Roadside risks: ODOT, USFS warn of dangers to parking near winter recreation spots
Some snow-seekers heading to winter recreation areas on state highways are finding designated parking areas filled and are creating safety issues by…
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Multnomah County puts up ‘sleeping pods’ at outdoor homeless shelters
It’s getting colder in Portland, and with temperatures dropping, the Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services knew they had to winterize…
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Oregon reports 16 more COVID-19 deaths, including Jefferson County’s 17th
COVID-19 has claimed 16 more lives in Oregon, including Jefferson County’s 17th death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,449, the Oregon Health…
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Police: Man killed in road rage incident near Coos Bay
A 28-year-old man was killed in what police described as a road rage incident near Coos Bay.…
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Central Oregon counties to stay in state’s ‘Extreme Risk’ category into mid-January
Gov. Kate Brown announced updates Tuesday to county risk levels under the state’s new public health framework to reduce transmission and protect…
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Nez Perce Tribe reclaims ancestral land in Eastern Oregon
The Nez Perce Tribe is reclaiming an ancestral village site in Eastern Oregon, more than a century after being pushed out of the area.…
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Oregon’s voter-approved cigarette tax hike, new e-cigarette tax begin Friday
Beginning Friday, Jan. 1, Oregon’s tax on cigarettes will increase by $2 per pack and e-cigarettes will be taxed for the first time in Oregon, after…
Continue Reading5.7 earthquake hits 127 miles off Oregon coast, no tsunami
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck about 127 miles off the Oregon coast early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.…
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Police: Officer fatally shoots woman who brandished gun
The Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office says an officer shot and killed a woman who broke into someone’s home in Warrenton and later brandished a gun at…
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Portland shootings have more than doubled this year
As Portland struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic and nightly protests during 2020, shootings in Oregon’s largest city also more than doubled this…
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Lawsuit seeks reports on Willamette River dams’ structural integrity
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An environmental group in Oregon has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for not providing information…
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Report urges expanding national service programs for youth after pandemic
The economic woes from the COVID-19 pandemic parallel the Great Depression in some ways, and new research suggests national service programs from the…
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Oregon reports 6 more COVID-19 deaths, 865 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed six more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,433, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
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Bull trout discovery in Klamath County creek a restoration milestone
For the first time in over a century, bull trout were found in a reconnected creek channel crossing the Sun Pass State Forest in Klamath County – a…
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Firefighter’s car stolen while responding to a fire in Vernonia
A Vernonia firefighter had her car stolen on Christmas Day while responding to a house…
Continue Reading Police investigate 4 shootings in Portland
Police are investigating four shootings that left two people wounded in Portland within about three hours on Saturday…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 5 more COVID-19 deaths, including Deschutes County’s 22nd
COVID-19 has claimed five more lives in Oregon, including Deschutes County’s 22nd death, raising the state’s death toll to 1,427, the Oregon Health…
Continue Reading Oregon reports no new COVID-19 deaths for the first time in 2 months
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Friday and remains at 1,422, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday. It was the first…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 12 more COVID-19 deaths, 871 new cases
COVID-19 has claimed 12 more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 1,415, along with 871 new cases, the Oregon Health Authority…
Continue Reading Oregon reports 21 more COVID-19 deaths, 2 in Jefferson County
COVID-19 has claimed 21 more lives in Oregon, including two in Jefferson County, raising the state’s death toll to 1,403, the Oregon Health…
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