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Kotek proclaims September 2024 ‘Attendance Awareness Month’
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is taking on chronic absenteeism in Oregon schools and declared September 2024 “Attendance Awareness Month.” The Friday, Sept. 6 proclamation comes at the end of the first or second week of school for many Oregon students. “Regular school attendance is essential to students’ sense of belonging, achievement and graduation, and we are committed to dedicating resources and attention to reducing chronic absenteeism rates,” said Kotek in...
Extreme Heat Wave Roasting West Coast for How Long?
Temperatures are roasting on the west coast in Washington and Oregon with some of the highest temps of the season. Some of these temperatures have broken heat records. As a former California resident, I'm grateful for NOT living there anymore. Some of my California friends have posted temps of 112°...
How long will this heat and low air quality last in Oregon, Southwest Washington?
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A rare September heat wave bringing triple-digit temperatures, low air quality and an increased risk for wildfires is lingering around the Pacific Northwest, so how long will this last? Records were made on Thursday when Portland reached 102 — the third time in recorded history for hitting triple digits in September. […]
Merkley Monthly: Keeping our communities safe from extreme heat
If it feels like summers are getting longer and hotter, it’s not your imagination. This past July 21 was the hottest day ever recorded in human history, following the hottest thirteen-straight months scientists have ever seen. Extreme heat is melting the snowpack in the Cascades, scorching lands and forests across the state, and warming waters off our coast. Extreme heat is now the leading weather-related cause of death in the United States. Several Oregon cities have already seen the mercury soar into the triple digits...
BLM taps Wyoming, western state lands for solar energy development
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A recently released and updated plan from the Bureau of Land Management would tap millions of additional acres of public lands for solar energy development, including lands in Wyoming. At the end of August, the BLM announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public...
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