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‘Pushed to the brink’: Oregon’s record wildfire season isn’t over yet; ODF says crews are spread thin even more into fall
The McKenzie Pass Highway (Oregon Highway 240) west of Sisters reopened over the weekend, three weeks after wildfires in the area prompted its closure. It's another sign of firefighters' continued progress on the area's blazes, despite warm weather lingering into the fall and other challenges. The post ‘Pushed to the brink’: Oregon’s record wildfire season isn’t over yet; ODF says crews are spread thin even more into fall appeared first on KTVZ.
WA, OR considering tolls for Interstate Bridge that will connect the two states
(The Center Square) – The Joint Washington State and Oregon Transportation Commissions met Tuesday in Vancouver, Wash., to discuss and adopt toll recommendations for the yet-to-be-built Interstate Bridge Replacement project that connects Washington and Oregon. It began as the Columbia River Crossing project in 2004, but after years of study and evaluation, that project was suspended in 2014 due to a lack of regional consensus. In 2019, state leaders resurrected...
Letter: Just stop continental drift now
Yes, climate change is an existential threat. However, the dangers it poses pale in comparison to those presented by continental drift. Continental drift results from the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates. Just off Oregon’s picturesque coast, one of these plates is sliding under another plate in a process called subduction. Generally, the process goes smoothly, especially in the short run, but now and then, the plates get stuck. When...
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