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Tigard transforms its downtown
For more than a decade, Tigard has been working on revitalizing its downtown. City leaders, small business owners and the nonprofit Tigard Downtown Alliance have worked together to bring more foot ...
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PSU begins layoff process for nearly 100 faculty members, more expected
Barely three weeks into fall term at Portland State, faculty members are already receiving notice of possible layoffs. Nearly 100 non-tenure track faculty got notice Tuesday. And the union that ...
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Archaeologists discover 12 skeletons at a buried tomb in Petra, Jordan
The remains were found beneath the Treasury, also called Al Khazneh, in the ancient city of Petra — famous as a landmark seen in the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The Treasury ...
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Measure 117 would bring ranked choice voting to Oregon by 2028
Measure 117 on the Oregon ballot would implement a system of ranked choice voting for all federal and statewide races in Oregon by 2028. The Yes campaign says it’s an idea whose time has come.
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From governor’s race to statewide initiatives, big choices await Washington voters in general election
Your browser does not support the audio element. Voters in Washington will soon get their ballots in the mail for the general election, with voting opening on Friday ...
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An early look at how Oregon’s new drug law is shaping up in Multnomah County
Downtown Portland buzzed with a midday blend of construction bangs, the whizz of cars and bikes and office workers stepping outside on a sunny September day for lunch. Portland Police Officer ...
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In a rural stretch of Washington, a ‘constitutional sheriff’ and his growing volunteer posse provoke controversy
Isaac Stone Simonelli / Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting On a Tuesday evening in early July, Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer sat at the head of a small conference room along with ...
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1,300 jobs will be eliminated at Intel’s Hillsboro campus, company tells state
Chipmaker Intel has its headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., but the heart of its semiconductor research and development is in Hillsboro. The company employs more than 20,000 Oregonians and has ...
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The radioactive legacy of the Hanford nuclear reservation will live on, even as plans for cleanup evolve
Anna King / Northwest News Network Eighty years ago this September, the first industrial nuclear reactor went online near Richland, Washington, on what would become known as the Hanford Nuclear ...
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Swing state map: Polls move in Trump’s direction, but the race remains tight
Your browser does not support the audio element. Former President Donald Trump once again appears to be in the driver’s seat in this presidential election. When ...
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Walgreens to close 1,200 US stores as chain attempts to steady operations at home
Walgreens will close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as the drugstore chain seeks to turnaround a struggling U.S. business that contributed to a $3 billion quarterly loss.