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Details: Written by LISA BAUMANN Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2023

(Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP,File)

A rural hospital in northern Idaho will stop delivering babies or providing other obstetrical care, citing a shifting legal climate in which recently enacted state laws could subject physicians to prosecution for providing abortions, among other reasons

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2023

(Photo/ Maxime Bouffard)

It's been three decades since state agencies first noted high levels of nitrate contamination in the groundwater in Morrow and Umatilla counties and residents have long complained that the pollution is negatively impacting their health.

Details: Written by Multnomah County Library; Published: 23 March 2023

North Portland Library (Rendering by LEVER architecture)

As one of the library building projects funded by the 2020 Multnomah County voter-approved bond, North Portland Library will close to the public on April 5, 2023, to begin construction processes for its renovation and expansion.

Details: Written by By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 22 March 2023

(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

The report on casualties from a largely unregulated industry cites an alarming evolution of crowd-control devices into more powerful and indiscriminate designs and deployment, including dropping tear gas from drones.

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 22 March 2023

Sen. Wlnsvey Campos (D-Aloha)

100 participants would receive $1,000 a month for two years, with PSU analyzing the program’s success.

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 22 March 2023

(AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

Analysts and agencies estimate Oregon is short 140,000 housing units, and federal data shows its homeless population has increased by 22% since 2020.

Details: Written by By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America; Published: 21 March 2023

Oregon State Capitol

An Oregon bill that would expand access to reproductive health and gender-affirming care drew emotional testimony, mirroring the culture war debates over abortion, gender identity and parents' rights that are playing out in state legislatures across the U.S.

Details: Written by By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 20 March 2023

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

People have taken many steps in recent decades to help the Pacific Northwest's endangered killer whales, which have long suffered from starvation, pollution and the legacy of having many of their number captured for display in marine parks.

Details: Written by By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press; Published: 20 March 2023

(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The job cuts would mark the second largest round of layoffs in the company's history

Details: Written by By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer; Published: 20 March 2023

(AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, file)

Narasimhan succeeds longtime Starbucks leader Howard Schultz, who came out of retirement last spring to serve as interim CEO while the company searched for a new chief executive.

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