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Are You ‘Two Weeks Ready’ For Post-Quake Survival? WA And OR Say You Should Be

By Tom Banse September 9, 2021

State emergency management websites have tips for what to include in your emergency kit. CREDIT: KUOW PHOTO/KJERSTIN WOOD

The state of Oregon has set an ambitious goal to prepare more families in earthquake country to be "two weeks ready" after a disaster. Washington's emergency management agency is also seeking more funding to prepare people in a similar way. Read More

Oregon Governor Announces ‘Phased’ Removal Of Federal Officers From Portland

By Dirk VanderHart July 29, 2020

People walk the fence surrounding the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 23, 2020. Federal law enforcement officers have arrested 60 people, according to an assistant U.S. attorney, since early July. CREDIT: Jonathan Levinson/OPB

Federal officers will begin leaving the city on Thursday under a deal reached between Oregon officials and the Trump administration. State police will help protect Portland's federal courthouse.Read More

Oregon Emergency Measures Back On As State Supreme Court Holds Judge’s Ruling To Overturn

By Dirk VanderHart May 18, 2020

A protestor holds signs on the steps of the Oregon state capitol during a rally to reopen Oregon while health care workers counter demonstrate in the background CREDIT: Jonathan Levinson/OPB

A Baker County judge has invalidated Brown’s restrictions on businesses and social gatherings, along with every other executive order Brown has issued under a state of emergency she ordered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Read More

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Promises Executive Action On Climate After GOP Legislative Walkout

By Dirk VanderHart March 9, 2020

People gather on the steps of the Oregon Capitol in Salem for a rally for climate action on Feb. 11, 2020. CREDIT: Kaylee Domzalski/OPB

For the second year in a row, Democrats’ signature bill for instituting a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was stymied by a Republican walkout. Now, the focus falls on Gov. Kate Brown.Read More

Scientists Warn Oregon Lags Behind Other West Coast States In Disaster Preparedness

By NWPB News July 29, 2019

The Eagle Creek Fire as seen from the Cascade Locks Hatchery. To keep hatchery fall chinook from dying because of the fire, Oregon officials released them early. CREDIT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who included the $12 million in funding for the projects in her proposed budget last year, has told reporters the decision not to expand the early detection systems was one of the "biggest disappointments" of this year's legislative session.Read More

Oregon Republicans Are Trying To Recall Democratic Governor Kate Brown

By Dirk VanderHart July 16, 2019

Oregon Governor Kate Brown - AP PHOTO DON RYAN

The head of the Oregon Republican Party on Monday took a first step toward forcing a recall election of Gov. Kate Brown, whose term expires at the end of 2022.Read More

Oregon Democrats Give Up Gun Control, Vaccine Bills To Get Republican Members Back

By Dirk VanderHart May 13, 2019

State Sen. Herman E. Baertschiger Jr., R-Grants Pass, in the Oregon Senate on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Salem, Ore. CREDIT: BRADLEY W. PARKS/OPB

Democratic leaders in the Oregon Senate have agreed to give up high-profile bills on gun control and vaccines in exchange for the end of a Republican walkout. Read More

Oregon Legislative Effort To Block Offshore Drilling Gets One Step Closer To Passage

By Dirk VanderHart February 21, 2019

Offshore oil rig in California. CREDIT: SELBE LYNN/FLICKR

Oregon’s rugged coast is poised to grow even more inhospitable to oil and gas interests in coming days under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday.Read More

Oregon Re-Elects Kate Brown As Governor

By Lauren Dake November 7, 2018

Gov. Kate Brown celebrates her Election Night victory at the Democratic Party of Oregon 2018 election party on Nov. 6, 2018 in Portland. CREDIT: JONATHAN LEVINSON/OPB

Democratic Gov. Kate Brown defeated Republican state Rep. Knute Buehler in the race to see who will hold Oregon’s highest office.Read More

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Declares Emergency, Deploys National Guard To Salem

By Dirk VanderHart May 31, 2018

File photo. Low levels of cyanotoxins were found in the Salem, Oregon, drinking water supply due to an algae bloom in Detroit Lake. CREDIT - SHEILA SUND/TINYURL.COM/YBQ8VPHD

Gov. Kate Brown is declaring an emergency and mobilizing Oregon National Guard soldiers in response to an ongoing water quality situation in and around Salem.Read More

Oregon Governor’s Promised Tax Break Would Reach Sliver Of Targeted Businesses

By Dirk VanderHart April 19, 2018

If Gov. Kate Brown follows through on a plan to call Oregon’s Legislature into a special session in the coming months, she might wind up giving a tax break to a sliver of the businesses she’s pledged to target.Read More