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Byline: ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press

28 Sep

Inside scientists’ mission to save America’s wine industry from climate change

published on September 28, 2023 - 1:54 PM

(AP) — The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America’s wine, but the region is also prone to wildfires

04 Aug

Power at the gas pump: Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban

published on August 4, 2023 - 2:24 PM

For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars

12 Jun

Jury finds electric utility PacifiCorp liable in devastating Oregon wildfires; company to appeal

published on June 12, 2023 - 2:08 PM

A jury in Oregon on Monday found the electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day weekend

18 Apr

Oregon’s magic mushroom experiment steps toward reality

published on April 18, 2023 - 2:41 PM

Oregon’s pioneering experiment with legalized magic mushrooms took a step closer to reality as the first “facilitators” who will accompany clients as

07 Apr

Microchips or microgreens? Oregon tweaks farm protection law

published on April 7, 2023 - 12:59 PM

(AP) — Oregon is changing a half-century-old land-use law to make room for semiconductor development and gain an edge in

27 Oct

‘Burn boss’ arrest inflames Western land use tensions

published on October 27, 2022 - 2:27 PM

(AP) — When U.S. Forest Service personnel carried out a prescribed burn in a national forest in Oregon on Oct.

04 Nov

Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom

published on November 4, 2021 - 2:59 PM

(AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on southern Oregon illegal marijuana farms that authorities say are run by foreign cartels

17 Sep

Illegal marijuana farms take West’s water in ‘blatant theft’

published on September 17, 2021 - 12:38 PM

(AP) — Jack Dwyer pursued a dream of getting back to the land by moving in 1972 to an idyllic,

15 Sep

After humble beginnings, Oregon’s Dutch Bros launches IPO

published on September 15, 2021 - 12:53 PM

(AP) — After humble beginnings as a pushcart operation decades ago in an Oregon town and growing into a company

12 Jul

Smoke, extreme heat pose harsh test for West Coast vineyards

published on July 12, 2021 - 12:38 PM

(AP) — The heat wave that recently hit the Pacific Northwest subjected the region’s vineyards to record-breaking temperatures nine months

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