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Better late than never, Oregon is acting on junk science in the courtroom
For decades, American courts admitted forensic techniques that leading scientists later found to be unreliable, and juries convicted people based on them. Oregon Senate Bill 1515, signed this year by…
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4mSpringfield officials make decisions about Glenwood property in redevelopment area
The city’s urban renewal agency board gave direction to staff to demolish a building in a riverfront area that is planned for a park.
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4mTimber group, county association challenge lawsuit they say would disrupt ongoing BLM forest projects
The American Forest Resource Council and the Association of O&C Counties say rural communities depend on a decade-old resource management plan for 1.3 million acres in Oregon — that the lawsuit threatens to upend.
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Flags fly at half-staff to honor fallen firefighter
Flags at state institutions are flying at half-staff Tuesday, Sept. 22, to honor firefighter Jesús Eduardo Olimpo Gutiérrez Toral, who died from injuries sustained while fighting the Austin Fire in the Mount Hood National Forest.
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Heather Buch will keep corporate influence out of Lane County | Letter to the editor
Yes, dumping fees in Cottage Grove and other small towns in Lane County have risen. Why? Because Lane County does not use taxpayer money to operate Short Mountain landfill. To keep Lane County from making enough money in tipping fees — the amount garbage haulers pay to dump their trucks at a landfill, with the […]
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4mOregon, 11 other states reach settlement with Paramount, Warner Bros. over merger
Pending court approval, the settlement would allow Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery to move forward with a controversial merger.