By BRITTANY ALLEN/Pamplin Media Group As of Sept. 4, the U.S. Forest Service was ready to declare 2020 a surprisingly successful year in terms of major wildfires. Then Labor Day […]
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Oregon voters — and Portlanders — taking dim view of protests and related violence in Portland, according to new poll
By JIM REDDEN/Pamplin Media Group Most voters in Oregon and the three-county Portland area have negative views of the ongoing political protests in Portland and its related violence, according to […]
Oregon fire officials say Friday there could be many killed in fires consuming 1 million acres of forestland and homes
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Dozens of people are missing as state officials look for those who may have stayed behind in the over 1 million acres that have […]
Oregon’s deadly wildfires top 900,000 acres burned as of Thursday, up to 500,000 people evacuated across the state
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon firefighters hope to start pushing back on dozens of deadly blazes that have scorched 900,000 acres, killed at least three people, destroyed entire […]
Gov. Kate Brown says fires ravaging Oregon could be most destructive in state history; at least five towns “substantially destroyed”
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon is being swept by likely the most deadly and destructive fires in its history, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday. “I want to be […]
For the Blue River community along the McKenzie River in Lane County “everything’s gone”
By GARRETT ANDREWS/The Bend Bulletin As flames from the Holiday Farm Fire roared closer and closer to her home Monday night, Blue River resident Krystal Harrison was ordered to evacuate […]
COVID + Influenza: This Is a Good Year to Get a Flu Shot, Experts Advise
By JULIE APPLEBY and MICHELLE ANDREWS/Kaiser Health News Flu season will look different this year, as the country grapples with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 172,000 people. […]
Oregon hospital groups continue to get millions in federal, state emergency aid, including Samaritan Health Systems
By CHRISTIAN WITHOL/The Lund Report The two small rural hospitals in Ontario and Baker City in Eastern Oregon have won grants totaling $2.6 million in emergency funding from the […]
Oregon Health Authority takes aggressive budget approach to meet coronavirus challenges, including raising “sin” taxes
By BEN BOTKIN/The Lund Report The Oregon Health Authority has taken an ambitious approach to planning its next budget. The authority’s budget request for 2021-2023 reflects a plan to meet […]
Oregon Coast Aquarium’s elderly “Max” the sea lion gets special exam at OSU’s veterinary clinic in Corvallis
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service Oregon State University’s Lois Bates Acheson Veterinary Teaching Hospital received an unusual patient Monday — fan favorite Max the sea lion from the Oregon […]