Oregon Housing and Community Services will publish on May 2 a draft Action Plan for a $422 million disaster recovery grant, funded by the U.S.…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore (AP) — Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, has tested positive for COVID-19. Wyden’s office said Tuesday the lawmaker tested…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A seafood processing plant has been fined $56,000 in connection with a 2021 COVID outbreak that left one employee dead. The…
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A new report released Monday by the Oregon Health Authority’s Health Care Cost Growth Target Program showed some of the impacts of rising health…
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About 925 additional acres of the Santiam State Forest will reopen to public access after the 2020 Labor Day fires heavily impacted the…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s most populous county has moved from a “low” community COVID-19 level to “medium,” per federal guidance,…
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Several conservative Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared sympathetic to the arguments of a…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — President Joe Biden is endorsing incumbent Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The…
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This weekend, the Oregon Department of Forestry will welcome back 21 of its firefighters who’ve been fighting wildfires across the state of Texas…
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Oregon’s marijuana market has experienced exponential growth, which has led to a crowded marketplace. In response to this reality, the 2022 Oregon…
Continue ReadingQUILCENE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of an outhouse in a national forest and fell in while trying to…
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President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth…
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President Joe Biden opened a two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest Thursday by focusing on improvements planned for the runway and roof of the…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Court records show a Seattle CEO who gained national attention for raising employees’ salaries and slashing his own is facing…
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Defense plans to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Oregon Health Authority employee has been indicted by a Marion County grand jury for allegedly embezzling nearly…
Continue Reading COVID-19 case numbers in Oregon are on a steady rise as a new variant spreads and residents toss their masks, but hospitalization rates are still…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon State Treasury has at least $5.3 billion invested in fossil fuel companies, a…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — In a story published April 20, 2022, about marijuana banking reform, The Associated Press erroneously reported that U.S. Sen. Patty…
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A Native American tribe in southern Oregon said Tuesday it is assessing its legal options after learning the U.S. government plans to release water…
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