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Oregon Ranks 25 Out of 48 Lower States at Risk of Drinking Contaminated Groundwater
More than 20% of Americans living in the Lower 48 states – including 800,000 Oregonians – could be using contaminated groundwater containing “forever chemicals” for drinking supplies, according to a federal study by the U.S. Geological…
Removal of Hazardous Fuels From National Forests Will Help Safeguard Oregon Against Wildfires
Oregon has been allocated more than $5 million in federal funding to prevent increasingly frequent and severe wildfires that threaten homes, businesses, and “our way of life,” Senator Jeff Merkley announced yesterday (Thursday).
The…
More Than 700 Homeless Veterans Sleep Outdoors in Oregon Every Night
More than 1,400 Oregon veterans are homeless, with at least 700 of these former servicemen and women sleeping outdoors, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Point-In-Time (PIT) database.
Despite efforts by the…
130,000 Residents Left Oregon Last Year to Settle in Other States
The number of people moving away from Oregon remains relatively small in terms of its population, underlying the fact that the state is home to the oldest population in the West.
According to census data, about 130,000 Oregonians left…
Tension Mounts as Oregon Waits for News of its Selection to House a Semiconductor Research Hub
If Oregon is not selected as the last of three semiconductor research hubs, the state will lose hundreds of millions of federal investment dollars and suffer a major setback as an anchor state of the high-tech industry.
On October 31 and…
Oregonians Vote YES to Impeaching Public Officials and Allowing the Creation of Labor Unions in the…
Oregonians have voted to impeach public officials and to allow labor organizations to talk to cannabis industry employees while retailers and processors remain neutral.
These were two of five ballot measures seeking approval from voters.…
Southern Oregon Law Enforcement Units Prepared to Handle Post-Election Disruption
Following recent fires in ballot drop boxes, Southern Oregon law enforcement units say they are geared to handle any disruptive situation to the national election today, or in the following days.
Recent Drop Box Fires Sparked…
Growing Dissent to Oregon’s Proposed Measure 118
UPDATE: Fierce Opposition to Oregon Measure 118 at the Polls Defeats Attempts to Establish a Basic Income Program
The Coos Bay Area Chamber of Commerce has added its voice of dissent to Measure 118 which comes up for vote on Tuesday,…
High Oregon Voter Turnout With 4 Days Still To Go Before Election
With just four days remaining before Election Day, voter turnout is already high, with over a million ballots already returned across Oregon by Wednesday and almost 40% returned specifically in Southern Oregon.
1/3 of Ballots…
Central Oregon Backyard Farm Pig Is First Ever Diagnosed With Bird Flu in The US
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), who worked with the Oregon Department of Agriculture on the matter, announced on Wednesday that a pig on a small backyard farm in Crook County was found to be infected with the H5N1 virus which…