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By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Federal regulators have threatened to yank the certification for Oregon State Hospital’s Junction City unit if it doesn’t immediately fix multiple problems at that campus, including suspected sexual assault, attacks and a lack of supervision. The Oregon Health Authority, which manages the state hospital, has until May 15 to submit a corrective plan and until

By Oregon Capital Chronicle The state of Oregon won’t keep fighting to enforce a first-in-the-nation ban on real estate “love letters” and will pay a Bend real estate group more than $60,000, according to a draft settlement filed in a federal court in Portland. Chief U.S. District Judge Marco Hernández in March temporarily blocked the enforcement of Oregon’s 2021 ban on Realtors

 The Oregon Department of Transportation will invest in a growing network of electric vehicle charging stations across seven major highways (National Park Service) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle An electric vehicle charging station could soon exist every 50 miles on some of Oregon’s main highways — including U.S. Highway 101 and U.S. Highway 20 in Lincoln County. The Oregon Department

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week The glacial process of getting a massive chunk of new funding into Oregon’s substance abuse disorder treatment industry is grinding forward. The Oregon Health Authority announced Thursday that the Measure 110 Oversight Accountability Council has now approved applications from providers in 21 of Oregon’s 36 counties, including Lincoln County. The council’s approval is a key step