The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Friday issued its largest penalty ever — more than $2.7 million — against Thompson Technical…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A box truck equipped with a bright LED billboard began circling around the University of…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of some of the 10 victims and most of a floatplane that crashed in Washington state’s Puget Sound earlier this month…
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden announced Thursday that all 36 Oregon counties will receive a combined $113.1 million in federal assistance over…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The population of endangered southern resident orcas has declined from 74 to 73 in the latest census, according to the Center for…
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Methamphetamines and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl helped drive an increase in opioid overdoses and related deaths in 2021, according to a new…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover climate…
Continue ReadingSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Biologists working for the state of Washington have killed two members of the Leadpoint wolf pack this week in an effort to…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Rates of traumatic injury among workers in the Oregon agricultural and construction sectors are significantly higher during…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Cystic fibrosis patients who supplement their diet with vitamin C can also derive greater benefit from another…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three of Oregon’s largest hospital systems are suing the state over its alleged lack of adequate mental health care, which…
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Oregon received federal approval Wednesday to pilot first-in-the-nation changes to the state’s Medicaid program over the next five years.…
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(Update: Adding video; two C. Oregon Red Cross volunteers on standby) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal is sending…
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft has successfully taken to the sky.…
Continue ReadingThe three top candidates to be Oregon’s next governor sparred over a wide array of issues during an over 90-minute debate Tuesday evening at…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland City Council candidate has formally asked elections officials to waive a $77,000 fine, arguing that a deeply…
Continue ReadingWALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state trooper who was shot and wounded in Walla Walla Thursday is expected to make a full recovery,…
Continue ReadingVANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A former manager at an Arby’s restaurant in Washington has been sentenced to more than five years in prison after…
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Public Utility Commission recently approved rule revisions intended to strengthen protections for low-income…
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Cassie the robot, invented at the Oregon State University College of Engineering and produced by OSU spinout company Agility Robotics, has…
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