Feds Extend Comment Period for Lithium Mine Proposal in Prime Public Land Mule Deer Unit
The project would bring new roads and hundreds of drill sites to thousands of acres of public mule deer habitat in the Oregon ...
Oregon publishes map of state land ripe for housing development
Gov. Tina Kotek has released a map of state property that could be redeveloped for housing, hoping to offer new options to ...
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Bill would require Oregon’s multi-unit property owners to provide tenants cooling devices
As Oregon summers get hotter and heat-related deaths occur more frequently, legislators are considering a bill that would provide cooling for a specific demographic that usually has limited ...
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Oregon churches want housing units on their land. This bill would help cover the initial costs
FILE - In 2020, an empty Bethel A.M.E. Church in Portland, Ore. Churches across Oregon are looking to build housing units on their land. Casey Minter / OPB Yet, many religious organizations can ...
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Unknown 'substance' causes evacuation of disciplinary unit at Oregon state prison
A "suspicious substance" discovered Tuesday at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras caused a staff member to be briefly hospitalized, according to the Oregon Department of Corrections.
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Oregon Republican lawmakers introduce bill to repeal ‘flawed’ Wildfire Hazard Map
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Republicans in the Oregon legislature introduced a bill on Tuesday to repeal the state’s Wildfire Hazard Map, citing concerns that the wildfire resiliency tool is ...
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Siletz Tribe regains full fishing rights, 45 years after being forced to give them up
For decades, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians have faced strict limitations on their hunting, fishing and gathering under a 1980 agreement between the tribe, the state of Oregon and the ...