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Oregon Accelerator Students’ NIL Work Featured on OPB

Oregon Accelerator Students’ NIL Work Featured on OPB

UO junior Ellie Watson photographs acrobat and tumbler Emily Rezner on May 8, 2025, in Eugene, Ore. Watson is part of Oregon Accelerator, a student-run organization helping athletes learn more about Name, Image and Likeness, or NIL, deals. Kyra...

Oregon's US Coast Guard Saves Two Teens and a Rescuer from Lincoln City Cliff

Oregon's US Coast Guard Saves Two Teens and a Rescuer from Lincoln City Cliff

Published 07/07/25 at 6:15 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Lincoln City, Oregon) – Sometimes even the rescuers need rescuing. (Photo: still from the video taken by USCG) That is just what happened Sunday when a pair of teens got...

Oregon’s recycling gets a needed reboot

Oregon’s recycling gets a needed reboot

While U.S. plastic recycling rates have historically hovered between 5 and 10 percent, Oregon continues to lead the way, with rates trending higher—around 13.7 percent, according to a 2020 report from the Oregon Department of Environmental...

Oregon has a massive new wave energy testing facility. But who is going to use it?

Oregon has a massive new wave energy testing facility. But who is going to use it?

After more than a decade of planning, permitting, community outreach, drilling, cable-laying and construction, Oregon is now home to the largest-capacity wave energy testing facility in the world. Construction on Oregon State University’s $80...

Oregon BLM To Hold Timber Sales This Month

Oregon BLM To Hold Timber Sales This Month

The Bureau of Land Management will offer several timber sales this month, totaling about 54 million board feet to be harvested from nearly 1,900 public acres across Western Oregon. BLM said timber produced by these sales will provide critical...

'100-year decision:' two companies vie to build SOU senior living community 

'100-year decision:' two companies vie to build SOU senior living community 

Southern Oregon University plans to build a retirement community on campus. If it moves forward, it would be the first of its kind in Oregon. The goal is to create independent living options for older adults who want to stay active and connected...

Dan Lanning Must Fix Gruelling Oregon Issue for Dante Moore to Win in B1G, Despite Urban Meyer Statement

Dan Lanning Must Fix Gruelling Oregon Issue for Dante Moore to Win in B1G, Despite Urban Meyer Statement

If you’re an Oregon fan, you’ve probably replayed Dillon Gabriel or Bo Nix’s highlights on loop for the past few years. Both have been legends in the college football world. But as much as the fans love Nix and Gabriel, it’s time to turn the page....

Oregon Enacts Registration Requirements for Dental Laboratories

Oregon Enacts Registration Requirements for Dental Laboratories

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed House Bill 2594 into law on May 28, 2025, establishing a new registration framework for dental laboratories. The law will be codified within Oregon Revised Statutes under Title 52, governing occupations and...

Stillman Bank holds annual community food drive

Stillman Bank holds annual community food drive

STILLMAN VALLEY – In conjunction with Stillman Bank’s 143rd anniversary, the bank held a food drive to benefit area families this summer. Nearly 1,000 non-perishable food items were collected during the one-and-a-half-week event. The Community...

Father Thomas Hennen named bishop of Baker, Oregon, as Bishop Cary retires

Father Thomas Hennen named bishop of Baker, Oregon, as Bishop Cary retires

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Liam Cary, who has led the Diocese of Baker, Oregon, since 2012, and appointed Father Thomas Hennen of Iowa as his successor. The Vatican made the announcement July 10 through Cardinal Christophe...

President Lula wants to cut trade ties with the US following Trump's 50% tariff threats

President Lula wants to cut trade ties with the US following Trump's 50% tariff threats

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the nation can survive without involvement with the US after Trump threatened to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports. Lula further asserted that they will look for other trade...

Annual Conservation Closure for Razor Clams on N. Oregon Coast Begins July 15

Annual Conservation Closure for Razor Clams on N. Oregon Coast Begins July 15

Published 07/10/25 at 12:15 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Seaside, Oregon) - Clatsop beaches will temporarily close to razor clamming at 12:01 a.m. on July 15, as part of Oregon’s annual conservation effort led by the Department of...

South Beach Sandcastle Contest Returns to Central Oregon Coast's Newport

South Beach Sandcastle Contest Returns to Central Oregon Coast's Newport

Published 07/10/25 at 7:15 a.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Newport, Oregon) - One of the few events of its kind organized by Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) returns this month to the central Oregon coast and...

Oregon to receive up to $10.1 million as part of nationwide settlements with eight more opioid drug-makers

Oregon to receive up to $10.1 million as part of nationwide settlements with eight more opioid drug-makers

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced Thursday approximately $720 million nationwide in settlements with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Based on the overwhelming...

In hunger-gripped Oregon, Trump’s food stamp cuts could overwhelm its welfare system

In hunger-gripped Oregon, Trump’s food stamp cuts could overwhelm its welfare system

Each month, one in six people in Oregon receive help from the government-run Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP or food stamps — to put food on their table. About half of them are seniors, people with...

Legislation Looks To Support Mills In Oregon, Nationwide

Legislation Looks To Support Mills In Oregon, Nationwide

On Wednesday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley and Montana’s Tim Sheehy introduced the bipartisan Supporting American Wood and Mill Infrastructure with Loans for Longevity Act, or the SAWMILL Act. The legislation looks to supports mills in Oregon,...

Prosper Portland approves $2.68 M loan to build James Beard Public Market

Prosper Portland approves $2.68 M loan to build James Beard Public Market

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - On Tuesday, Prosper Portland’s Board approved a $2.68 million forgivable loan to the James Beard Public Market, including $1 million from the city of Portland’s 2025 to 2026 budget. The funding builds on earlier support from...

Sen. Ron Wyden invites Trump's border czar to Portland town hall meeting to hear immigration concerns from Oregonians

Sen. Ron Wyden invites Trump's border czar to Portland town hall meeting to hear immigration concerns from Oregonians

Sen. Ron Wyden invited Trump Border Czar Tom Homan to a Multnomah County town hall, citing constituent concerns about immigration enforcement. MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — On Thursday, United State Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., invited Trump...

BPA faces suit over energy market decision that opponents say would raise rates

BPA faces suit over energy market decision that opponents say would raise rates

Five energy and conservation nonprofits are suing the Bonneville Power Administration over its decision to join a new energy trading market, claiming it will raise electricity and transmission costs in Oregon and across the region. The lawsuit,...

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will seek re-election in 2026

Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will seek re-election in 2026

Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, will seek a fourth term in Congress. Merkley, 68, announced Thursday he’d run again for the Senate seat he’s held for more than 16 years. He’s represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate since 2009,...

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