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Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 19 April 2020

Three mental health court program case managers and a mental health consultant have resigned

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 18 April 2020

Protesters want public health restrictions lifted⁠—just as they are showing success in limiting the coronavirus outbreak

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 17 April 2020

Jeff Heatherington, LHD (Hon), President, FamilyCare Health, President, The Heatherington Foundation of Innovation and Education in Health Care, Inc.

The organization is donating to 17 community programs equaling $1.6 million dollars. In addition, they will be contributing to four community groups in Lebanon, Ore. totaling $400,000

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 16 April 2020

Four leading candidates run on diversity, representation

Details: Written by RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press; Published: 14 April 2020

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks during a news conference, Monday, April 13, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee appointed Pierce County Superior Court Judge G. Helen Whitener to the Washington Supreme Court to replace Justice Charles Wiggins, who retired from the court at the end of March. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Judge Whitener is the first Black woman appointed and the second openly gay justice to serve on the Washington Supreme Court in the state's history.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 14 April 2020

(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File)

West Coast states agree region will move toward reopening based on health outcomes. Gov. Kate Brown introduces her plan to the public via livestream.

Details: Written by THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press; Published: 13 April 2020

Oregon is one of five states that allows online recreational marijuana sales but the practice is severely limited because credit card companies tend to shy away from dealing with a drug that is still illegal under U.S. law.

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 13 April 2020

The teachers decorated their cars with signs for the students. (photo courtesy Union Ridge Elementary)

Teachers honked and waved as they drove past, seeing their students from a safe distance.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 13 April 2020

About 270,000 Oregonians have lost their jobs in due to COVID-19 shutdowns.

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 10 April 2020

The Oregon Clinic has furloughed about 820 employees. The Portland Clinic furloughed 180 employees and cut the pay and hours of 250 others earlier this week.