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FIDO-Friday's Oregon Dog Rescue Featured Shelter Dog-LILLY
Fido Friday Featured Shelter Dog From Oregon Dog Rescue. IMPORTANT INFO: Adoption appointments for Oregon Dog Rescue are now booked online through our website (please do NOT submit a pet finder inquiry)! We offer 1 hour appointments to view up to 2 of our available dogs. If you find the one that's the perfect match you will fill out our adoption contract and take the dog home with you that day!
Eastern Oregon Faces Thunderstorms and Breezy Winds on Labor Day
Pendleton, OR – A low-pressure system is forecasted to move across Oregon and southeast Washington, bringing stormy conditions over Labor Day weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Pendleton has issued an alert for scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms expected to develop on Sunday night and continue into Monday. Residents in eastern Oregon and south-central Washington should prepare for breezy winds as the system moves through the area.
Week 0 scoreboard: 2024 Oregon high school football
The 2024 Oregon high school football season has finally arrived and new this year is a "Week 0," giving prep teams 10 weeks to play their nine allotted games. In the first year of Week 0, not many teams decided to schedule matchups as practice only began 11 days ago on Aug. 19. Still, there are plenty of matchups going on throughout the state, so make sure to check in...
$5M awarded small forestland owners for fish habitat improvements
The Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat Program (SFISH) has funded its first-ever round of projects, awarding more than $5 million in grants to 20 projects throughout Oregon. The program, administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), collaborated with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and key stakeholders to prioritize forest road improvement projects that improve fish habitat on forestlands owned by small forestland owners, according to ODF’s Small Forestland Owner Office SFISH Coordinator Josh Hanson. ...
'Ghost Gun' ban goes into effect Sept. 1
Oregon's new ban on “ghost guns” goes into effect September 1. Ghost guns have created real and serious risks to public safety, according to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. Ghost guns are the fastest-growing gun safety problem facing our country, according to the Oregon Department of Justice. "They are becoming a weapon of choice for...
Invasive Barred Owls Targeted For Removal in Washington
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a plan to significantly increase efforts to kill invasive barred owls on the West Coast, beginning next year. The aim is to protect native northern and California spotted owls, which are threatened by the barred owls' presence. Over the next 30 years, trained shooters will target barred owls across a vast area in California, Oregon, and Washington, with a goal of removing up to 452,000 barred owls.
OSAAtoday releases statewide boys soccer coaches polls
OSAAtoday has released this year's preseason statewide coaches polls based on responses and votes from head coaches across the state. The polls will continue to be released every other Monday starting Sept. 9. Please note: these polls are for generating interest and discussion only and have no impact on the OSAA ratings that form the basis of the OSAA’s rankings for playoff purposes. First-place votes are in parentheses. ...
Energy demand from data centers growing faster than West can supply, experts say
Data centers being rapidly built in the West are becoming an “emerging risk” to electrical grid reliability in the region, according to regional transmission experts. New data centers, which can be built in as little as 18 months, are far outpacing the growth in new electrical energy supply and transmission, according to members of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, a nonprofit organization based in Salt Lake City that ensures grid connection and reliability between utilities in 14 western states and parts of Canada and Mexico....
National Republican group adds Oregon candidate Mike Erickson to top challenger list
The National Republican Congressional Committee on Friday named Mike Erickson, the Republican challenging first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, as one of its top candidates to flip House seats. Erickson’s addition to the committee’s “Young Guns” list means three of Oregon’s six congressional districts are top priorities for both parties, and candidates in those districts […]
Oregon law rolling back drug decriminalization set to take effect and make possession a crime again
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020...
Update: Dense fog advisory affecting Central Coast of Oregon until Saturday midday
The National Weather Service issued an updated dense fog advisory at 2:32 a.m. on Saturday in effect until noon for Central Coast of Oregon. The weather service adds, "Areas of dense fog with visibility one quarter mile or less." "Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous," says the weather service....
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