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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and rural Boardman resident Ana Maria Rodriguez go over a letter from Boardman residents to Gov. Tina Kotek in Boardman, Ore., Jan. 20, 2023.

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley tour reveals Morrow County residents’ frustration with groundwater inaction

Residents want the government to ensure water deliveries and take action against polluters.

Mendocino College near California's northern coast is one of 65 community colleges where the University of California wants to expand outreach.

University of California planning to expand outreach at more than half of the state’s community colleges

The program will include Shasta College in Redding, College of the Redwoods in Eureka, College of the Siskiyous in Weed and more than 60 others across California. It's an effort to increase the number of students who successfully transfer from those colleges.

Oregon resident Lilith Saer is seen inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Saer pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building.

Portland woman pleads guilty to Jan.6th insurrection charge

A Portland woman, a QAnon adherent who espoused antisemitic views and frequently attended local far-right demonstrations in the region has pleaded guilty for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Ten people were killed and 10 more were injured at a dance studio near a Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday night. Here, a woman is seen praying for victims outside Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, Calif., on Monday.

New details emerge in the Monterey Park, California shooting that left 11 dead

Authorities say they are searching for a motive for the deadly mass shooting that took place over the weekend in a city east of Los Angeles at the beginning of the Lunar New Year.

Skiers cruise down the slopes at Snowmass ski area in Colorado. This winter has already delivered snow totals above 130% of average, but climate scientists say it will take more than one wet winter to pull the arid West out of a 23-year drought.

Why heavy winter rain and snow won't be enough to pull the West out of a megadrought

This winter could provide some relief for parched reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin, but climate scientists warn that the severe drought won't end with one wet season.

Monterey Park police officers stand at the scene of a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California.

Monterey Park community is relieved shooter is no longer a threat, Rep. Chu says

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Rep. Judy Chu of California, about the mass shooting at a Lunar New Year festival in Monterey Park that left 10 people dead.

"People across the country should be concerned that legislators and governors across the country are going to do exactly what Florida is doing," says Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones, pictured here in March 2022.

Florida's AP African American studies ban should raise alarm elsewhere, lawmaker says

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

The News Corp. building in New York City, home to Fox News.

Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims

Disproven claims about Donald Trump's loss in 2020, many debunked in real time by Fox's own reporters, are part of Fox News' defense against a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

FEMA Updates The Progress Of Oregon Fire Relief

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