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VA secretary: Making progress on better care for vets
Veterans' Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough says his agency is making progress on reducing the rate of veterans’ suicides and improving care for veterans. But speaking with reporters after a keynote address at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, McDonough said the more than 2,400 mental health professionals and veterans’ service advocates acknowledge there’s more to be done. “It is not a mistake that we are doing this conference in Oregon,”...
People living, dumping on Oregon’s public lands ‘overwhelming’ Bureau of Land Management
Hover over the Redmond Municipal Airport on Google Maps and scroll north of the Ochoco Highway. From a distance, the parcels of public land look like undisturbed patches of Oregon’s high desert: Western juniper trees scattered between brown and green tufts of bunchgrass and sagebrush set in the rain shadow of the High Cascades.
BACK IN TIME - 1999: City grapples with odor problem in Crestview area
110 years ago July 23, 1914 Shall Crook County be divided into two or more counties? This is a question that will not down. It arises in greater or less force at each recurring biennial election and sooner or later must be finally decided. The question is an important one and should be approached fairly, judiciously and without prejudice. In this spirit, apparently, a movement is now on to call...
Klein brothers plead guilty for role in 2021 riot at U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two brothers pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from their conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Jonathanpeter Allen Klein, 24, of Pendleton pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to one count of civil disorder and one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers.
Summer heat rebounds Thursday in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Summer heat is on the rise again around the Portland, Vancouver metro area. Temperatures will return to the upper 80s to low 90s for some along the Willamette Valley Thursday afternoon. This comes as the wildfire threat continues to sit high and the number of rain-free days does the same.
100 affordable apartments opening on former Marylhurst University Campus
PORTLAND, Ore. — After years of sitting first as a vacant lot, then two years of intense construction, the doors are open for Lake Oswego's newest affordable housing development. The new community, named "Mercy Greenbrae at Marylhurst commons," will bring 100 new affordable units to the site of the...
Meet Bugsy: Oregon Zoo welcomes baby armadillo
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon Zoo has announced a new addition that was born last month: a baby armadillo!. Three-banded armadillo pair Max and Toby welcomed the new pup on June 10. The zoo says Bugsy - named for a favorite armadillo snack food, bugs - is the pair’s second pup.
Update: Be prepared for temperatures up to 104 degrees from Saturday to Monday
The National Weather Service issued an updated excessive heat warning at 9:51 p.m. on Thursday valid from Saturday 11 a.m. until Monday 10 p.m. for Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon, Grande Ronde Valley, Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon, Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon, John Day Basin, Foothills of the Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon and Foothills of the Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon as well as Wallowa County.
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