Inslee prohibits Patrol from aiding abortion investigations
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee has issued a directive instructing the Washington State Patrol to not…
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Wyden, Merkley, Rosenblum dismayed by Supreme Court ruling that limits EPA ability to curb power plant emissions
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum reacted with dismay to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling…
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OSU receives $265,000 from National Science Foundation for research on ways to limit wildfires’ spread
Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday that Oregon State University has earned $265,000 in federal funds to improve models…
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Oregon’s minimum wage — make that wages — rise again Friday, still at three different levels
Minimum-wage workers will get a raise when Oregon’s minimum wage rates go up on July 1, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries…
Continue Reading80 people in Oregon’s federal prison go on hunger strike
SHERIDAN, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s federal public defender says dozens of people inside the state’s only federal prison have been on a hunger…
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40,000-acre Willowcreek Fire near Vale holding at 75 percent containment
Containment lines are holding well, and Vale Bureau of Land Management fire officials expect to wrap up direct attack suppression work Friday,…
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‘Do more, and do it now!’ Rosenblum, other AGs demand federal action on toxic metals in baby food
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on Wednesday joined 22 state attorneys general calling on the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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OSU survey suggests charismatic Corvallis campus songbird’s numbers have dramatically declined
The evening grosbeak, a noisy and charismatic songbird, once arrived at Oregon State University in springtime flocks so vast, an OSU statistics…
Continue ReadingOHA reports decline in Oregon COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths over past 2 weeks
The Oregon Health Authority’s COVID-19 Biweekly Data Report, released Wednesday, shows a decrease in COVID-19-related cases, hospitalizations and…
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Oregon secretary of state’s audit finds much work still to do on prescription drug monitoring, ease opioid crisis
Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the Oregon Audits Division released a follow-up report Wednesday to a 2018 audit of Oregon Health Authority’s…
Continue ReadingMinimum wage increase initiative qualifies in WA city
TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) — An initiative to increase the minimum hourly wage in Tukwila, Washington, by more than $3 has qualified for the November…
Continue ReadingFeds looking at finances of Native American boarding school
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One of only a few boarding schools for Native American students still run directly by the federal government in Oregon is…
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Federal judge halts logging of former Elliott State Forest tract sold to private timber firm
A U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling Tuesday preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting old-growth forest that was previously part of the…
Continue ReadingInterstate 84 closed in eastern Oregon due to wildfire smoke
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) — Transportation officials said Tuesday evening that Interstate 84 is closed near the border of Oregon and Idaho because of…
Continue ReadingWA wildfire prompts evacuations for people in 50 homes
SOAP LAKE, Wash. (AP) — People in about 50 homes near a wildfire in central Washington were told by law enforcement to leave their homes…
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Oregon’s new wildland-urban interface, statewide wildfire risk map to be available Thursday
The wildland-urban interface and statewide wildfire risk map will be available through the Oregon Explorer online tool on Thursday, as required by…
Continue ReadingPilot killed in small-plane crash, fire in southwest WA
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A pilot died in a fiery crash on a runway Tuesday in Vancouver, Washington, according to the Federal Aviation…
Continue ReadingEx-lawyer who stole over $3.4M from clients pleads guilty
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon personal injury lawyer who stole more than $3.4 million from her clients has pleaded guilty to seven federal…
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Conservationists call for action on Northwest wolf poaching
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Wildlife advocates say there has been a distressing uptick in wolf poaching cases in…
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‘Disgusting thrill kill’: Oregon hunters offer $500 reward to find shooter of deer at Reedsport boat launch parking lot
Oregon hunters are offering a $500 reward for information on a poacher who shot a deer and left it dead in a Reedsport boat launch parking lot at…
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