By SAGE VAN WING/Oregon Public Broadcasting In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in order to save endangered […]
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Some want repeal. Others want tweaks to Measure 110. But nobody seems to want the status quo in Oregon’s drug crisis
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians who packed a legislative hearing on the state’s addiction crisis and flooded the Legislature with passionate testimony have vastly different viewpoints, but […]
Group sues Oregon Secretary of State Griffin-Valade to keep Trump off May primary ballot
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The national advocacy group trying to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on primary ballots filed a lawsuit with the Oregon Supreme Court on […]
PacifiCorp agrees to $299 million settlement for Southern Oregon wildfire in 2020
By RYAN HASS/Oregon Public Broadcasting PacifiCorp, the parent company of the Oregon electric utility Pacific Power, will pay out $299 million to settle lawsuits related to a 2020 wildfire in […]
Oregon winter road maintenance will continue with $19 million promise from Kotek, legislators
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s top elected officials pledged to spend millions of dollars on winter road maintenance after dire warnings from the state Department of Transportation […]
Oregon Secretary of State Griffin-Valade says she won’t block Trump from May’s primary ballot
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade won’t bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on primary ballots despite an ongoing pressure campaign, she […]
Draft agreement on removing Snake River dams says science is clear on benefits of tearing them out
By ANNETTE CARY/Tri-City Herald KENNEWICK, Wash. — A draft agreement negotiated behind closed doors by the Biden administration and advocates of tearing down the lower Snake River dams says the […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek plans to seek $600 million more for housing, homelessness in 2024 session
Gov. Tina Kotek, pictured talking about housing in July, plans to ask the Legislature to approve hundreds of millions in new spending for housing, homelessness, child care and summer learning. […]
War of words heats up in Coquille Tribe’s quest to add Medford as site of second casino
By WILLAMETTE WEEK The long-running quest of the Coquille Tribe to open a casino in Medford – its second — appears near resolution. The Coquille first bought land in Medford, […]
NOAA considering OK of gray whale hunt off Washington coast by Makah Tribe
By ISABELLA BREDA/The Seattle Times The Makah Tribe could soon be hunting gray whales again off the coast of Washington, under a final series of proposals released this month by the […]