ANDREW SELSKY/The Associated Press SALEM — A Canadian energy company called it quits Wednesday on a controversial natural gas pipeline and marine export terminal on the southern Oregon coast after failing […]
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Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio will retire next year, creating an open seat in newly formed district that now includes Lincoln County
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is retiring. After more than three decades as a mainstay in Oregon politics, the state’s longest-tenured U.S. House member announced Wednesday […]
480 health care providers in Oregon, including Samaritan Health Services, getting $120 million in covid relief money
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Biden administration has started to distribute $7.5 billion in American Rescue Plan funds to more than 40,000 health care providers in each state and in […]
Oregon plans to offer voluntary digital vaccine card in the spring
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Health Authority plans to offer a digital vaccine card to Oregonians next spring. It is not a passport: The technology is designed as […]
Oregon’s new congressional map is now final, as GOP officials don’t appeal boundaries
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s bruising fight over new political maps is now over. Winner: Democrats. A group of former Republican elected officials challenging new congressional districts has elected […]
Oregon governor calls special legislative session Dec. 13 on rental aid, protection for tenants
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Gov. Kate Brown has called a special session of the Oregon Legislature to extend temporary protections against eviction for tenants awaiting rental assistance. She also […]
New COVID-19 variant raises concerns — but mostly questions from Oregon health officials — as delta spike fades
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The newly discovered omicron variant of COVID-19 is raising concerns just as Oregon hit two key markers in its recovery from the deadly delta […]
Oregon coronavirus report for Monday, Nov 29: 2,598 cases over five days; 35 in Lincoln County; 27 new deaths
Oregon reports 2,598 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 27 new deaths PORTLAND — There are 27 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 5,142, […]
Kristof’s “red-letter” givers fuel his early bid in outsider run for Oregon governor
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Nicholas Kristof’s relationships formed over decades as a journalist are showing up in a strong wave of “red letter” giving to his campaign for […]
Amid staff shortages, some Oregon students with disabilities may be getting short shrift
Special education teachers have been particularly hard to find this year, causing reduced class offerings and school days that could be a violation of students’ civil rights. (Malheur Enterprise/Rachel Parsons) […]