Category OREGON NEWS
Oregon’s experiment in tackling drug crisis starts with about 220 people in deflection
Officials from Washington to Malheur counties told lawmakers they’ve slowly rolled out deflection programs following the recriminalization of low-level drug possession.
Oregon will start testing raw milk this week for bird flu
Oregon will start testing milk this week for bird flu as part of a federal program to monitor the virus, which has turned up in animals and people, including one person in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said in a release late Wednesday that…
Albertsons sues Kroger after Oregon, Washington judges block $24.6 billion merger
Albertsons is suing Kroger, alleging the larger grocer didn’t do enough to secure regulatory approval for its 2022 agreement to buy Albertsons. The two companies own close to 175 Albertsons, Safeway and Fred Meyer stores in Oregon.
Wyden says PGE will ‘do everything possible’ to keep rates below inflation after 2025
Residential electricity rates for customers of Oregon’s largest electric utility have grown at twice the rate of inflation over the past five years.
Judges in Oregon, Washington, block Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger
Judges in Oregon and Washington on Tuesday blocked supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons from merging, throwing into question the future of the largest proposed grocery merger in U.S. history. U.S. District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson in Portland temporarily halted the merger, writing in her 71-page ruling in…
Oregon getting federal money to improve habitat for imperiled western monarch butterfly
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Tuesday to list the western monarch butterfly as a threatened species.
Oregon Gov. Kotek, lawmakers say state needs to keep focus on housing, education, mental health
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek doubled down Monday on her requests for more funding and more attention for housing, homelessness, behavioral health and education ahead of a legislative session likely to be dominated by transportation debates.
Oregon’s Project Turnkey sheltered thousands as state tries to build more homes
Gov. Tina Kotek recently visited a shelter and affordable apartment complex in Clatsop County, with the state’s highest per capita homeless rate.
Two health officials at Oregon Department of Corrections placed on leave amid investigation
The corrections agency has an open investigation into its head doctor and assistant health services director.