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    Law
    Portland has been a hotbed of anti-police and racial justice demonstrations since the summer. Wednesday's scuffle between police and anti-fascist demonstrators became just the latest such event in several months punctuated by demonstrations that turned v
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    Portland Police Charge 8 After Demonstrators Vandalize Democratic Party Offices

    Jan 21, 2021
    Demonstrators in Portland, Ore., on Wednesday were said to be anti-fascist protesters. They vandalized the Democratic Party of Oregon's office and held signs rejecting Biden's presidency.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    During the presidential debate on Tuesday night, President Trump claimed the "Portland sheriff" supports him.
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    Portland, Ore., Sheriff Says He 'Will Never Support' President Trump

    Sep 30, 2020
    "Donald Trump has made my job a hell of a lot harder since he started talking about Portland," says Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese. The president claimed that the "Portland sheriff" supports him.
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    Technology
    Buildings are engulfed in flames as a wildfire ravages Talent, Ore., on Sept. 8, 2020. Unfounded rumors that left-wing activists were behind the fires went viral on social media, thanks to amplification by conspiracy theorists and the platforms' own desi
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    Can Circuit Breakers Stop Viral Rumors On Facebook, Twitter?

    Sep 22, 2020
    False claims that blame left-wing activists for wildfires in Oregon have spread on social media. To stop the rumors, some experts say platforms should take inspiration from the stock market.
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    National
    Maricela, shown here picking grapes in southern Oregon this week, says she can't think about the long-term health effects of the smoke from wildfires. She asked NPR to use only her first name because she doesn't have work papers.
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    'I Have To Work': Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke

    Sep 17, 2020
    "The smoke is so dense," one agricultural worker in Oregon told NPR. "I feel dizzy, my throat hurts and my head feels like it's going to explode." Their employers are also faced with tough choices.
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    National
    Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Friday.
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    Wildfires Latest: Helpful Weather; Oregon Official Warns Of 'Mass Fatality Incident'

    Sep 12, 2020
    A change in weather conditions is being seen as a needed assist for nearly 30,000 fire personnel battling blazes. Authorities are also attempting to debunk online rumors about the cause of the fires.
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    National
    A couple embrace Thursday while touring an area devastated by the Almeda Fire in Phoenix, Ore.
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    'The Thing I Dread The Most Is Not Knowing': Western Wildfires Rage Amid Race To Flee

    Sep 11, 2020
    One hundred large fires are burning in 12 states across the West — but just five of them have been contained, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
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    Live Updates: Protests For Racial Justice
    Federal officers deploy tear gas and crowd control munitions at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest Tuesday at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore.
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    Oregon Gov. Says Federal Officers Will Begin Phased Withdrawal From Portland

    Jul 29, 2020
    Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said the federal agents sent to Portland acted as "an occupying force & brought violence." Brown says federal officers will leave starting Thursday.
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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    A hotel employee helps a guest from behind protective plastic last month at the Ocean Lodge in Cannon Beach, Ore.
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    Oregon Pauses Reopening As Coronavirus Cases Rise

    Jun 12, 2020
    The pause comes just before Oregon's Multnomah County, the state's most populous county and home to Portland, was set to start its first phase of reopening.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy (second from right) prays during an Easter Sunday church service he organized despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Emmett, Idaho.
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    In Idaho, Far-Right Republicans Defy Coronavirus Health Restrictions

    Apr 13, 2020
    In the rural Northwest, far-right elected officials and the militia movements they're aligned with are calling for defiance of stay-at-home orders like the one issued by Idaho's Republican governor.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Market shelves have been emptying of toilet paper as consumers seek to stock up for social distancing. But police in Newport, Ore., reminded residents that running out of toilet paper is not, in fact, an emergency worthy of dialing 911.
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    Oregon Police Remind Residents: Don't Call 911 If You Run Out Of Toilet Paper

    Mar 17, 2020
    "It's hard to believe that we even have to post this," said police in Newport, Ore. They offered a reminder for residents hunkering down due to the coronavirus: "We cannot bring you toilet paper."
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    A man on stilts wears State of Jefferson regalia at a Timber Unity rally in front of the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Feb. 6, 2020. Timber Unity's signature issue is opposition to cap and trade, a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the gro
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    Some Oregonians Want To Leave And Take Part Of The State To Idaho With Them

    Feb 24, 2020
    Some residents are so frustrated with Democratic politics they are trying to change the map, so that most of Oregon and a chunk of Northern California would break off and join Idaho, a red state.
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    Environment
    Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded Washed Ashore in 2010. The nonprofit turns plastics taken from Oregon's beaches into eye-opening sculptures of threatened marine life.
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    On The Oregon Coast, Turning Pollution Into Art With A Purpose

    Dec 04, 2019
    A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.
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    Mental Health
    (From left) Sam Adamson, Lori Riddle, Hailey Hardcastle, and Derek Evans pose at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. The teens suggested legislation to allow students to take "mental health days" as they would sick days.
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    Feeling Blue? Oregon Students Allowed To Take 'Mental Health Days'

    Jul 22, 2019
    The state, which has one of the higher suicide rates in the U.S., hopes the law will combat stigma around mental illness. Four teen activists encourage others to "admit when they're struggling."
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    Judge Limits Hammond Ranches Cattle Grazing As Case Proceeds

    Jul 18, 2019

     

    PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge will allow Oregon ranchers who were convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land to graze cattle on parts of a federal allotment this season on a limited basis.

