Recent rain and wind across Western Oregon provide an early fall warning that winter weather is coming. And with it, could come a hazard we really haven’t had to deal with before: flash flooding.
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Holiday shopping season is just around the corner. With all the news about supply chain problems, you might be wondering how to get your online purchases on time. A startup company has opened a factory in Bend, Oregon, to manufacture delivery drones. But those zippy aircraft won’t be flying packages to your house. -
Cassandra Profita/OPBOregon Secretary of State auditors found the Oregon Department of Transportation can learn from its troubled experience overseeing the largest wildfire cleanup job in state history.
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The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink had a six-decade career leading major orchestras across Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. He was hailed as a musician's musician, prizing the art well above glamor.
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The Charlottesville, Virginia duo released have been making quiet, contemplative music for years, and in 2021 they tackled an ambitious project: a track-by-track re-imagining of Peter Gabriel's album So.
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Mattress Firm, Claire's, Guitar Center are bankruptcy survivors going from a year of shuttered stores to planning a new life as publicly traded companies.
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During the pandemic, karaoke has been kayoed due to fears of viral spread. If you've got a song in your heart and a vaccine in your arm, is it safe to pick up a karaoke mic in public?
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Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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The climate pattern known as La Niña generally brings winters that are drier and warmer than usual across the southern U.S. and cooler and wetter in the northern part of the country.
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Oregon education officials want to implement a new testing program to limit the amount of time students have to spend at home in quarantines. It’s facing some obstacles. -
The Oregon Senate Republican caucus elected longtime lawmaker Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, to lead their party.
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Federal regulators look to regulate treatment centers that house vulnerable kids. Uvea Spezza-Lopin’s story illustrates why.
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Gov. Kate Brown has granted more than 70 adults in custody who committed crimes as juveniles the opportunity to argue for their release before the state's parole board after 15 years in prison. Some are charged with crimes like murder, assault and manslaughter.
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A letter signed Wednesday by more than 50 organizations and local jurisdictions from across Oregon urged legislative leaders and Gov. Kate Brown to step in on behalf of 12,000 households facing the threat of eviction.
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When the Almeda Fire tore through Southern Oregon last year, manufactured home parks were among the developments that were damaged most. More than a year later, assistance for these communities is slowly starting to appear.
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Healdsburg cut its water use nearly in half in August, compared to the same time last year. Californians overall saved just 5%, and that's after Gov. Gavin Newsom asked everyone to voluntarily reduce their water sue by 15% back in July.
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Gov. Newsom says he supports proposed rules on where new oil wells can go, plus additional pollution controls on existing wells.
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A controversial recall election in Shasta County will go forward. The announcement came Thursday after the county registrar of voters said enough valid signatures have been collected in one of three districts being targeted.
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As the state experiences its second-driest year on record and Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a statewide drought emergency, some Californians may be wondering: How will this shortage impact the Sacramento region and what does it mean for our everyday lives and water supply?
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Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He did authorize water regulators to ban wasteful water use, such as spraying down public sidewalks.
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California wants to limit the water that farmers can pump from depleted aquifers. To enforce those limits, regulators are turning to remote sensing satellites.
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