MacKenzie Scott supports child mentors with $44 million gift
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press LANCASTER, Ca. (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring…
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Group stymied in bid for 2022 independent redistricting ballot measure files again for 2024
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — People Not Politicians announced Wednesday that they have filed with the Oregon Secretary of State a proposed initiative…
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Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press A federal judge in Idaho has barred the state from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies over…
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OHA biweekly report shows drop in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, deaths
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases. hospitalizations and…
Continue ReadingPolice shoot, kill man, 69, in McMinnville, Oregon
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Police in McMinnville, Oregon, shot and killed a man on Tuesday, according to Oregon State Police. The man who died has…
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New report, ‘The Re-Employment of Oregon,’ looks at state’s ‘remarkable turnaround’ after pandemic hit
The pandemic recession brought unparalleled job losses – in both speed and scale – to Oregon in March and April 2020. Two years later, the state’s…
Continue ReadingAgencies, tribes work to stop growth of invasive crab
SEATTLE (AP) — Agencies, tribes and groups across Washington state are working to limit the growth of European green crab populations. Scientists…
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Endangered northern leopard frogs hop from Oregon Zoo back into the wild
More than 100 northern leopard frogs reared at the Oregon Zoo are hopping back into the wild this month, thanks to a collaborative effort to save one…
Continue ReadingCourt: Idaho governor can deny clemency for condemned man
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court says the governor has the authority to reject a parole board’s…
Continue ReadingIdaho special session aims for tax cut, education spending
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday called a special session of the Legislature starting next…
Continue ReadingMan shot by Oregon police Friday in critical condition
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — The family of a man accused of attacking a Hillsboro police officer Friday says he was in critical condition Monday after…
Continue ReadingHiker who died in fall at Oregon’s Multnomah Falls ID’d
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The woman who fell and did while hiking near Multnomah Falls east of Portland, Oregon, on Friday afternoon has been…
Continue ReadingCop shoots, kills man outside Olympia, Washington, Starbucks
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A police officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man outside a Starbucks coffee shop in Olympia, Washington, police said.…
Continue ReadingDeputies believe possible mass shooting was stopped at Gorge
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — The Grant County Sheriff’s Office in Washington state believes its deputies stopped a man from carrying out a mass shooting…
Continue ReadingIdaho abortion ban scrutinized by federal judge for sparse protections for doctors providing emergency care
By Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge suggested Monday that Idaho’s abortion ban may run afoul of federal law to the extent that it would open…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in connection with murder of couple in Olalla
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The man wanted in connection with the killing of an Olalla couple was arrested Sunday night in Tacoma, according to the Kitsap…
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Independence man, 78, killed, wife seriously injured in crash of single-engine plane east of Scio
A 78-year-old Independence man was killed and his wife was seriously injured Sunday afternoon in the crash of a single-engine plane east of Scio,…
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Ocean rip currents prompt three rescues in 2 hours off Seaside, Cannon Beach; one victim dies
There were three rescue efforts for six people from dangerous ocean currents on the north Oregon coast Saturday afternoon, but a man in his 50s who…
Continue ReadingDorli Rainey, symbol of Occupy movement, dies at 95
SEATTLE (AP) — Dorli Rainey, a self-described “old lady in combat boots” who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was…
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Crews on 6,500-acre Cedar Creek Fire will hike into Waldo Creek Wilderness in effort to stop its spread
After three weeks of work in rugged terrain and no official containment, firefighters on the nearly 6,500-acre Cedar Creek Fire have begun using…
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