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Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today pressed the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie to not repeat the same mistakes of the Veterans Choice Prog…

A new statewide assessment of Oregon retailers that carry tobacco shows the reach of tobacco industry marketing. The report highlights ads and products designed to appeal to youth, as well as …

On July 18, 2019, The Tillamook Police department notified the Oceanside Water district that an individual whose vehicle was found near our main reservoirs indicated that an attempt was made t…

Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in June, essentially unchanged from 4.2 percent in May. According to the Oregon Employment Department, Oregon’s unemployment rate has been between 4.…

The Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) starts at the mouth of the Columbia River and spans the Oregon coastline to California, covering 382 miles and crossing 28 coastal towns.

Put it back. That’s the advice you’re likely to hear if you bring a young wild animal home to “take care of it”—and you might get a warning or citation from the Oregon State Police (OSP), too.

Cherries, peaches, berries, tomatoes and lavender are just a sampling of summer’s agricultural bounty that Oregonians eagerly await all year.

Puffins are an amazing draw to Haystack Rock, but the popular destination is an ecosystem to many other flying and swimming creatures.

The annual summer conservation closure for razor clams begins Monday, July 15 and runs through Sept. 30 on Clatsop beaches (from Tillamook Head in Seaside to the mouth of the Columbia River).

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The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has lifted a public health advisory for contact with marine water at Agate Beach and Seal Rock State Park Beach, both in Lincoln County, and Harris Beach, in …

To highlight the availability of summer food programs around the state, Governor Kate Brown has issued a proclamation making July 15-19 Summer Meals Week in Oregon. While more than 300,000 chi…

Just before 6 p.m. on Monday, July 8, the Rockaway Beach Fire Department (RBFD) responded to a water rescue call off of N 6th Avenue. After a short visual search, four victims were located app…

The Keep Oregon Green Association Smokey Bear vehicle license plate will be available for Oregon passenger vehicles starting Aug. 1.

Cherries, peaches, berries, tomatoes and lavender are just a sampling of summer’s agricultural bounty that Oregonians eagerly await all year.

Natasha Stevens says impromptu dance parties are normal at Wild Grocery

A tidepool crustacean’s ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a key set of genes raises the possibility that animals might have more ways of dealing with hypoxic environments t…

Fire Season will officially begin on Monday, July 1, 2019 at 1 a.m. This will affect all lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Northwest Oregon Forest Protection District.

Cannon Beach Academy students were released for the Summer Break earlier in the month-sandy beaches and sunny days are on the minds of most kids. The administration is busy already planning fo…

Above-normal risk of wildfires on both the Oregon and Washington Coasts prompts the 2020 Senior Class Graduates of Neah-Kah-Nie High School to urge caution with fires and fireworks.

With 2019 Chinook salmon returns forecasted to be below average again, fishery managers have taken action to reduce the daily and seasonal bag limit for wild adult Chinook salmon in the Nehale…

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Oregon Food Bank and Oregon Food Bank Network leaders issued a statement on Thursday, June 27, in response to donations from the rally in support of Oregon Senate Republican’s walk out.

In an effort to provide more living wage jobs and further invest in the health of Oregon’s North Coast communities, the Nestucca Ridge Family of Companies has initiated a new Living Wage Polic…