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Southern resident orca pod falls to lowest number in 46 years

SEATTLE — Only 73 southern resident orcas that live along the coast of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia remain as of July 1, according to the latest census from the Center for Whale Research.

Tribune News Service

Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses

Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover certain climate change expenses under its Medicaid program

The Independent UK

In case out of Oregon, court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside

About a decade after losing her job and becoming homeless in the small city of Grants Pass, Oregon, Debra Blake joined two other homeless residents in suing the city over a set of local ordinances that, in their view, criminalized the act of sleeping outside.

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The story of one US governor’s historic use of clemency: ‘We are a nation of second chances’

Kate Brown has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governor from the last 50 years combined

The Guardian - US

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

WEKU

Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 5

Pac-12 schedule and previews for all of the Week 5 games of the 2022 season, highlighted by Washington at UCLA, Oregon State at Utah, and Stanford at Oregon

USA Today Sports Media Group

Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant

A renewable energy facility in Oregon that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there will be the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America

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Stellar design, hospitality elevate this RV park on Oregon’s southern coast

COOS BAY, Ore. — Wearing a sweatshirt against the seaside chill, I grilled fresh-caught red snapper then served my family of three at a picnic table. After dinner, I settled into an Adirondack chair around the campfire with a glass of local pinot noir before taking a hot shower and…

Tribune News Service

Critics: Oregon's move to decriminalize hard drugs a failure

Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services and the state has been slow to channel the funds

The Independent UK

Both candidates for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 —incumbent Darleen Ortega and Vance Day — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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Oregon refinery fire: Massive inferno erupts with two injured at BP facility

A massive fire broke out at a BP oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with fire crews responding to reports of injuries at the site as huge clouds of smoke were seen rising from it

Daily Mirror

States look to help tenants pay for air conditioning as climate warms

As an intense heat wave scorched Oregon in the summer of 2021, state Sen. Kayse Jama, a Democrat from Portland, knew people were literally dying from the heat. About 100 Oregonians passed away from heat-related causes, mostly low-income, older apartment-dwellers. About a quarter of the people who died lived in…

Tribune News Service

Oregon Governor Condemns Students’ Vulgar Chant vs. BYU

The school previously issued a statement on the unsavory display during Saturday’s game.

Sports Illustrated

Flood of record requests hamper Oregon election officials

Oregon's secretary of state says county clerks are being inundated with public records requests stemming from “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, even while they’re already busy preparing for the November election

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General election early voting starts this week

Welcome to the Monday, September 19, Brew.

Tribune News Service

That hoppy IPA might have a terroir, just like wine

ST. PAUL, Oregon — The first hint of harvest time in one of the nation's major hop-growing regions is obvious: All along the backroads of Oregon's Willamette Valley are trucks overflowing with ropes of bouncy, freshly cut hops dropping their distinctive bright green cones on blacktop warmed by the early…

Zenger

September Surge Of Heat To Bake The Northwest

As stifling warmth begins to ease across parts of the West, the Northwest will heat up.

Benzinga

Cannabis Reg. Update: Marijuana Legalization In Oklahoma & News From Arkansas, Wisconsin And Oregon

Arkansas Poll Shows Growing Majority Support For Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiative As Top Republicans Urge ‘No’ Vote

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BYU vs Oregon Prediction, Game Preview

BYU vs Oregon game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 3 game on Saturday, September 17

The Guardian - US

Sighting of new gray wolf family raises hopes of resurgence in Oregon

Presence of two adults and two cubs in Cascade mountains detected after federal protections restored earlier this year

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Is Oregon about to elect an anti-woke, pro-gun independent as governor? Or maybe, gasp, a Republican?

Betsy Johnson is firmly behind the wheel, driving through an urban dystopia of poverty and despair.

The Independent UK

Endangered status sought for snail near Nevada lithium mine

Conservationists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for a tiny Nevada snail half the size of a pea that is known to exist only in high-desert springs around a huge lithium mine planned near the Oregon state line

Al Jazeera

Thousands evacuated as wildfires spread across western US

Massive Oregon blaze threatens more than 2,000 homes as drought, extreme heat spark fires across western United States.

WEKU

More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size

Gusty winds and dry conditions starting in the middle of last week propelled the fire from 18,000 acres to 86,000, prompting evacuations and power outages as firefighters worked to control the blaze.

The Independent UK

Oregon utilities shut power amid high dry winds, fire danger

Oregon utilities began shutting down power to thousands of customers on Friday as dry easterly winds swept into the region, raising the risk of wildfire danger

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