11-15-2024  2:15 pm   •   PDX and SEA Weather

Northwest News

(Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times via AP) 

A winter storm that brought powerful wind gusts to Oregon on Tuesday caused at least two fatal car accidents that left four people dead, preliminary police investigations have found.

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(Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP) 

In all four cases, the sheriff’s office says someone forced their way into the fenced area surrounding the substations and damaged equipment to cause a power outage.

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AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) 

Authorities from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, have said one of their biggest concerns amid the cold front is ensuring that homeless people living on the streets have access to shelter.

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Oregon prepares to become the first U.S. state to offer controlled use of the psychedelic mushroom to the public.

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Roger Evans 

Volunteers from the neighborhood formerly known as Central Area use digital technology and film to create living library of Black history.

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(Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP) 

In Oregon, one person died in an accident on Interstate 84 in the Columbia River Gorge near Rooster Rock State Park on Tuesday morning when a semi-truck collided with their SUV

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee (AP Photo/Ted Warren) 

Updated standards for new cars and trucks are part of suite of momentous climate policies

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Oregon Coast 

This week's decision by top state officials, was to separate the Elliott State Forest in southwest Oregon from its obligation to fund schools and designate the land as a place for scientific discovery.

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(Kerem Yücel /Minnesota Public Radio via AP) 

The union says it expects the strike will shutter some stores entirely; at others, managers or other workers may keep the stores open.

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Portland Parks Commissioner Carmen Rubio 

After 93 years of serving North Portland, Columbia Pool will permanently close due to life-safety hazards and diminishing structural integrity.

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