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Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 04 March 2020

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elora J. Martinez)

In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Brown expressed worry that rural hospitals and health centers could be overwhelmed if the cases spread around the state

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 29 February 2020

UPDATE: On Monday, March 2, Oregon health officials announced that they have identified a third presumptive positive case of COVID-19. Protect yourself by following this health advice

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 27 February 2020

Elizabeth Warren was introduced by Toshiko Hasegawa, director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs. (photo by Susan Fried)

Washington state’s primary is Tuesday, March 10; voters should have received their ballots by Thursday, Feb. 27

Details: Written by Saundra Sorenson; Published: 27 February 2020

Jeffery Robinson, director of the American Civil Liberty Union’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality

The Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African-Americans Act now has 125 cosponsors

Details: Written by ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press; Published: 27 February 2020

his 2016 photo shows a lumber mill in Bend, Ore., that is now in February 2020 an REI outdoor recreation store. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Political districts have flipped in population centers, from San Diego in the south to Seattle in the north

Details: Written by DAVE COLLINS and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press; Published: 25 February 2020

An electronic cigarette kit and mentol pod from Juul Labs is seen on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Oregon is one of five states leading a bipartisan coalition looking into JUUL’s targeting of youth vaping

Details: Written by GENE JOHNSON Associated Press; Published: 25 February 2020

The 7-4 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned decisions issued by judges in Washington, Oregon and California

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 21 February 2020

Today jurors found Christian guilty of the May 26, 2017 stabbing deaths of Taliesin Namkai-Meche and Ricky Best

Details: Written by SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press; Published: 21 February 2020

A spokesman for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon said the agency has been "working closely with state officials to create critical backstops and protect access to care for all Oregonians who need it, regardless of federal action on Title X"

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 February 2020

Oregon's Department of Land Conservation and Development says a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay would have significant adverse effects on the state's coastal scenic and aesthetic resources, endangered species and critical habitat