Oregon Farm Bureau Enraged over Brown’s Executive Order
According to Oregon.gov, Gov. Kate Brown extended via Executive Order the COVID-19 protections for agriculture workers living in employer provided...
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Election Result Highlights 2020 – Sky-High Turnout
Ballot counting is underway in the 2020 general election. The following early unofficial results are from the races...
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Oregon Could Fill Hospitals by Mid-December
Oregon hospitals could reach capacity by mid-December if the daily COVID case count continues to rise, according to Oregon health...
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Real Estate Market Update
The Real Estate Market in Linn and Benton Counties has changed little this month, still hovering within a...
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DeFazio Has Faced His Closest Race in Decades
This is the 17th race for the U.S. House of Representatives for 73-year–old Peter DeFazio of Springfield, OR. His career has led him...
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OSU Professor Weighs in on QAnon Appeal
The appeal of QAnon, a set of conspiracy theories that took off online, may relate closely to people’s...
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Walmart Removes, Then Returns Guns to Sales Floor
Citing concerns about civil unrest due to the election, Walmart removed guns and ammunition from its sales floor....
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You Too Can Rent a Theater
Before the pandemic, were you in the habit of going to the movies every week or so, or...
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Hang ‘N Healthy Store Worries Locals, Gets OSU Repudiation
Controversy doesn’t generally spring from yet another juice bar squeezing itself into the Corvallis market, but the summer...
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Farmers Ending Hunger
Back in 2005, Oregon was No. 1 in the entire U.S. for food insecurity, with a whopping...
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Leaving Factory Farms in the Past: OSU Experts Talk CAFOs
If you’ve spent any time researching where your food comes from, you have probably heard the term “factory...
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The Locust Plague and Climate Change: Local Professor Weighs In
In June, NPR published an article discussing the enormous swarms of locusts that descended upon the Horn of...
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Erica Heath Has Got Badass Bones
Etsy may be full of items that required little effort to create and don’t look especially original, but...
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Several Candidates on the Oregon Ballot Support Anti-Vaccine Agendas
“In America, we as U.S. citizens have the right to get sick if we want to, right?” said...
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Candy Shoot: The Social-Distanced Trick-or-Treat
When the leaves turned and pumpkins filled store windows, families wondered what Halloween would look like this year...
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Oregon Supreme Court Rules for Governor in Climate Change Suit
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled in favor of Gov. Kate Brown on a lawsuit in which two young...
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Right-Wing Militia Violence Predicted Post-Election
Oregon is one of the five states predicted to see violence from far-right militant groups following 2020’s highly-contested...
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Repossessions Expected to Increase: How Will This Affect Oregonians?
Many are struggling to make ends meet through the COVID-19 pandemic, but automobile repossessions are expected to increase...
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