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+29 +1Forget Oregon’s Gunman. Remember the Hero Who Charged Straight at Him.
No amount of murder seems likely to result in gun control soon. So let’s do what we can to stop the lunacy—by reserving the limelight for the vet who rushed the killer.
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+100 +1Active Shooter Reported at Umpqua Community College
Preliminary information indicates multiple deaths and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police
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+20 +1Electric Oregon WR Byron Marshall (leg) feared out for the season
Oregon wide receiver Byron Marshall could be out for the rest of the season after suffering a lower leg injury in the loss to Utah.
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+21 +1Bringing to Light
After an unexpected and mind blowing discovery on the slopes of Mount Hood, we embark on an expedition deep under the Sandy Glacier to document the disappearing world and fleeting beauty of the largest glacier cave system in the lower 48 states.
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+24 +1The Wild Spirit of Oregon’s Coast
Over the years, Oregonians have fought hard to preserve the natural beauty and monuments of their coast. Today, the 363-mile shoreline remains as wild as ever.
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+53 +1Taxpayers are paying $60 for every pot plant the DEA destroys in Oregon
The Drug Enforcement Administration spent $960,000 to destroy marijuana plants in that state in 2014 as part of its "Cannabis Eradication Program," according to a recent report by NBC affiliate KGW in Portland, Ore. That year, the DEA succeeded in removing 16,067 pot plants from Oregon, which at first blush sounds like a lot of weed. But when you do the math, that works out to a cost to taxpayers of $60 per uprooted plant. That is a lot when you consider that nationally...
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+14 +1Pendleton Star Wars woven jacquard blankets
Yes, I'm scrambling around the house hunting down loose change in the vain hopes that I can cobble together $250 before these sell out.
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+21 +1The Cold War
Two ice cream vendors. Seventeen playgrounds. One city. By Daniel Wolman and Julian Smith.
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+17 +1A giant glob of deadly algae is floating off the West Coast
Here's everything you need to know about it.
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+16 +1Twenty percent of deputies walk off job after Oregon sheriff allegedly beats handcuffed suspect
Over twenty percent of deputies Klamath County, Oregon recently asked to be put on leave after Sheriff Frank Skrah was accused of punching a handcuffed suspect.
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+13 +177-year-old finishes 500-mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail
At 77 years old, Carl Lindemaier says he’s in better shape now than he was in his 20s.
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+28 +1The drought isn't just a California problem
A rundown of other Western states in the middle of serious dry spells
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+2 +1Smoke weed, get paid: Marijuana reviewer wanted for The Oregonian
The Oregonian and Oregon Live join the growing number of serious media outlets ramping up their marijuana coverage.
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+17 +1School Behind Bars: How College Kids and Incarcerated Youth Benefit From Learning Together
Graduates of an “Inside-Out” program in Oregon say that the experience transformed the way they see the prison system—and themselves. Last winter, Arthur taught the University’s first “Inside-Out” class, which placed PSU students side-by-side with MacLaren inmates—youth from the “inside.”
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+18 +1Beekeepers try to keep bees — and livelihoods — from going extinct
Amid a die-off, some beekeepers go to extraordinary, creative lengths to keep their bees thriving. By Leah Sottile.
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+10 +1How to Stay Safe When the Big One Comes
You can prepare for the Cascadia earthquake and tsunami, and their aftermath. Here’s how.
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+14 +1Senators and Craft Brewers to hold “Happy Hour Hangout” - Discussion to focus on removing obstacles for craft beverage makers
FOn Monday, July 27, 2015, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) will host a “Happy Hour Hangout” on Google to discuss economic benefits of the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, which would provide tax relief to the nation’s craft brewers, cider makers, vintners, and distillers, streamline a variety of complex regulations, and significantly reduce compliance burdens for America’s craft beverage producers.
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+2 +1Oregon's Marijuana Black Market Is Booming
Oregon wants to crush black-market weed sales. But business is smoking.
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+2 +1New NOAA images show El Niño and 'The Blob' in stark relief
The side-by-side images from 1997 and July 2015 by the agency's Environmental Visualization Laboratory show a broad swath of warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures extending from the mid-Pacific at the equator to the coast of South America.
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+1 +1The Earthquake That Will Devastate Seattle
When the giant fault line along the Pacific Northwest ruptures, it could be our worst natural disaster ever.
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