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Oregon officials vow to keep fighting Trump’s mail voting order
The U.S. Supreme Court found Monday that states sued too early to prove they would be harmed by the order.
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5mLane County considers termination agreement with counsel with a $275K payout
Lane County commissioners will vote Tuesday on a termination agreement with County Counsel Rob Bovett that would end his employment immediately “without cause,” the county said.
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7mMcKenzie Watershed Alliance investigated over alleged $1.5 million embezzlement
The McKenzie Watershed Alliance's revenue tripled in recent years as its fiscal sponsor, the McKenzie Watershed Council, took on government-funded work, including a high-profile Holiday Farm Fire restoration project.
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2mWoman becomes second to die after Aug. 6 Springfield hit-and-run
A 73-year-old Springfield woman died Monday, Aug. 24, after being hospitalized following an Aug. 6 hit-and-run collision that also killed her husband.
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2mWildfire smoke trickles again into the Willamette Valley
A wind shift is pushing wildfire smoke from fires in northern Oregon into the Willamette Valley.
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4mOur communities need protections from the data center boom. A pause on new ones is the right place to start.
I join countless community members in calling for a moratorium on new data center development, along with statewide regulations on existing facilities that, at minimum, address power consumption, water usage, pollution, heat emission, and negative health impacts on surrounding communities.