400 Oregon National Guard members to receive wildland firefighter training
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — As part of the state’s coordinated and comprehensive wildfire suppression efforts, and thanks to funds allocated by the federal…
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Oregon Court of Appeals affirms Portland renter relocation law
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed a Portland ordinance requiring landlords to pay tenants’ relocation fees…
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Police: $23 million lost due to ongoing Portland protests
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say downtown businesses in Portland have sustained about $23 million in damages and lost customers because of…
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Oregon National Guard soldier dies in non-combat incident in Kosovo
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Monday the death of an Oregon Army National Guard soldier from Willamina, Oregon, who was supporting…
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Feds scrap plans to reintroduce grizzlies to North Cascades
The federal government is scrapping plans to reintroduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades…
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Wyden calls on AG to enforce law requiring police report in-custody, arrest deaths
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Tuesday called on Attorney General William Barr immediately to fully implement and enforce a law that requires states to…
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7 arrested, face federal charges in rioting at Portland courthouse
The U.S. Attorney in Oregon announced federal charges Tuesday against seven people accused in court papers of defacing a federal courthouse and…
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Oregon COVID-19 update: No new deaths, fewer new cases, positive test results top 5%
The state’s death toll from COVID-19 is unchanged from Sunday and remains at 215, along with 168 new cases, the lowest tally in several days, the…
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US Forest Services urges self-policing of campgrounds to help catch, prevent wildfires
Just a few weeks into summer, Central Oregon has already seen a more aggressive fire season than in some past years. The U.S. Forest Service is…
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US signs order for first West Coast gas-export terminal
The Trump administration on Monday formally authorized exports from a proposed Coos Bay, Oregon natural gas terminal, the first on the U.S. West…
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Oregon DMV upgrades computer system, offers Real ID, other new online services
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon DMV said it completed a multi-year project to replace its computer systems on Monday, providing new online services,…
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Oregon Zoo set to reopen, with safety measures in place
After closing for nearly four months to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the Oregon Zoo plans to reopen this week, welcoming back visitors for the…
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Police: 7 men arrested after yelling racial slurs at Black family in Lincoln City
Seven men were arrested after police say they taunted a Black family by yelling racial slurs and using Nazi salutes during a Fourth of July incident…
Continue Reading Oregon reports two more COVID-19 deaths, 301 new cases; 10 in Central Oregon
COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 215, along with 301 new cases that push the total past 10,000, the…
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Portland police declare riot, arrest more than a dozen; several officers injured
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland police say more than a dozen people were arrested early Sunday after throwing fireworks and mortars as they clashed…
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Gov. Kate Brown meets with OSP troopers who refused to wear masks
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — One day after denouncing Oregon State Police troopers seen on video without face masks in a Corvallis coffee shop, Gov. Kate…
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OSU receives $5.9 million to study environmental health problems
An Oregon State University-led research center has been awarded $5.9 million to support studies aimed at understanding how environmental exposure to…
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Portland police, feds make 10 arrests in federal courthouse attack, riot
Portland police made nine arrests and federal officers made another in an overnight attack on the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in downtown Portland…
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Wyden backs bill to help seniors in federally assisted housing amid COVID-19
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., on Thursday co-sponsored legislation that would provide $1.2 billion to ensure federally-assisted senior…
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Oregon AG highlights first data report on new hate, bias crime, incidents law
Oregon Attorney General Ellen on Thursday highlighted the results of the first Senate Bill 577 report  from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission,…
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