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Oregon reports 1,407 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 40 new deaths PORTLAND, Ore. — There are 40 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 4,275, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) reported at 12:01 a.m. today. Oregon Health Authority reported 1,407 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. today, bringing the state

 Parts of the Oregon Coast could be wiped out by a tsunami caused by a subduction zone earthquake. (MJ Tangonan/Unsplash) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Seismic experts agree that one day the state will be smacked by a massive earthquake off the coast that will cause widespread damage. They also agree that Oregonians need to prepare. But they disagree on

   Wildfire in September 2020 swept through the Santiam Canyon, destroying homes, businesses and vehicles. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A report released Wednesday by state auditors largely praises how the Oregon Department of Transportation handled debris removal after the largest natural disaster in state history. The transportation department and the contractors it hired to remove tens

By DILLON MULLAN/Oregon Capital Bureau A new database is shedding light on the dark history of federal boarding schools for Native American students in Oregon. Pacific University Archivist and Associate Professor Eva Guggemos and volunteer historian SuAnn Reddick collaborated to document at least 270 students who died in custody at boarding schools in Salem and Forest Grove between 1880 and

By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman-Journal Everyone that was complaining about how hot and dry Oregon was over the summer is about have their love for rain put to the test. Northwest Oregon is expected to see rain almost every day beginning Wednesday and lasting for the next week, offering a possible preview of what’s forecast to be a wetter and cooler autumn and winter

By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers made the most of federal and state money, some of it one-time dollars, in a new effort to expand a mental health system where the demand for services far outstripped its capacity for treatment. They did so even as the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn threatened to force them to cut spending and