A landslide undercut a portion of Cape Arago Highway just south of the Sunset Bay State Park on Friday, Jan. 3. By RACHAEL McDONALD/KLCC News COOS BAY — […]
Landslide and flooding close two popular state parks near Coos Bay
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From safer buses to phone fixes: A rundown of new Oregon laws for 2025
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By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting New year, new rules. As Oregonians ring in 2025, nearly two dozen bills passed by lawmakers early last year will quietly take effect. From stricter […]
Oregon’s homeless population is 8th largest in the nation, 2024 federal count shows
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By ANTHONY EFFINGER/Willamette Week Oregon finds itself near the top of another tragic list as the year ended. Oregon had the eighth-largest population of homeless people on a given night in […]
Efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries on the rise; library patrons and supporters are pushing back
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By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon ArtsWatch In December the Grants Pass School District approved removing two books from the Grants Pass High School Library: All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson’s memoir about […]
New report projects number of Oregon high school graduates will decline almost 20% by 2041
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By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has published an edition of “Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates,” every four years […]
Three other tribes sue to stop approval of Coquille casino in Medford
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By JUSTIN HIGGINBOTTOM/Jefferson Public Radio The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, Karuk Tribe and Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the […]
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to help fund Oregon’s rural schools, communities
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By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties — and schools in other Western states — will receive less federal funding in 2025 after the U.S. […]
Oregon Attorney General-elect Rayfield picks advisers to deflect potential threats from Trump administration
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By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Attorney General-elect Dan Rayfield tapped a dozen prominent Oregonians who work in areas like health care, law and labor to advise his […]
Oregon’s new nurse staffing law draws complaints, disagreement among union and hospitals
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By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report Six months after a new law set staffing minimums at Oregon hospitals, the state’s largest nurses union and its hospitals can’t agree on what it means, even […]
Federal government sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire, as the costs of fires to the company climb
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By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 […]