Today: September 15, 2024
Today: September 15, 2024

Oregon

Environment

Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it

Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho, cutting power and pushing wildfires that include an Oregon fire which is already the largest active blaze in the nation

Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it
Health|News|Political

Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care

Oregon has taken an unprecedented step in offering psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms, to the public

Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
News|Political

Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional

An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control law approved by voters last year is lawful under the state constitution

Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional
Environment

Wildfire risk is soaring for low-income, elderly and other vulnerable populations in California, Washington and Oregon

Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.

Wildfire risk is soaring for low-income, elderly and other vulnerable populations in California, Washington and Oregon
News|Political

Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer from Oregon says he won't run for reelection next year

Oregon's Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer has announced that he won't be running for reelection next year

Democratic U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer from Oregon says he won't run for reelection next year
Health|News|Political

Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis

Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization law is facing a backlash amid a surge in public drug use fueled by fentanyl and an increase in synthetic opioid overdose deaths

Oregon's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law faces growing pushback amid fentanyl crisis
Environment|News

2 bodies found in creeks as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain in Pacific Northwest

Authorities in Oregon are investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brings heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest

2 bodies found in creeks as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain in Pacific Northwest
News|Political

Federal judge rejects request from Oregon senators who boycotted Legislature seeking to run in 2024

A federal judge has rejected a request from Oregon Republican state senators who boycotted the Legislature to be allowed on the ballot after their terms end

Federal judge rejects request from Oregon senators who boycotted Legislature seeking to run in 2024
Health|News

Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds

Homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, have reached a new, somber record

Methamphetamine, fentanyl drive record homeless deaths in Portland, Oregon, annual report finds
Business|Environment|News|Political|Science

Oregon appeals court finds the rules for the state's climate program are invalid

A state appeals court in Oregon has decided that the rules for a program designed to limit and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel companies are invalid

Oregon appeals court finds the rules for the state's climate program are invalid
Sports

Oregon's Bo Nix ends 5-year college odyssey as one of most productive QBs in NCAA history

Oregon's Bo Nix has finished his career as one of the most productive quarterbacks in NCAA history

Oregon's Bo Nix ends 5-year college odyssey as one of most productive QBs in NCAA history
Health|News|Political

With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law

Democratic lawmakers in Oregon have unveiled a sweeping new bill that would undo a key part of the state's first-in-the-nation drug decriminalization law

With Oregon facing rampant public drug use, lawmakers backpedal on pioneering decriminalization law
Business|Environment|News

Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires

An Oregon jury has awarded $85 million to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020

Oregon jury awards $85 million to 9 victims of deadly 2020 wildfires
Business|News

Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff

An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled will relaunch its print edition next month

Oregon weekly newspaper to relaunch print edition after theft forced it to lay off its entire staff
News|Political

Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection

The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection

Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection
News

Former professional wrestler William "Billy Jack" Haynes in custody in wife's death in Oregon

Authorities say William Albert Haynes Jr. has been taken into police custody in connection with the death of his wife in Portland, Oregon

Former professional wrestler William "Billy Jack" Haynes in custody in wife's death in Oregon
News

Hard hit by the US opioid crisis, Oregon reconsiders decriminalization

It's a common sight on the streets of downtown Portland, Oregon: people in front of stores, trendy restaurants and hotels, on sidewalks, corners, and

Hard hit by the US opioid crisis, Oregon reconsiders decriminalization
Environment|News|Political

A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it

Facing a housing shortage, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill that would tweak the state's pioneering land use law

A housing shortage is testing Oregon's pioneering land use law. Lawmakers are poised to tweak it
Business

Berkshire's PacifiCorp ordered to pay $29.2 million to homeowners, summer camp for 2020 Oregon wildfire damage

An Oregon state jury on Tuesday ordered Berkshire Hathaway's PacifiCorp to pay at least $29.2 million to nine homeowners and a summer camp whose properties were damaged by

Berkshire's PacifiCorp ordered to pay $29.2 million to homeowners, summer camp for 2020 Oregon wildfire damage
Business|News

Winner in Portland: What AP knows about the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot so far

A lucky ticket-buyer in Oregon has won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot, which was the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history

Winner in Portland: What AP knows about the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot so far
Business|News|Political

Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

The rural city of Grants Pass in southern Oregon has become the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis as its case over anti-camping laws goes to the U.S. Supreme Court

Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court
News|Political

Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?

The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live

Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks?
Business|Entertainment|News

Oregon lodge famously featured in 'The Shining' will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations

The hotel featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining” says it will reopen to guests Sunday after a fire that prompted evacuations but caused only minimal damage

Oregon lodge famously featured in 'The Shining' will reopen to guests after fire forced evacuations
Health|News|Sports|World

A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US

An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer won an enormous $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month

A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US
News|Political

Democrats raise concerns about Republicans meddling in a competitive Oregon primary

A new political action committee has begun pouring money into a key Oregon swing district just days before the Democratic primary there, raising questions about whether Republicans are trying to tilt the scales in the contest

Democrats raise concerns about Republicans meddling in a competitive Oregon primary

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