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Oregon Officials Issue Ballot Title For Initiative To Legalize Marijuana Social Lounges
A campaign aimed at legalizing cannabis social lounges in Oregon passed its latest checkpoint on Wednesday as state officials granted a draft ballot title and summary for its proposed voter initiative. The move brings organizers one step closer to...

David vs. Goliath: Oregon’s news bill fight
SB 686 would require Google and Meta to pay news outlets for content. Oregon newsrooms, often competitors, are uniting to support the bill. The bill mirrors successful efforts in other countries and U.S. states. 90% of funds collected would go...

Mussel Harvesting Closed Part of South Oregon Coast, Reopens Central Coast
Published 07/25/25 at 8:25 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Coos Bay, Oregon) - Shellfish harvesting has been suspended along a portion of the southern Oregon coast due to unsafe levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), state...

Joint Medevac Off Oregon Coast Includes Coast Guard, Canadian Air Force - Video
Published 07/26/25 at 4:25 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Astoria, Oregon) – A combined effort of both Canadian and U.S. rescuers took place Thursday afternoon off the Oregon and Washington coast. (Photos and video US Coast Guard and...

Potato pest management field day slated in Idaho
Published 1:24 pm Friday, August 1, 2025 The annual Miller Research Potato Pest Management Field Day is slated from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 20 at the company’s main office, 422 E. 200 N., Rupert, Idaho. Presentations will focus on chemical management...

Ocean Shores' Surf and Sun Virtual Walk: Help the Oregon Coast Without Being ...
Published 07/23/25 at 6:25 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Seal Rock, Oregon) - The environmental nonprofit Oregon Shores has announced its third annual “Surf & Sun Virtual Walk & Run,” scheduled to run from August 1 through August...

Newport's 2025 Summer Concert Series Uses Oregon Coast as Backdrop
Published 07/24/25 at 4:25 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Newport, Oregon) – Copious summer tunes to the scenic backdrop of the Oregon coast: what more could you ask for? From late July through August, Newport Newport Parks and...

Oregon star Evan Stewart sends 2-word message to Druski as comedian jumps off Alabama bandwagon to pick Oregon for natty
Oregon will hope to build on its phenomenal 13-1 season, but the injury to wide receiver Evan Stewart remains a major concern for coach Dan Lanning. Stewart is sidelined with a knee injury sustained in June and is expected to miss a significant...

Researchers issue warning over concerning conflicts between fish species: 'It's like you have less room to avoid nasty people at the party'
This is especially bad news for more docile fish. by Michelle RochniakJuly 24, 2025 Researchers warn that cold-water fish in the Northwest are facing smaller habitats and increased competition with invasive fish species. What's happening? A team...

EMS crews compete in high-stakes safety challenge in Oregon
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (KATU) — American Medical Response (AMR) hosted a dynamic Clinical Safety Competition on Saturday at the Oregon Institute of Technology's Portland Metro Campus. The event saw five elite EMS crews engage in a series of skill...

Spring 2025 hiring among Oregon’s private employers unchanged from Winter 2025
Each quarter, the Oregon Employment Department surveys private employers from all industries and areas of the state to ask about the job vacancies they are actively trying to fill. Oregon businesses reported 51,000 vacancies in spring 2025. Metro...

Oregon Employment Department leader asked to step up customer service
Oregon's Employment Department is failing to meet its customer service goals, with some people waiting more than an hour on the phone and three weeks for eligibility determinations. Despite a new $106 million system called Frances Online, issues...
Oregon representative files ballot measures to limit pretrial release, end estate tax
After failing to muster support in the Oregon Legislature, state Rep. Kevin Mannix, R-Salem, has set his sights on the ballot box with two proposed November 2026 initiatives that would tighten restrictions on Oregon’s pretrial release program and...

Oregon Strengthens Geolocation Data Privacy and Children’s Personal Data Protections, Adding to Compliance for Data Brokers and Others
[co-author: Dylan Searfus] On June 3, 2025, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 2008 into law to amend the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act,[1] the state’s comprehensive data privacy law. Among other items, effective January 1, 2026, the “sale” of two...

Oregon quietly halted a new Medicaid program for people leaving prison. Whether it goes forward may be up to the Trump administration.
More than two years ago, faced with a growing addiction crisis in the state, Oregon health officials began work on an innovative program that would help people about to be released from jail or prison receive targeted health services through...

Oregon’s governor made a deal with Nvidia to get AI education in schools. What will that look like?
Months after Oregon signed an agreement with the computer chip company Nvidia to educate K-12 and college students about artificial intelligence, details about how AI concepts and “AI literacy” will be taught to children as young as 5 remain...

Oregon makes deal with Nvidia to get AI education in schools
Alex Baumhardt (Oregon Capital Chronicle) Months after Oregon signed an agreement with the computer chip company Nvidia to educate K-12 and college students about artificial intelligence, details about how AI concepts and “AI literacy” will be...

Bees wearing QR codes tracked by AI cameras to help researchers save them in the wild
Extreme heat poses risks to bees and their honeycomb EUGENE, Ore. – Scientists are putting button-sized QR codes on hundreds of bees as a way to better understand the insects and help save their declining populations. As pollinators, bees play a...

Oregon’s governor made a deal with Nvidia to get AI education in Oregon schools. What does it mean?
Months after Oregon signed an agreement with the computer chip company Nvidia to educate K-12 and college students about artificial intelligence, details about how AI concepts and “AI literacy” will be taught to children as young as 5 remain...

Dante Moore’s path to Oregon's QB1 on crossroads as Dan Lanning yet to make announcement for 2025
After transferring from UCLA to Oregon before the 2024 season, Dante Moore accepted a backup role behind former Ducks quarterback Dillon Gabriel. Now that Gabriel is headed to the NFL, Moore hasn’t yet been named the starting quarterback by Dan...