Category OREGON NEWS
West Coast universities launch new Pacific offshore wind collaborative
Wave energy experts from Oregon State University will contribute to research, public information around marine ecosystem impacts of offshore wind.
Disturbance at Ontario’s state prison prompts warning shots, lockdown for 700
AROUND OREGON: Snake River Correctional Institution's Complex 2 remained in lockdown on ?Sunday, May 26, as officials investigate a disturbance the day before involving about 70 inmates. Corrections officers fired warning shots to restore order on a recreation yard.
State hospital suspends visits after patient dies of suspected fentanyl overdose
AROUND OREGON: The Oregon State Police are investigating a death at the state hospital in Salem tied to a possible fentanyl overdose. Visits to patients have been suspended.
Oregon joins federal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster, saying public hurt
Long-standing complaints about Ticketmaster’s practices hit a peak in 2022 when its botched rollout of Taylor Swift tickets led to a hearing before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Report: Medical visits backlogged at Oregon women’s prison as hundreds wait months for care
In Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, women wait six months for medical imaging tests after they are ordered.
Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale, of controlled burns by state and feds
State and federal agencies are coming around to Indigenous knowledge and science around the need for low-intensity fires to preempt severe ones.
Dexter, Bynum clinch Democratic nods in Oregon congressional primaries
Dexter is all but certain to serve in Congress, while Bynum faces a tough general election fight.
U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Oregon lawsuit that sought to end mail voting
Sen. Dennis Linthicum, a Republican running to preside over state elections, was one plaintiff in a lawsuit trying to end vote by mail in Oregon.
Northwest tribes, feds dive into work on salmon revival in upper Columbia River
Chinook and sockeye salmon were once abundant in the Columbia River, but two dams decimated their numbers and it took years for an historic 20-year reintroduction plan to emerge.