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    Oregon's Legislature passed a bill that would allow duplexes, like this one in Portland, in areas zoned for single-family housing in cities with more than 10,000 people.
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    Oregon Legislature Votes To Essentially Ban Single-Family Zoning

    Jul 01, 2019
    The bill makes duplexes allowable in cities over 10,000 people, and quadplexes legal in the Portland metro area. It's part of a growing change to zoning policy amid a national housing crisis.
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    National
    An Apple store in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Two students in Oregon allegedly defrauded the company out of nearly $900,000, according to a criminal complaint.
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    2 Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme

    Apr 05, 2019
    Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.
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    National
    A nurse holds a tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough vaccine in 2016. Physician Judith Guzman-Cottrill tells NPR that she has met many families who hesitate to give their children vaccines.
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    Unvaccinated Boy, 6, Spent 57 Days In The Hospital With Tetanus

    Mar 08, 2019
    It was Oregon's first pediatric case in more than 30 years. "It was difficult to take care of him, to watch him suffer," says Judith Guzman-Cottrill, an infectious-disease specialist.
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    Economy
    For years, climbing rent has posed problems for tenants in Portland, Oregon's largest city.
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    Oregon Set To Pass The First Statewide Rent Control Bill

    Feb 27, 2019
    The measure would limit rent increases to 7 percent annually, plus inflation, and offer renters more protection from eviction. Supporters celebrate as critics fear it will diminish housing options.
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    The Salt
    Gulls were eating more juvenile salmon than biologists realized, which meant fewer of the fish were making it to the ocean.
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    To Protect Imperiled Salmon, Fish Advocates Want To Shoot Some Gulls

    Feb 12, 2019
    Biologists think gulls are eating more juvenile salmon than they thought, and fish advocates are proposing to kill problem gulls. But opponents say dam modification is what's needed to protect salmon.
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    Shots - Health News
    Amber Gorrow and her daughter, Eleanor, 3, pick out a show to watch after Eleanor's nap at their home in Vancouver, Wash., on Wednesday. Eleanor has gotten her first measles vaccine, but Gorrow's son, Leon, 8 weeks, is still too young to be immunized.
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    Measles Cases Mount In Pacific Northwest Outbreak

    Feb 08, 2019
    So far this year, 55 measles cases have been confirmed in Washington state, most of them in unvaccinated children. The outbreak's epicenter is Clark County, Wash., just north of Portland, Ore.
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    The Salt
    A row of new reverse vending machines, which collect drink containers for recycling, greets customers at the grand opening of the BottleDrop Redemption Center in Medford, Ore.
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    Oregon Bottle Deposit System Hits 90 Percent Redemption Rate

    Feb 04, 2019
    The expanded program includes more types of containers and benefits from a cleaner mix of recyclable materials, which is easier to sell than the mishmash of waste that ends up in curbside bins.
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    Health
    A measles outbreak in Washington State has triggered a state of emergency. In Clark County, where 35 cases have been reported, 31 were not immunized.
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    Washington State Officials Declare State Of Emergency As Measles Outbreak Continues

    Jan 28, 2019
    As of Monday, public health authorities reported 36 cases, most affecting children under the age of 10. All but four of those with the highly contagious disease have not been vaccinated.
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    Environment
    The climate change lawsuit inspired this rally in Seattle, along with ones in Portland and Eugene, Ore.
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    Young Activists Can Sue Government Over Climate Change, Supreme Court Says

    Nov 03, 2018
    The 21 plaintiffs, many of whom are minors, say government policies infringe on their rights. "We need to as a country, do much bigger things," Leigh-Ann Draheim, the mother of one plaintiff said.
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    National
    According to a criminal complaint, Gregory Rodvelt, in a photo provided by the Surprise Police Department in Arizona from a separate incident, told law enforcement "I would not race right in" to the booby-trapped home.
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    FBI Agent Shot By Booby-Trapped Wheelchair

    Oct 02, 2018
    Before the highly trained team even entered the house in Oregon, it encountered a series of traps straight out of the adventures of Indiana Jones.
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    The Salt
    Oregon's new refillable bottles can be used and reused by any brewery in the state.
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    Oregon Launches First Statewide Refillable Bottle System In U.S.

    Sep 17, 2018
    The new beer bottles can be refilled up to 40 times and are designed to be easily separated from the rest of the glass in the deposit system, ensuring that they get refilled instead of recycled.

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