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Details: Written by DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press; Published: 11 July 2021

Pushed by strong winds, a wildfire in southern Oregon doubled in size to 120 square miles (311 square kilometers) Saturday as it raced through heavy timber in the Fremont-Winema National Forest near the Klamath County town of Sprague River

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 09 July 2021

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Oregon adopted an emergency rule Thursday that strengthens requirements for employers to safeguard workers from extreme heat

Details: Written by By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press; Published: 08 July 2021

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Over a year ago a jury concluded Avenatti tried to extort millions of dollars from Nike by threatening the company with bad publicity

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 06 July 2021

‘It was not the catalytic and transformational change that we had hoped’

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 03 July 2021

The second annual report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission on hate crimes and bias incidents showed a 134% surge in reporting in the second half of 2020 -- with most reports connected to race-based targeting primarily of Black and African American people

Details: Written by EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer; Published: 02 July 2021

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Shortly after Sha'Carri Richardson won the Olympic trials in Eugene last month, she tested positive for ingredients found in marijuana, had her results erased and received a one-month ban.

Details: Written by SARA CLINE and RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 30 June 2021

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee chats with longtime friend Cal Kalabaza of Tacoma during the "Welcome Back, Washington" celebration at Wright Park in Tacoma, Wash. on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (Tony Overman/The News Tribune via AP)

Oregon and Washington on Wednesday lifted most of their COVID-19 restrictions to become two of the last states to broadly ease virus orders put in place in the very first days of the pandemic

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 29 June 2021

Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Happy Valley) speaks at a conference via Zoom.

Group vows to prioritize bills on farm worker overtime, universal representation, restorative justice in figure sessions.

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 28 June 2021

(AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Pacific Northwest, shuts down light rail and street cars due to high temperatures, districts halted summer school bus service and people braced for possibly the hottest day of the scorcher.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 28 June 2021

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Richardson’s victory came in just 10.86 seconds. Many are comparing the Olympic-bound track and field star to greats like Florence Griffith-Joyner, and Gail Devers.