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Oregon’s high desert is getting crowded, so wind power advocates are once again looking to the sea.

At a conference last week in Portland, ocean energy advocates presented an update on the state of offshore wind power in Oregon. Costs have dropped dramatically since the last failed attempt to harness the wind over Oregon’s Pacific waters, making an offshore, deep-water wind farm once again seem feasible.

The Oregon State Penitentiary Friday received an envelope with a mysterious substance in it, just days after Coffee Creek Correctional Facility received a similar delivery.  

After the state prison reported receiving the envelope, at around 11 a.m., its mail room was secured and evacuated. As a precaution, one employee from the mail room was taken to a local hospital.  

State police were onsite, and the Salem Fire Department eventually cleared the building as safe for employees to return to work.  

Sen. Toni Atkins watches the SB 1 debate on the Assembly floor.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has sought to position himself as one of the leading domestic critics of President Trump, will veto a newly passed bill that would have blocked the administration's rollbacks of Obama-era environmental standards.

Two Oregon agencies have weighed in on the growing health concerns around vaping and e-cigarettes in the wake of six deaths nationwide related to the practice, including one Oregon fatality. 

New research at Portland State University says climate change is decreasing the amount of snow in the Pacific Northwest. And that has implications for water resources in the region.

Portland State University’s Climate Science Lab’s collected data from 157 snow monitoring stations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

UPDATE (Sept. 12, 3:29 p.m. PT) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing a southeast Oregon fish from the endangered species list.

Every summer, the annual Golden State Pinball Festival is held in Lodi and attracts characters as colorful as the machines they came to play. 

Heading into Thursday's Democratic presidential debate, the third this campaign season, we had five political questions.

Here's how they got answered:

It’s been a bad week for Juul — which faces a growing health scare, federal accusations of false advertising to minors and a possible ban on its flavored products. But as of Tuesday, the San Francisco-based e-cigarette giant can rest assured that Sacramento legislators will not be adding to their woes anytime soon.

September's Democratic presidential debate has been narrowed to one night only, as more candidates have called it quits altogether. Ten candidates are on stage for three-hour event hosted by ABC News and Univision, beginning at 8 p.m. ET. It's the third debate of the campaign and the first time that former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders are all together. Who will be the main target, what does it mean and what do the candidates stand for? Follow NPR Politics reporters for live analysis and fact checks.