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Friday morning commute: Wet roads, snow in Coast Range

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PERS is unfair contract for taxpayers (Letter to the editor)

In the legislature's pursuit of resolution to the PERS debacle, how has it managed to sidestep our country's...

White House selectively blocks media outlets from press briefing

Anyone wondering when - or if - CNN would stop breaking into regular programming to show the daily media...

Should America build more nukes?

The United States has 1,750 active nuclear weapons currently deployed, second only to Russia. That's more than enough to make the...

Coast Guard detains 2 Panama-flagged ships for safety issues

Officials say two Panama-flagged cargo ships have been detained on the Willamette and Columbia rivers because of safety issues....

Trump administration takes aim at recreational marijuana

Updated: Feb. 24, 10:01 a.m. Sean Spicer suggested Thursday that the Trump administration will enforce federal marijuana laws in states...

Tobias Read sticks by Elliott State Forest vote despite environmental outcry

Betbaba This story has been updated Environmental groups are ramping up the pressure on Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read for...

Environmental and fishing groups sue to save salmon

Environmental and fishing groups are suing the federal government to provide cooler habitat for migrating fish in the Columbia...

Tribes lay remains of Kennewick Man to rest

The ancient bones of the Kennewick Man have been returned to the ground. More than 200 members of five...

‘Scared straight’ teaching approach doesn’t help students in real-life drug, alcohol situations (Opinion)

By Griffin Jourda The "scared straight" approach of teaching is widely regarded as one of the most ineffective methods...

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