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There are boat inspection stations in Ashland, Ontario and seasonally open stations in Brookings, Klamath Falls, Umatilla and at Owyhee Reservoir. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Oregon finds invasive quagga mussel on boat at Ashland inspection station

Mia Maldonado - 0
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff on Saturday found quagga mussels on a motorboat coming from Lake Havasu, Arizona, during a boat inspection...
The 135-year-old Winchester Dam near Roseburg underwent repairs from August to early September 2023 that led to water contamination and the death of more than half-a-million Pacific lamprey. State agencies have fined the dam operators tens of millions of dollars, which the operators are attempting to appeal (Photo by Kirk Blaine/Native Fish Society)

Southern Oregon dam operators face intensifying legal battles after 2023 lamprey killing

Alex Baumhardt - 0
The legal fights are the result of a host of violations the Winchester dam operators are accused of during botched repairs that left half...
From Astoria to Brookings, volunteers and state park rangers this week from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. are stationed at 15 locations to help visitors spot whales and answer questions during Whale Watching Week. (Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

What Whale Watching Week in Oregon can tell us about climate change

Mia Maldonado - 0
As gray whales make 10,000-mile round trip migration, scientists warn less Arctic food is impacting reproduction It’s Whale Watching Week in Oregon, which means coastal...
An Oregonian slides their completed ballot into a secure return box, a fixture of the state's all-mail voting system for over 25 years.

Supreme Court skeptical of allowing states to count mail ballots that arrive after Election...

Jonathan Shorman - 0
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday appeared skeptical of the validity of mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, in a case...
Crews work on the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River in 2019. (Oregon Department of Transportation)

WA and Oregon scale back I-5 bridge ambitions as cost balloons to $14.4B

Jerry Cornfield - 0
The price tag for a new Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, linking Washington and Oregon, has doubled to $14.4 billion and the...
A gas station in Portland on March 14, 2022, where a gallon of regular inched towards $5. The Right to Vote on the Gas Tax Political Action Committee in late 2025 successfully collected enough signatures to pause a 2025 transportation law until a referendum. (Photo by Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Oregon gas tax opponents file another lawsuit in federal court

Mia Maldonado - 0
Filing comes less than a week after a Marion County judge ruled the gas tax question will remain on May ballot Opponents of gas tax...
A northern long-eared bat with white nose syndrome. (Photo by Steve Taylor, University of Illinois/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Deadly fungal disease that attacks bats detected for first time in Oregon

Alex Baumhardt - 0
Oregon was one of about a dozen states that have avoided the disease and the fungus that causes it since it first showed up...
Roger Averbeck addresses his neighbors at a meeting of the Wallowa County Commission on Aug. 23, 2023. A new law meant to clarify what Oregon's public officials can discuss in serial communications to one another, such as calls and texts, is concerning to journalists and ethics watchdogs who say it erodes public meetings laws and allows important decisions to be made in private. (Photo by Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline)

Journalists, Oregon publishers call on governor to veto bill changing public meetings law

Alex Baumhardt - 0
A bill meant to create clarity about what public officials can call and text about outside of public meetings is creating more confusion, press...

Voters weigh Tigard’s $150M joint campus bond as interest rates drive up price tag

Ben Santarris - 0
Tigard’s proposed $150 million bond levy to build a joint campus for the city’s police and public works departments has produced a modestly favorable...

Washington Square pivots to ‘experience retail’

Ben Santarris - 0
Heavy machinery is chipping away at the former shell of an original landmark anchor department store at Washington Square shopping center, Sears, to make...
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