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FILE - The Owyhee Canyonland, spanning southeastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho, Oct. 4, 2023. President Donald Trump recently exempted the military from water regulations, allowing it to pollute waterways in this high desert ecosystem as it trains combat jet pilots.

Kristyna Wentz-Graff

OPB

Environment, Energy and Transportation

President Trump OKs supersonic jets over Owyhee desert — even if they pollute rivers

April Ehrlich

The president is invoking an obscure law that allows the military to pollute waterways.

The Central Valley Annex in McFarland on July 8, 2024.

Larry Valenzuela

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Immigration

ICE quietly opens another detention center in a former California prison

Wendy Fry

Graduates celebrate at Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend on June 18, 2024. Tuition at Oregon’s public universities will increase in the fall, the 12th school year in a row that prices have gone up.

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Education

Tuition to rise for 12th year in a row at Oregon’s public universities

Alex Baumhardt

Three men stand around a large bare tree attached to a granite boulder.

City of Redding

Wildlife

Redding is dumping trees and boulders in its river to help fish

Justin Higginbottom

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Ashland Independent Film Festival

Ashland film festival marks 25 years with an eclectic lineup

Vanessa Finney

The Ashland Independent Film Festival returns with 40+ programs, local filmmakers, and films exploring identity, activism and storytelling trends.
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Josephine County commissioner race draws crowded field

Roman Battaglia

Six candidates, including an incumbent and a recalled former commissioner, compete for a Josephine County board seat amid ongoing political turmoil.

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Iran's foreign minister awaits U.S. delegation to Pakistan for peace talks

NPR Staff

Iran's Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday, as the White House confirmed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel there Saturday to try to "move the ball forward towards a deal."
Matt McClain

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DOJ wants to shield its lawyers from outside scrutiny. Critics worry about oversight

Jaclyn Diaz

Critics say the proposed rule to let the DOJ step into state bar investigations could weaken one of the last independent checks on government lawyers.

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Sledge Taylor, 73, walks his corn fields just outside Como, Miss. on Friday, April 17, 2026. The corn stalks are currently between vegetative stages known as V3 and V5, normally when Taylor would be applying nitrogen fertilizer. But he said he may not do it this year because of the cost of fertilizer.

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A Flock Safety license plate-reading camera is seen in Denver on Aug. 5, 2025. The technology is at the center of a new law going into effect in Oregon regulating law enforcement agencies.

Quentin Young

Colorado Newsline

Law and Justice

A new Oregon law regulates police use of license plate readers. Here’s how it works

Shaanth Nanguneri

The legislation empowers Oregonians to sue technology vendors who violate the law’s privacy protections.

Lauren Weisskirk has two children in Portland Public Schools and says Oregon could learn from other states in how to provide more instructional time. A new report suggests students in some Oregon districts get the equivalent of eight fewer weeks of school than kids in other parts of the state.

Elizabeth Miller

OPB

Education

Enormous variation in school instructional time for Oregon students, according to new data tool

Elizabeth Miller

The Nike Store at 5th Street Market in Eugene, pictured on April 21, 2026. It's not yet confirmed whether Nike would be taxed under this initiative, but any company that makes more than $1 billion in national gross profits from retail sales annually and more than $500,000 from retail sales in Eugene would be included.

Chris Lehman

KLCC

Politics & Government

Eugene petitioners begin push to get new climate tax on November ballot

Nathan Wilk

FILE - Two gray wolves were accidentally killed by federal officials last summer, according to a report issued Friday. This February 2021 photo, provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows a different Oregon-born gray wolf.

California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Wildlife

Federal agency accidentally killed 2 protected Oregon wolves last year, state report reveals

Alejandro Figueroa

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Wildlife

Bandon zoo owner pleads guilty to 47 animal neglect, drug and weapons charges

Justin Higginbottom

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An inmate at San Quentin State Prison on March 17, 2023.

Martin do Nascimento

CalMatters

Politics & Government

Should sex offenders qualify for elderly parole at 50? California lawmakers rush to change rules

Joe Garcia

The potential release of two men who were convicted of molesting children in the Sacramento region has California lawmakers racing to revise elderly parole rules.