Oregon has about 100 distillers. (Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon distillers clashed with recovery advocates during a legislative hearing Tuesday over the creation of a […]
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Legislature poised for conflict over gun-control legislation as Democrats back bills on waiting periods, serial numbers on guns, and minimum age for purchases
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon lawmakers are debating firearms legislation this session, setting the stage for legislative battles and courtroom fights that could go to the […]
U.S. appeals court upholds expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
From the Rogue Valley Times The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld the expansion of the biologically diverse Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Originally created […]
Eugene’s climate activists and natural gas industry ready to square off this fall over gas stove ballot measure
By ANNA PHILLIPS/The Washington Post EUGENE — The liberal stronghold of Eugene might seem like an unlikely place for the fossil fuel industry to flex its muscles. But in the […]
Staffing issues forces PeaceHealth to close beds at two Eugene-area hospitals
By the Eugene Register-Guard PeaceHealth will close dozens of hospital beds at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart RiverBend in Springfield and PeaceHealth Sacred Heart University District in Eugene. The hospital group also […]
Jurors in $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp hear opening arguments about blame, cause of 2020 wildfires
By TED SICKINGER/The Oregonian/OregonLive PacifiCorp’s reckoning over its alleged culpability for Oregon’s catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires arrived Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Opening arguments began in […]
After three years, Oregon Health Authority officials hold last regular Covid-19 briefing as virus wanes
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The impact of COVID-19 on Oregon is in a steady decline that makes it possible to end emergency steps put in place after the […]
Clatsop County judge will rule by end of month on legality of vacation rental ballot measure vote
By NICOLE BALES/The Astorian ASTORIA — A Clatop County circuit court judge is expected to decide by the end of the month on the legality of a referendum on the […]
Oregon governor says OHSU and state will stockpile a 3-year supply of abortion drug in advance of court ruling
By KELCIE MOSELEY-MORRIS/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday the state will secure a three-year supply of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to terminate a […]
Washington Legislature OKs ban on 50 gun models, opponents vow immediate court challenge
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, WASH. — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday and the governor is expected to sign it into […]