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Oregon bracing for major cuts to centers that help victims of child sexual abuse and domestic violence
Jefferson Public Radio - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
Oregon will likely lose millions of federal dollars for programs that help support survivors of child sexual abuse, domestic violence and other violent crimes due to the state’s status as a sanctuary state. For years, Oregon has relied on Federal...
Oregon Community Calendar: Aug. 14-24
The Oregon Observer - Wisconsin
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Time, date, location subject to change. Saturday, Aug. 16 Relay For Life of Dane and Rock Counties 5-9:30 p.m., Racetrack Park, 1217 Racetrack Road, Stoughton The Relay will also have a booth at Coffee Break from 9-3 that day where people can buy...
Oregon's newest wildlife crossing is latest in a growing movement
The Register Guard - Oregon
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Oregon trails behind other Western states in implementing wildlife crossings to reduce animal-vehicle collisions. A bill passed in the 2025 legislative session aims to address policy and coordination gaps for wildlife crossing efforts. Funding...
Mega-tsunami warning: Could a single earthquake drown Seattle and Portland within minutes? New research raises alarm
The Economic Times
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August 16, 2025
Scientists have sounded an urgent warning about one of North America’s most dangerous fault lines. The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which stretches nearly 600 miles from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Cape Mendocino in California, could...
Watch Oregon college president run 1,400 miles to combat student homelessness and hunger (photos, video)
OregonLive.com
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August 16, 2025
Clackamas Community College President Tim Cook completed a 1,400-mile run across Oregon to raise money for community college students facing basic needs insecurity. These are the 10 takeaways from the original article published by OregonLive. This...
Oregon cell phone ban aims to improve student focus and mental health
KNDU - Washington State
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August 16, 2025
OREGON - Governor Tina Kotek signed Executive Order 25-09 in July, prohibiting cell phone use during K-12 school hours across Oregon. The order aims to enhance student learning and mental health by reducing distractions. Districts are required to...
Why Oregon’s governor had to intervene on pumpkin patches
The New Era - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
The latest rulemaking dispute is part of long-standing tensions over land use. By Khushoo Rathore Oregon Journalism Project DALLAS —With tattoos wrapping around his arms and a baseball cap pulled low over his face, ex-Marine Mat Jensen cuts an...
The Luxury Transformation Of Oregon’s Classic Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge
Forbes
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A "glass" or mirrored cabin at the Tu Tu' Tun Lodge near Gold Beach, Oregon, USA. The intimate cabins reflect the trees and the nearby Rogue River, but when the curtains are opened provide a panoramic view of the pastoral scene. Elliot Hawkey...
Why Phil Knight’s $2B gift to Oregon cancer institute is a ‘game changer’: Six Takeaways
Chief Healthcare Executive
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August 15, 2025
After upending the sneaker business, Phil Knight is donating $2 billion with the hopes of kicking cancer to the curb. The co-founder of Nike, Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged to donate $2 billion to Oregon Health & Science University....
Oregon House panel dismisses misconduct charges against lawmaker who read sexually explicit content on House floor
OregonLive.com
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August 15, 2025
A legislative committee dismissed allegations of misconduct Thursday against a southern Oregon Republican who read a sexually explicit book passage on the House floor. On a split vote, the House Committee on Conduct decided Rep. Dwayne Yunker,...
Through Oregon's psilocybin therapy industry, scientists now have a ready way to study psychedelics
KGW 8 - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
The first of two new studies using Oregon's system looks at the effects of psilocybin therapy for lower-income people suffering from major depressive disorders. PORTLAND, Ore. — For the first time, a scientific study has examined Oregon's...
Trump administration is discussing taking a stake in Intel. What that could mean for Oregon
KGW 8 - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
The chipmaker's stock has surged in the past week after CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with President Donald Trump, shortly after Trump called for his resignation. HILLSBORO, Oregon — Just a week after President Donald Trump publicly called for Intel CEO...
Phil Knight’s Record $2 Billion Gift Will Fund Cancer Care and Research in Nike’s Portland Community
WWD - New York
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August 15, 2025
Phil Knight is no stranger to giving back — and the Nike co-founder’s latest move cements his status as one of the most powerful philanthropists in the world. On Thursday, the Oregon Health & Science University disclosed that Knight and his wife...
SBA Relief Still Available to Oregon Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by the Rowena Wildfire
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible businesses, private nonprofits, and residents in Oregon of the Sept. 15 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical damage caused by...
Democrats pretend Trump will deploy National Guard to Portland, Oregon
AM 770 KTTH - Washington State
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August 15, 2025
Democrats are latching onto manufactured crises to stoke fear. They’re pretending that President Donald Trump will order the National Guard to patrol the streets of Portland and other cities in Oregon because they see what he’s doing in D.C. In...
Bend and Central Oregon again top AAA’s list of favorite Labor Day weekend travel destinations around the Northwest
KTVZ - Oregon
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August 15, 2025
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – It’s been a record-breaking summer travel season, and many will squeeze in one final trip over the Labor Day weekend before the summer wraps up. AAA booking data shows that Alaska cruises, theme parks, Central Oregon and...
Oregon-based outfitter expands gourmet wilderness dining program to Idaho’s deepest gorge
Idaho Business Review
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August 15, 2025
The aroma of brown butter mingles with the roar of whitewater as Chef Matthew Domingo plates hand-picked morels over housemade pasta on a rock table beside the Snake River. Around him, the granite walls of Hells Canyon rise nearly 8,000 feet,...
Oregon scrambles to address delays for Medicaid-funded rent assistance
OregonLive.com
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August 15, 2025
Oregon Medicaid advisers, alarmed by the turbulent rollout of a new rent assistance benefit, pressed state health officials this week for answers over delays they acknowledged have left thousands of low-income Oregonians waiting for help. Members...
Did Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Increase Crime or Overdoses? —Separating Short-term Spikes from Long-term Trends
Cato Institute - Washington D.C.
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August 15, 2025
Jeffrey A. Singer Earlier this month, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Charles Fain Lehman highlighted a working paper released on July 30 by criminologists (Boehme et al.) from the University of South Carolina and the University of Nebraska that...
Local runners tackle 100-mile race for Parkinson’s research funds
WHEC 10 - New York
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August 15, 2025
The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Two local runners, Charlie Ruff and Jake Metzger, are taking on the challenge of a lifetime to raise money for Parkinson’s disease research. On August 23, they will...