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The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to $16.30 per hour Oregonians earning the minimum wage will soon receive 35 cents more per hour, the smallest annual increase in the past ten years. The changes that go into effect Tuesday aren’t the same across […]
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Northwest energy plan sparks debate
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Commentary: Will data centers be Oregon???s big political issue this fall?
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Editorial: Heavy economic impact from Oregon hunting fishing ban
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (186+ words) Published 10:00 am Friday, July 17, 2026 Oregon’s Legislative Revenue Office has come up with an estimate of the economic costs for initiative petition 28. It could cost the state millions of dollars and thousands of jobs. It may not even reach the ballot,…...
Editorial: Oregon needs to find the right path for data centers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (338+ words) Published 10:00 am Thursday, June 25, 2026 Gov. Kotek’s Data Center Advisory Committee is looking at many of the right questions about data centers in Oregon. It will be up to legislators to follow up with action and to take on questions the…...
Editorial: Keep Oregon's electrical grid reliable
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (214+ words) Published 10:00 am Tuesday, June 9, 2026 What if power outages became routine? And it wasn’t because of thunderstorms or accidents. The Oregon Public Utility Commission is meeting this week to talk about keeping the electrical grid reliable.The problem is, in part,…...
La Pine rejects proposed data center
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (596+ words) Published 12:25 pm Wednesday, June 3, 2026 After hours of public comment in opposition to a proposed data center in La Pine, city councilors rejected the proposed development. Another packed crowd gathered at council chambers May 27 and applauded after councilors voted to reject…...
Yesteryear: Forest officials welcome coming of wet weather in 1926
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1390+ words) Published 8:00 am Saturday, May 2, 2026 Purchase by the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. of 12,000 acres of pine-timber northeast of Black butte, from the Alworth Washburn Co., was announced from the local Brooks-Scanlon offices today. The deal means 200,000,000 feed added to the company’s milling…...
New sewer system would allow Terrebonne to grow
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (635+ words) Published 1:00 pm Thursday, April 23, 2026 By Ian Haupt/Redmond Spokesman As part of Terrebonne’s Highway 97 interchange project currently under construction, Oregon Department of Transportation crews have installed the mainline infrastructure that will hook up what is to become the unincorporated community’s…...
U.S. Forest Service to close Portland headquarters, research station, open Salem office
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