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Why a private company is investigating rapes at an ICE detention center in California instead of the sheriff
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The warden at a privately-run immigrant detention center in San Diego County has authority to decide how to investigate rape reports there. A county supervisor wants to revisit the agreement giving the company that power.
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Owner of Klamath Falls lab charged with defrauding Medicare for $46 million
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Ballots move through a signature verification system at the Multnomah County Elections Division office in Portland, Ore., Nov. 1, 2024. Signatures that do not match the records on file are identified and a notice is sent to the voter to have them verify their signature and have their vote counted.
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Chinook salmon are hatching in Upper Klamath for first time in a century
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There are boat inspection stations in Ashland, Ontario and seasonally open stations in Brookings, Klamath Falls, Umatilla and at Owyhee Reservoir.
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Oregon finds invasive quagga mussels on boat at Ashland inspection station
Mia Maldonado
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff on Saturday found quagga mussels on a motorboat coming from Lake Havasu, Arizona, during a boat inspection in Ashland.
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Labor & Employment
Lawsuit accuses Asante of underpaying thousands of workers in Oregon
Justin Higginbottom
PeaceHealth Oregon has announced it will not renew a long-standing contract with local Eugene Emergency Physicians to staff emergency departments in Springfield, Cottage Grove and Florence. The hospital system has opted for an Atlanta-based company instead.
Tiffany Eckert
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Law and Justice
Lane County physicians sue to block PeaceHealth deal with staffing company
Amelia Templeton
A person pumps gas at an Arco station on Belmont Street in Portland, Ore. on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Opponents of a recently passed gas tax increase have succeeded in referring it to voters.
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Law and Justice
Federal judge denies anti-gas tax group’s attempt to extend voters’ pamphlet deadline
Mia Maldonado
SOU President Rick Bailey answers questions about the university's recently-approved realignment plan in April 2023.
Jane Vaughan
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Education
Southern Oregon University attempts to slay its fiscal 'beast'
Jane Vaughan
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Los Angeles County election worker Richard Arias, deposits a ballot envelope after checking for written name and signature, as people vote in person on California's Prop 50 election at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's office Oct. 29, 2025.
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Politics & Government
California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election
AP Staff
A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he's investigating a ballot count discrepancy.
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Poverty and Homelessness
New Redding apartments will serve homeless individuals, couples
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The lights of the state Capitol glow into the night in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022.
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Education
Shasta, Siskiyou among 11 California county education offices mistakenly underpaid or overpaid millions
Lasherica Thornton
A Fresno resident uses an umbrella to shield herself from the sun on Aug. 30, 2022, as a heat wave descended over California.
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Health and Medicine
California is spending hundreds of millions responding to heat. Will it ever be a public health priority?
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An aerial view of Lake Shasta and the dam in Shasta County, on May 9, 2024. On this date, the reservoir storage was 4,380,600 acre-feet (AF), 96 percent of the total capacity.
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California Department of Water Resources
Environment, Energy and Transportation
Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California’s reservoirs?
Rachel Becker
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