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Sergeant Kristine Butcher, a member of the Portland Police Bureau's Human Trafficking Unit, gathers information from an adult-aged victim during a directed patrol mission in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Moriah Ratner

InvestigateWest

Law and Justice

Sex traffickers evade justice as child victims openly walk Pacific Northwest streets

Kelsey Turner

Survivors, police frustrated with low convictions as reported sex trafficking soars in Oregon and Washington.

Shana McConville Radford is taking on the newly-formed position of tribal affairs director with the state of Oregon.

Courtesy of Shana McConville Radford

Politics & Government

Oregon joins Washington in having a full-time tribal affairs director on governor’s staff

Anna King

Some wave technology, like this one from Eco Wave Power, is deployed near shore, attached to seawalls or jetties, where paddle-like devices are driven up and down by wave action, activating hydraulic energy.

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Environment, Energy and Transportation

Blue power: Will ocean waves be California’s new source of clean energy?

Julie Cart

A plow with the Oregon Department of Transportation works the roads in the Cascades in Douglas County on Feb. 13, 2023. ODOT has said it will decrease some winter road maintenance due to a decline in revenue.

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Weather

Oregon governor asks Legislature for more ODOT funding as winter weather arrives

Joni Auden Land

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The remaining pieces of Copco No. 2 dam on the Klamath River after deconstruction in June, 2023.

After the Dams: Restoring the Klamath

JPR’s year-long series to help you understand the impact of removing the dams on the Klamath River.

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Kristyna Wentz-Graff

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Oregon school funding is complicated. We try to break it down

Dirk VanderHart

The state’s approach to funding K-12 education is not easy to comprehend, and the Portland Public Schools strike has shoved the thorny issue into the political spotlight.
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Leaked document says US is willing to build energy projects in case Snake River dams are breached

Hallie Golden / Associated Press

In a strong sign that the U.S. will consider breaching four controversial dams on the Snake River, a leaked Biden administration document says the government is prepared to help build clean energy projects to replace the power generated by the dams.

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Afternoon fog slowly covers Morro Rock, a major landmark in Morro Bay. The federal government has leased 376 square miles of oceans waters off Morro Bay for floating wind farms.

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The shadowy Hamas leader behind the war against Israel

Daniel Estrin

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, is widely believed to have helped mastermind the unprecedented Hamas attack that changed the course of Israeli-Palestinian history.
Giuseppe Cacace

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In Dubai, Harris deals with 2 issues important to young voters: climate and Gaza

Deepa Shivaram

Vice President Harris gave her most extensive comments to date on the fighting in Gaza, emphatically calling on Israel to do more to protect civilians.

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Rick Robinson

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Music, Arts & Culture

Trove of holiday theater underway in Southern Oregon and far Northern California

Jane Vaughan

As the holiday season begins, local theaters are performing a lot of themed plays, musicals and ballets.

Solar panels atop storage units in rural Virginia were funded by a Rural Energy for America Program grant.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Environment, Energy and Transportation

USDA grows solar power in rural Oregon despite limited transmission, assistance

Alex Baumhardt

FILE: Owners bring their dogs to a park in Los Angeles. Veterinary laboratories in several states, including Oregon, Colorado and New Hampshire, are investigating an unusual respiratory illness in dogs that causes lasting illness and doesn't respond to antibiotics.

Richard Vogel

Health and Medicine

What to know about the mysterious dog illnesses in Oregon

April Ehrlich

Oregon’s secretary of state says she will not remove Donald Trump, shown in this Sept. 25, 2023 file photo, from the May 2024 presidential primary ballot, rejecting a push from a group that argues he should be barred from serving again because of his role in spurring the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Artie Walker Jr.

Politics & Government

Oregon secretary of state won’t bar Donald Trump from Republican primary ballot

Members of the Row River Fire Response Auxiliary Unit, which was created by volunteers to protect the region from wildfire. They have used two donated fire trucks to fight fires while they work to start an official fire district.

Courtesy of Kathleen Istudor

Wildlife

Southern Lane County community petitions to form own fire district

Rebecca Hansen-White

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Charles Toombs, president of California Faculty Association and professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University, speaks to union members during a rally outside the CSU Chancellor's office in Long Beach on May 23, 2023.

Lauren Justice

CalMatters

Labor & Employment

Cal State faculty plans to strike as officials reject a 12% salary increase

Mikhail Zinshteyn

Cal State officials offered a 5% increase for each of the next three years, although those raises are not guaranteed. The union plans to strike at four campuses. CalPoly Humboldt and Chico State are not among the initial targets of the labor action.