/tags/oregon-news Oregon News en-US Copyright Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district A group of political outsiders in Southern Oregon now find themselves on the inside of a government agency. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:59:24 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/can-an-america-first-board-fix-a-troubled-rural-transportation-district Justin Higginbottom /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/prescribed-fire-liability-pilot-program-in-oregon-launches A new pilot program in Oregon will provide state liability coverage for prescribed fires. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:41:32 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/prescribed-fire-liability-pilot-program-in-oregon-launches Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/cutting-down-on-cow-burps-with-seaweed-osu-to-study-a-possible-climate-solution It can be hard to imagine cows eating seaweed. But that could be one of the solutions to reduce methane emissions from cattle farming. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:23:09 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-29/cutting-down-on-cow-burps-with-seaweed-osu-to-study-a-possible-climate-solution Roman Battaglia /politics-government/2024-10-28/ballot-boxes-damaged-in-arson-attacks-in-portland-and-vancouver The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating after deliberately set fires at ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver early Monday morning damaged three ballots in Oregon and destroyed hundreds in Washington. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:36:50 GMT /politics-government/2024-10-28/ballot-boxes-damaged-in-arson-attacks-in-portland-and-vancouver Julia Shumway /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2024-10-28/oregon-riverkeepers-seek-to-improve-river-safety-after-multiple-drownings-in-2024 Despite many public warnings ahead of the summer, Oregon still saw multiple accidental drownings this year. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:42:36 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2024-10-28/oregon-riverkeepers-seek-to-improve-river-safety-after-multiple-drownings-in-2024 Joni Auden Land /economy-and-finance/2024-10-27/coos-bay-looks-to-shipping-as-its-future-economic-engine-after-decline-of-timber The Port of Coos Bay is planning a $2.3 billion project that would create a massive deep-water terminal where large cargo ships drop off 20 to 40-foot-long shipping containers full of goods from across the Pacific Ocean. Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:13:50 GMT /economy-and-finance/2024-10-27/coos-bay-looks-to-shipping-as-its-future-economic-engine-after-decline-of-timber Kyra Buckley /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong The drive to generate clean wind power off the state's south coast went off the rails. Here's how, and what's next Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:12:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/offshore-wind-looked-like-a-sure-thing-for-oregon-until-it-wasnt-what-went-wrong Monica Samayoa /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/court-dismisses-case-brought-by-oregon-school-district-over-reduced-timber-revenue The judge ruled that the Jewell School District failed to make the case that the Oregon Department of Forestry was violating a funding law by reducing logging. Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:11:38 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-25/court-dismisses-case-brought-by-oregon-school-district-over-reduced-timber-revenue Alex Baumhardt /housing/2024-10-25/oregon-will-auction-off-defective-modular-homes-in-an-effort-to-recoup-almost-24-million Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state's housing agency, will auction off 140 defective modular homes in a series of two-week-long auctions. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:38:20 GMT /housing/2024-10-25/oregon-will-auction-off-defective-modular-homes-in-an-effort-to-recoup-almost-24-million Jane Vaughan /elections/2024-10-25/abortion-access-is-settled-law-in-oregon-so-why-are-advocates-worried Oregon has positioned itself to serve as a reproductive health care sanctuary for those in states with strict abortion bans. But advocates are still concerned that access might be chipped away. Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:01:28 GMT /elections/2024-10-25/abortion-access-is-settled-law-in-oregon-so-why-are-advocates-worried Lauren Dake