/tags/top-stories Top Stories 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 /elections/2024-10-29/california-voters-could-make-it-easier-for-cities-to-build-fire-stations-and-fix-hospitals-right-away Proposition 5 would lower the threshold for local bond measures to pass. It could immediately benefit fire, hospital and housing measures in the 2024 election. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:23:29 GMT /elections/2024-10-29/california-voters-could-make-it-easier-for-cities-to-build-fire-stations-and-fix-hospitals-right-away Cayla Mihalovich /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 /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/californias-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-again-to-protect-whales The start of the commercial Dungeness crab season in California has been delayed for the seventh year in a row to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in trap and buoy lines. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:21:11 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/californias-commercial-dungeness-crab-season-delayed-again-to-protect-whales The Associated Press /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/in-nationwide-first-california-plans-to-rev-up-sales-of-electric-motorcycles Bikers — many of whom love their noisy combustion engines — say zero-emission motorcycles aren’t ready for long-distance rides. Motorcycles emit an “outsized portion” of smog-causing pollutants. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:58:58 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-10-28/in-nationwide-first-california-plans-to-rev-up-sales-of-electric-motorcycles Alejandra Reyes-Velarde /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 /elections/2024-10-27/california-voters-show-strong-support-for-bonds-less-for-housing-measures Election Day is less than two weeks away, and a new report from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows Californians are backing two large climate and education bonds, but are more wary of housing measures on the ballot. Sun, 27 Oct 2024 15:23:30 GMT /elections/2024-10-27/california-voters-show-strong-support-for-bonds-less-for-housing-measures Megan Myscofski /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