT still advising travelers to avoid Mt. Hood
Road conditions remained treacherous on the highways around Mount Hood on Sunday, ODOT reported, as it again urged travelers to “use caution or, if…
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