PNW: Lowest Hospital Bed Rate Per Capita
Oregon hospitals are swamped as more and more unvaccinated people catch the Delta variant of COVID-19. This is...
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OSU Extension Recommends Fall Trees
When trees get dressed with the colors of fall, it’s time to go shopping for a new addition...
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Where Are We At With Mandatory Vaccines for Healthcare Workers?
On July 26, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that they would be requiring staff at VA hospitals...
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PeaceHealth Not Bluffing with Vaccine Mandate
The deadline for caregivers at PeaceHealth has passed, and a lot of people are now on unpaid administrative...
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Federal Pandemic Benefits Expire, Oregonians Anxious
The hits just keep coming, don’t they? As Oregon’s COVID-19 infection and death counts are skyrocketing, many Oregonians...
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The American Rescue Plan in Oregon
The American Rescue Plan (ARP) was passed earlier this year and has made some very strong promises. This...
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OSU Brings Antiracist Principles to the Real World
Oregon State University is hosting a free, online conference this fall for secondary and college-level educators to learn...
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OSHA Provides Fall Safety Videos in Spanish
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a free, online training video for construction workers whose...
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WEEKLY COVID UPDATE: August 31, 2021
As the U.S. is in the midst of an uphill battle against the fourth wave of COVID-19, the...
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Albany Company Accrues DEQ Fines
It’s the time of month when the Department of Environmental Quality issues their list of who was fined...
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Oregon Non-Profit Battles Invasive Ivy, Repairs Ecosystem
Earth on the Edge (EOTE), a newly established non-profit organization in Oregon, is aiming to save our planet...
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KORC FM: 100 Watts Doesn’t Sound Like Much, But…
There’s a new radio station in Corvallis. KORC is only broadcasting at 100 watts, which isn’t much compared...
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Pacific Power Grant Funds Benton County Renewable Energy Program
Benton County has been granted a funding award from Pacific Power. The funding comes from participants in Pacific...
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Distractions From COVID: Syphilis in Oregon
Amidst a recent discussion in Marion County about the unsettling climb in COVID-19 cases reported in the state,...
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Benton County Offices Temporarily Closing to Public
Benton County has announced that they will begin restricting access to lobbies and meeting spaces on Monday, August...
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Firefighters Brace for Intensifying Oregon Wildfires
This year’s 909,358 acres of wildfire-burnt area across the Northwest has already surpassed the last ten years’ average,...
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OSU Scale Models Effective At Predicting Storm Damage
Experiments on scale model buildings in the Directional Wave Basin at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory have...
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Corvallis Honors Victims of Nuclear Harm, Footage Available
Footage from this month’s Hiroshima-Nagasaki commemoration, an annual event in which members of the Corvallis community gather to...
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