Oregon pushes back release date of updated wildfire … A remade version of an Oregon state map that shows each property’s risk of wildfire will not be released as early as expected, the Oregon Department of Forestry announced Wednesday.
Oregon primate research facility under scrutiny after … SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A state lawmaker in Oregon is using thousands of pages of redacted documents he sought for more than a year to launch legislation demanding more accountability and oversight of a primate research facility with a long history of complaints. Incidents at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, associated with Oregon’s largest […]
Washington is the second-worst U.S. state to drive … Washington state is one of the worst states in the U.S. to drive in, according to a new report.
Fastest-spreading COVID conspiracies focused on evil … Researchers at Washington State University studied nearly 400,000 tweets and found that the conspiracy theories shared the most on Twitter early on in the pandemic highlighted malicious intentions and secretive actions of supposed bad actors behind the crisis.
Fourth dead whale to wash ashore along Oregon Coast … PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A dead whale washed ashore in Cannon Beach on Saturday afternoon — marking the fourth whale to wash ashore along the Oregon coast in recent weeks, according to Seaside Aquarium. A few days prior, the Coast Guard reported the whale was floating about a mile offshore before reaching the Crescent Beach […]
Oregon DOJ, law firms launch reproductive rights … Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced the new hotline on Monday morning.
‘Pollinator Paradise’ license plate would support … Oregonians might soon have the option to sport a license plate that helps support the state’s native pollinators.
Fourth dead whale washes up along Oregon coast this … A dead whale washed ashore on Oregon’s Cannon Beach Saturday afternoon – marking it the fourth whale to wash up along Oregon’s coastline in recent weeks, according to Seaside Aquarium.
‘It’s still kind of surreal’: LaMichael James reflects … Former University of Oregon running back LaMichael James has had an eventful last week and a half.
Loss of tiny organisms hurts ocean, fishing, scientists … PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the loss of microscopic organisms that make up the base of the ocean’s food chain. The growing warmth and saltiness of the Gulf of Maine off New England is causing a dramatic […]
