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February 15, 2024

Oregon beach fin whale decomposition makes 'super educational' but sad spectacle

An endangered fin whale is decomposing after being found entangled in rope on the shores of Sunset State Park Beach in Southern Oregon. A full necropsy is scheduled in coming weeks.

February 15, 2024

Oregon's Crater Lake National Park mismanagement prompts feds to consider terminating contracts

Oregon's Crater Lake National Park may have its concessionaire contract terminated after 'consistent failures' related to facility upkeep and staff with Crater Lake Hospitality.

February 13, 2024

Even grandparents aren’t safe from latest gender ideologue attacks on family

Some states impose "gender-affirming" training and require prospective foster care and adoptive parents to provide "assurances" in order to care for any child in state custody.

February 12, 2024

3 endangered wolves dead in Oregon, $50,000 reward for information

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering $50,000 for information related to the deaths of three endangered gray wolves in Oregon.

February 11, 2024

Oregon health officials confirm first human bubonic plague case since 2015

A resident in Deschutes County, Oregon, was likely infected with the bubonic plague from their pet cat, according to county health officials.

February 10, 2024

Crisis in the Northwest: Drugs leave rural areas to rot in the shadows, ‘like playing Whac-A-Mole’

With all eyes on Portland's fentanyl crisis, many rural Oregon communities dealing with their own opioid and homelessness epidemics feel abandoned by policy makers.

February 9, 2024

Nevada lithium mine prompts US wildlife officials to assess endangered status of tiny snail

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said that they will assess whether a planned lithium mine will push the Kings River pyrg, found only in 13 high-desert springs, to extinction.

February 9, 2024

Crisis in the Northwest: Police struggle as fentanyl’s grip in rural Oregon becomes ‘nexus’ of daily responses

The next installment of Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Digital's "Crisis in the Northwest" will focus on problems rural Oregon is facing — problems overshadowed by heavy attention on Portland.

February 7, 2024

Drug users outside Portland daycare cause preschool children to play inside for safety: 'This is awful'

Drug users positioned outside of a school and a daycare center in Portland, Oregon are causing children to be forced to play inside for safety concerns.

February 7, 2024

All roads 'lead back to fentanyl': City overrun with drugs sees progress after overwhelmed police get new help

Faced with an explosion of fentanyl in Portland, Oregon's governor sent in state troopers to help local police track and bust dealers. Here's how it's going.