Oregon’s U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said the NSA should be transparent about whether it’s buying and collecting data on citizens.
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Kotek, Portland task force recommend more cops, public drug use ban, business tax breaks
Some recommendations, like picking up trash, can happen immediately. Others, like building 20,000 homes downtown, will take years.
Though many jail inmates have addiction problems, facilities lack treatment services
Oregon Rep. Pam Marsh plans to introduce a bill in the 2024 session to provide funding for jail addiction medication, screenings and more.
Former Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwin Peterson dies at 93
Former Oregon Chief Justice Edwin J. Peterson died on Saturday in Salem, leaving behind a legacy of modernizing the courts system.
With youth overdose death rates soaring, state offers free opioid reversal medication to schools
An initiative to stock overdose reversal medication in Oregon schools comes amid a big jump in the number of teens who’ve died from drug overdoses in the last five years.
Portions of McGilchrist closed due to flooding as heavy rain continues
Many areas of Salem have received over 2 inches of rain in the past 48 hours, leading to some minor local flooding on roads.
UPDATE: Two hospitalized in Tuesday collision on I-5 at Kuebler
A hydroplaning car on Interstate 5 Tuesday afternoon in south Salem collided with a semi-truck, which crashed and rolled over. Both drivers were hospitalized with injuries.
Some want repeal. Others want tweaks. But nobody seems to want the status quo in the drug crisis.
Lawmakers on Monday listened to experts describe the long, jagged path the state needs to take to recovery as they contemplate changing Oregon’s drug decriminalization measure.
Early child care shortages in Oregon costing parents jobs, survey finds
More than 40% of parents responding to a Portland State University survey said they or their partner quit, declined or changed jobs due to child care challenges.
Salem-area flood advisory extended to Thursday
Between 2.25 and 4 inches of rain are expected in Salem this week, prompting the National Weather Service to extend a flood advisory warning through Thursday.