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Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 18 May 2021

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Oregon is hiring a Pacific Northwest-based arborist to review the state’s removal of trees in wildfire burn areas after recent concerns that the operation has been hasty and excessive.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 15 May 2021

Citing intelligence that there are “imminent” efforts from outside groups to “engage and advance gun violence” this weekend, the Portland City Council announced police and the FBI will be on the streets of the city for the next few days

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 14 May 2021

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced that the state will immediately follow guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Details: Written by By RACHEL LA CORTE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press; Published: 14 May 2021

Washington is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30, and a full reopening could happen even sooner if 70% or more of residents ages 16 and older have gotten at least one dose of vaccine by then.

Details: Written by RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press; Published: 13 May 2021

Last week the Oregon Legislature passed a measure that bans guns from the state Capitol.

Details: Written by SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 12 May 2021

Most statewide coronavirus related restrictions will be lifted when 70% of Oregon's residents who are 16 years and older receive the first COVID-19 vaccine dose. In addition, counties will be eligible to move into the “lower risk” category when 65% of the area's eligible population is vaccinated.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 11 May 2021

Center for Women's Leadership Interim Executive Director Jessica Mole took over in the second change of leadership the center experienced last year.

Citing budget cuts and fundraising shortfalls due to the pandemic, PSU and the center’s board chair announce the illustrious board will be dissolved this summer.

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 11 May 2021

An estimated 46,000 people have their licenses suspended annually because they fail to pay court-imposed fines for noncriminal moving violations as minor as neglecting to use a turn signal.

Details: Written by AP Newsroom; Published: 10 May 2021

The Seattle Times reported that fatal drug overdoses increased more than 30% last year compared to 2019, according to the data, an increase more than twice as large as any other year in the past decade.

Details: Written by SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 06 May 2021

(Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, file)

State officials say the rule, which garnered thousands of public comments, will be in place until it is “no longer necessary to address the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.”