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July 18, 2025

Oregon

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Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional

September 21, 2023 Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon judge is set to decide whether a gun control law approved by voters in November violates the state’s constitution in a trial that began Monday.  The law, one of the […]

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Oregon residents decry proposed ‘permanent’ mask mandate

January 28, 2022 Sara Cline, Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of Oregon residents claimed government overreach on Thursday, as officials at the state’s health authority consider indefinitely extending the current indoor mask requirement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Oregon Health […]

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Oregon Dems void power-sharing redistricting deal with GOP

September 21, 2021 Sara Cline, Associated Press

The Democratic speaker of the Oregon House on Monday rescinded a deal she made with Republicans to share power as lawmakers redraw political boundaries and add an additional U.S. House seat for the state. The […]

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New technology propels efforts to fight Western wildfires

August 10, 2021 Don Thompson, Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As drought- and wind-driven wildfires have become more dangerous across the American West in recent years, firefighters have tried to become smarter in how they prepare. They’re using new technology and better […]

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Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US

July 20, 2021 Associated Press

BLY, Oregon — The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in […]

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Portland reels after tumultuous year

June 29, 2021 Sara Cline, Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — The smell of fresh empanadas wafted through the stands at Portland’s Saturday Market. People talked through their masks with artists as others sifted through fork windchimes, crystal necklaces, tie dye dresses and […]

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Stars of ‘Shrill’ express love for the ‘hippest of places’

May 11, 2021 Brooke Lefferts, The Associated Press

NEW YORK — As “Shrill” draws to a close, its stars and creators are reflecting on how important Portland, Oregon, became to the Hulu comedy series, and how much of the city’s originality and beauty […]

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With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon

March 12, 2021 The Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — People in Oregon will be better prepared for earthquakes — particularly important in the Pacific Northwest because experts say “the big one” is coming — as an early warning system launched Thursday, […]

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Paris train attack hero makes bid for Congress from Oregon

October 30, 2020 Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — In 2015, Alek Skarlatos and two friends thwarted an attack by a gunman on a Paris-bound train, a dramatic and heroic action that was made into a movie by Clint Eastwood in […]

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‘Evacuate Now:’ Oregon wildfires grow as 500K told to flee

September 11, 2020 Andrew Selsky and Sara Cline, Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. — Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses. The number of […]

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