November 22, 2022 Oregon hemp plant fire burns 5 employees, prompts town to evacuate A hemp plant in Grass Valley, Oregon, exploded several times and was engulfed in flames. Five employees were injured by the blaze, including one who suffered significant burns.
November 21, 2022 OR Gov. Kate Brown tests positive for COVID-19 after trip to Vietnam Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and her husband contracted coronavirus after attending the Vietnam-United States Trade Forum overseas. The governor says they are recuperating at home.
November 21, 2022 OR gun rights group, sheriff sues to block voter-approved gun control ballot measure Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey and the Oregon Firearms Federation filed a lawsuit challenging a gun control law that was approved by voters during the midterms.
November 18, 2022 Judge dismisses claims from 200 convicts over mistreatment during OR prison’s handling of COVID A U.S. judge dismissed the complaints of 200 former and current inmates of an Oregon prison, who argued that their sentences should be reduced due to the prison’s poor COVID response.
November 18, 2022 US approves world’s largest dam demolition project in history Regulators have approved the removal of four aging hydro-electric structures on the Klamath River, making the demolition and river restoration project the biggest in the world.
November 18, 2022 Oregon Democrat blames his party after his seat flipped red Seattle radio host Jason Rantz on a Democratic candidate claiming the far-left takeover of the party is responsible for him losing his seat and a county in Washington discouraging Christmas decor.
November 18, 2022 Hunters fear 'end of firearm sales' until Oregon creates gun permit system One of the nation's strictest gun control measures takes effect next month in Oregon. Hunters and other gun groups fear it will force all firearm sales to pause.
November 17, 2022 White man convicted of manslaughter after shooting a Black man in 2021 Ian Cranston, a white man, was convicted of killing a Black man in Bend, Oregon. The shooting occurred after the Black man complimented a woman Cranston was dating, prosecutors said.
November 16, 2022 Thousands of text messages sent by Portland mayor’s government phone went missing Thousands of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s text messages from 2017 to 2021 went messing, most likely due to a phone setting issue which Wheeler said he was not aware of.
November 15, 2022 Portland voters greenlight overhaul of city council Voters in Portland, Ore., elected to restructure the city's council, drastically expanding the chamber and displacing it from the Rose City's current City Hall building.