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Schools across Oregon are providing free summer meals to anyone 18 and under, but a federal waiver for free meals ends June 30, putting the future of universal free school lunches in jeopardy.
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The Oregon Department of Revenue will soon begin distributing $600 checks to qualifying households.
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The first heat wave of the summer is settling in across the Pacific Northwest, extending into Monday in much of Southern Oregon.
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade yesterday puts the power to allow or ban abortions in the hands of state governments. In Oregon and Washington abortion remains a fully legal health procedure, protected by state law. But that’s not the case in other states — Idaho, for example — where abortion clinics are already closing.
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A new forest management plan from the Bureau of Land Management in Medford will help speed up proposed projects. But local activists fear the plan could hurt forests and endangered species.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the U.S. Constitution does not protect the right to abortion, striking down nearly 50 years of legal precedent.
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On Friday, the Democratic governors of Oregon, California and Washington announced a coordinated effort to strengthen legal protections for abortion providers and patients who travel to the West Coast from states where the practice is banned.
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Now that the COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for children under five—pediatric providers are preparing for the initial wave of tiny patients to get their first shots.
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A rise in home testing and a decrease in disease severity has masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s sewers don’t lie.
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Homelessness used to mainly be a problem for bigger cities. But nowadays, a mixture of high housing costs, the pandemic, and a lack of mental health services, means homeless camps are popping-up in smaller towns too.
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Authorities are warning people about chilly river temperatures as the heat begins to build this weekend.
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Residents in Myrtle Point are frustrated over the firing of a beloved library director.
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Solar power installations on home rooftops are surging in Oregon and Washington state. Alongside, you may have noticed an uptick in ads pitching rooftop solar, or even gotten an in-person solicitation. Some of the sales pitches contain dubious or potentially misleading claims. And now, consumer watchdogs are urging homeowners to do their homework before signing any contract.
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In hearings so far, the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a violent, pro-Trump mob has outlined how it believes the former president and extremist groups carried out the attack that day. But Jan. 6 was the culmination of years of political violence. Oregon and other states served as a training and ideology testing ground for the groups who would go on to play leading roles in the insurrection.