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Here's how to score free fries in Oregon for National French Fry Day
Statesman Journal - Oregon
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National French Fry Day is celebrated on the second Friday of July. Many restaurants, including McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, and Burgerville offer free or discounted fries for National French Fry Day. French fries are already a celebrated...
Police use of aerial camera in marijuana bust deemed unlawful by Oregon appeals court
KATU - Oregon
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SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — An Oregon Appeals court ruled that the Oregon State Police violated the Oregon Constitution by using an aerial aircraft to take photos of a suspected illegal marijuana growing operation last Wednesday. In the eight-page ruling...
Cold case killing of 84-year-old Oregon woman reopened decades later thanks to grant
KATU - Oregon
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HILLSBORO, Ore. — A 1994 cold case homicide involving an elderly woman found dead on her farm in Gaston, Oregon will be reopened with fresh analysis from new tech, thanks to a $14,000 grant intended to “deliver justice for the victim and her loved...
Next Stop: TriMet’s First MAX Train Preserved at Oregon Museum
The Portland Observer - Oregon
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July 10, 2025
Oldest MAX train nears retirement TriMet’s first MAX Train Car Destined for Operating Museum this Summer (Photo Courtesy of TriMet) After more than 38 years of service and 2.2 million miles traveled, one of TriMet’s oldest MAX trains neared its...
The Simpsons predict the future – again – after scientists plan artificial solar eclipse
Metro
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July 10, 2025
The Simpsons, Season 6, Episode 25, Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 1), sees the Sun blotted out by a massive metal disc(Picture: Fox) ‘Have you ever seen the Sun set at 3pm?’ This is what Mr Burns, the billionaire tyrant, asked the residents of...
Trump wants to cut research centers like the one in this PNW forest
The Daily Chronicle - Washington State
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Lynda V. Mapes / The Seattle Times (TNS) Budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration could lead to the closure of 26 long-term ecological research, or LTER, facilities across the United States, including the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest...
A fire charred this research forest. What happened next dazzled
Yakima Herald-Republic - Washington State
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ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest — This summit face was the coldest part of the mountain, shaded in thick old-growth forest. But nearly two years ago — after a roasting-hot run of dry summer weather — a lightning strike set...
These brave Oregon smokejumpers once parachuted into forest fires - now they’re saving history
OregonLive.com
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July 10, 2025
Hiker Sarah Brandt wandered into the past when she arrived in southwest Oregon’s Siskiyou Smokejumper Base where wildfire fighters once parachuted out of airplanes into blazing forests. Brandt, who lives in Corvallis, didn’t know much about the...
Researchers track homelessness spending in the Portland metro area: How much and where it's going
KGW 8 - Oregon
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July 9, 2025
Looking at sources from the federal government on down to cities and private donors, ECOnorthwest's report noted over $700 million spent on homelessness in a year. PORTLAND, Ore. — A research firm tapped to produce a series of annual evaluations...
Scientists raise red flags after observing concerning new whale behavior: 'We're seeing conditions that suggest a continuation'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 9, 2025
NOAA Fisheries is monitoring the situation. by Geri MilevaJuly 9, 2025 Pacific gray whales are stranding at an unusually high rate again, and experts are worried that a similar crisis from just a few years ago is occurring once more. What's...
Oregon Tech's med school to tackle rural healthcare crisis
KDRV - Oregon
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Oregon Institute of Technology is making strides in addressing the state's rural healthcare crisis by proposing a new College of Osteopathic Medicine in partnership with Sky Lakes Medical Center. This initiative aims to...
Top 25 Oregon Ducks since 2000: No. 22 — Troy Dye
Statesman Journal - Oregon
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Over the last 25 years, the Oregon Ducks have been one of the single best teams in all of college football, sitting near the top of the sport for the better part of a quarter-century. Since 2000, Oregon has compiled an overall record of 239-83...
Intel To Cut 529 Jobs In Oregon Amid Restructuring Plans
The Quake 102.1 - Washington
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July 10, 2025
Yet another tech company has decided to downsize and trim their workforce so they can be leaner and more agile. This time it's Intel. According to finance.yahoo.com, ‘The Oregon job reduction will hit facilities in Aloha and Hillsboro starting on...
A look at the 13 members of the Oregon State men's basketball quarter-century team
Albany Democrat-Herald Newspaper - Oregon
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This was a tough team to make. When looking at other programs around Oregon State, being a key part of a championship run or a historic regular season could be one of the main criteria used for selecting players. But with the men’s basketball...
Science Says Plastic Bag Bans Really Do Work
The Good Men Project - California
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July 8, 2025
By Joseph Winters, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches. That’s the intuitive finding of...
Oregon Police Improperly Used Aerial Camera To Bust Marijuana Grow, State Appeals Court Says
Marijuana Moment
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July 8, 2025
“We have never upheld as constitutionally permissible an officer’s technologically enhanced surveillance to see what was otherwise indiscernible. We decline to do so here.” By Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s Court of Appeals...
Oregon bias hotline sees fewer reports from victims, more harassment of staff
The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon
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July 8, 2025
Published 11:40 am Tuesday, July 8, 2025 By Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital Chronicle (123rf) A surge in harassment and spam calls to a statewide hotline for victims of hate and bias crimes, and an unusual decrease in legitimate bias complaints...
4-day school week yields mixed results in Oregon study
K-12 Dive
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July 10, 2025
Dive Brief: A four-day school week is "probably not" beneficial for students, and there's no evidence of large positive effects on student outcomes, according to an analysis of 11 high-quality U.S. studies by HEDCO Institute for Evidence-based...
With Texas floods and Northwest fire season in mind, Cantwell questions Trump’s NOAA nominee on weather research cuts
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the agency that oversees weather told senators at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday that a proposal to cut more than a quarter of the agency’s budget wouldn’t jeopardize its ability to...
Republican tax and spending cut megabill expected to take billions from Oregon Health Plan
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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July 9, 2025
The Oregon Health Authority expects that up to 200,000 Oregonians could lose their health insurance coverage through Medicaid in the next decade due to new eligibility requirements passed in Congressional Republicans’ massive tax and spending cut...