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By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – A team of scientists, including one from Oregon State University, concluded in a recent paper that breaching four dams in the Lower Snake River Basin in Washington provides the best and only reasonable opportunity to promote recovery of key fish species, including salmon and steelhead. The paper, published in the journal Water Biology

A job center in North Portland run by the Oregon Employment Department. An audit from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office  details OED’s numerous problems as it struggled to keep up with historic numbers of jobless claims during the pandemic. By KATE DAVIDSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s unemployment insurance system experienced a litany of problems during the pandemic, a new audit

 Oregon voters received mailers like this one shared by a source that attack legislative Democrats. (Submitted) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Earlier this month, some Oregon voters began receiving glossy mailers blaming Gov. Kate Brown and the “Democrat-controlled state Legislature” for “soaring gas prices” and the “out-of-control cost of living.” A website with two short videos claiming policies passed by legislative Democrats

 Oregon’s electric utilities submitted first-ever plans for mitigating wildfire risks and protecting public safety. (Flickr) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Nearly all of Oregon’s 41 electric utilities have submitted their final plans to the state for preventing wildfires and managing shutoffs, according to the Public Utilities Commission. Most were submitted this month as the beginning of Oregon’s wildfire season

By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau A $100,000 check from a longtime conservative Oregon political donor to Republican Christine Drazan. One for $100,000 to Betsy Johnson’s insurgent campaign from a construction industry group. Two liberal political action campaigns top off at the same level in their total giving to Democrat Tina Kotek. The top candidates for governor continue to pile