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Update: Excessive heat warning for Oregon until Friday night
An updated excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:49 a.m. valid from noon until Friday 10 p.m. for Lower Columbia River, Tualatin Valley, West Hills and Chehalem Mountains, Inner Portland Metro, East Portland Metro, Outer Southeast Portland Metro, West Central Willamette Valley, East Central Willamette Valley, Benton County Lowlands, Linn County Lowlands, Lane County Lowlands, West Columbia River Gorge of Oregon above 500 ft, West Columbia River Gorge I-84 Corridor, Central Columbia River Gorge I-84 Corridor, Clackamas County Cascade Foothills, Cascade Foothills of Marion and Linn counties and Lane County Cascade Foothills.
With Drug Recriminalization, Addiction Recovery Advocates Warn of ‘Inequitable Patchwork’ of Services – And Greater Burden to Black Oregonians
Measure 110 decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs and redirected drug users to recovery services when it was approved by voters in 2020. But concerns over community safety amid exploding fentanyl use prompted a backlash at the legislative level, leading to a significant retooling of the measure: law enforcement can again issue arrests, and, as critics of the rollback point out, counties can now be inconsistent about what kind of deflection services they provide – if any.
Summer continues into September with Oregon heat wave
September has welcomed school back into session, celebrated Labor Day and ushered in a late-summer heat wave for much of the West Coast. Oregon is one of four states alongside California, Nevada and Arizona to be put under excessive heat advisories this week. As summer says farewell with what is hoped to be...
Tektronix will get new owner after corporate spinoff in 2025
Oregon technology stalwart Tektronix will get a new owner next year when its parent company spins off part of its business. A conglomerate called Fortive Corp. has owned Tek since 2016. Tektronix is part of Fortive’s precision technologies business, which had $2.1 billion in sales last year — about a third of Fortive’s total revenue.
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