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Troy School gets a new teacher
Colby Knifong has always wanted to teach in a one-room school house.
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BREAKING: Winding Waters Clinic opens pharmacy in Enterprise
BREAKING: Enterprise has a new pharmacy.
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Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland receives $100K grant
The Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, in partnership with the Oregon East Symphony, has received a $100,000 grant to ...
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Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland receives $100K grant
The Nez Perce Wallowa Homeland, in partnership with the Oregon East Symphony, has received a $100,000 grant to ...
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Oregon awards $1.8 million in grants to help people enroll in private insurance
Nearly $1.8 million in grants are coming to 37 community-based organizations and licensed insurance agents across Oregon to ...
Government
US Senate confirms Oregon native Joe Kent to lead a national intelligence agency
Joe Kent, a former Army Special Forces soldier and two-time Republican candidate for Congress in Washington, was confirmed ...
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Flash flood watch in effect for Central, Eastern Oregon
A flash flood watch is in effect for parts of Central and Eastern Oregon on Thursday, as forecasters ...
Government
U.S. Rep. Bentz talks Republican power, criticizes media in speech at eastern Oregon summit
Bentz was scheduled to discuss “resilience and environment” at the 2025 Eastern Oregon Economic Summit in Pendleton Oregon’s ...
Business
Kotek pushes gas tax, transit fix in Oregon special session
When Oregon lawmakers return to Salem next month for a special session, they will be asked to raise ...
Education
Oregon’s governor made a deal with Nvidia to get AI education in Oregon schools. What does it mean?
Oregon is one of several states making deals with the trillion-dollar chip maker to get artificial intelligence lessons ...
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Forest Service schedules public meetings across NE Oregon for Blue Mountains Forest Plan revision
The three national forests in the Blue Mountains have scheduled a series of public meetings during July to ...
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‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, Bentz draw fierce backlash from Oregon Democrats, nurses
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, July 2, narrowly passed H.R. 1, the so-called ...
Government
Oregon Democrats slam Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ urge Rep. Cliff Bentz to vote against it
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and the state’s Democratic congressional delegation are speaking out against President Donald Trump’s proposed ...
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Northeastern Oregon fire chiefs lament ambush shooting of firefighters in Idaho
Baker City Fire Chief Michael Carlson said a Sunday incident near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in which a man ...
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Business
Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to ...
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Bentz: Sale of public lands in West not right for federal spending bill
Rep. Cliff Bentz, the lone Republican in Oregon’s congressional delegation, said June 25 that he opposes a provision ...
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Federal payments in lieu of property taxes total more than $6 million in NE Oregon
A federal program dating to 1977 that sends millions of dollars annually to counties based on the amount ...
Business
Oregon Senate rejects bill making big tech pay for local journalism as session end nears
The bill’s author told the Capital Chronicle after the vote that she would be reintroducing the bill next ...
Government
Gov. Kotek proposes using $160 million from state’s ‘rainy day fund’ for one-time wildfire funding
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table ...
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Bentz defends Republican tax and spending bill, despite costs and cuts impacting his district
Bentz voted to pass the bill despite past vows not to add to the national deficit, and representing ...
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Nonprofit that encourages Eastern Oregon students to consider health care careers fears potential loss of federal funding
Proposed cuts in federal spending could jeopardize the future of a nonprofit that encourages residents in 11 counties ...
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Oregon Department of Forestry declares start of fire season, with permits and other requirements for outdoor burning, starting June 5 in NE Oregon
LA GRANDE — Although snow still covers the higher mountains and the grass is still green in places, ...
Climate
Merkley warns of ‘tumultuous’ fire season amid federal cuts to wildfire support
Officials across Oregon say they will have enough firefighters on hand to battle expected wildfires this summer, but ...
Government
Oregon Republicans say Dems delaying vote on wildfire map repeal to get votes for wildfire funding
Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting ...