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FILE – In this March 3, 2020, file photo, is the Iron Gate Dam, powerhouse and spillway are on the lower Klamath River near Hornbrook, Calif. A new agreement announced Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, promises to revive faltering plans to demolish four massive hydroelectric dams on a river along the Oregon-California border to save imperiled salmon by emptying giant reservoirs and reopening hundreds of miles of potential fish habitat that’s been blocked for more than a century. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) FX201 FX201 FX201

November 17, 2020 at 1:33 pm

Historic deal revives plan for largest US dam demolition VIEW

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen...

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November 12, 2020 at 12:02 pm

Oregon shatters COVID-19 daily case record after Halloween

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon tallied 1,122 new confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, shattering its previous record and blowing past more than...

November 5, 2020 at 4:29 pm

Portland, Oregon rejects bid to cut $18M more from police

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — City commissioners in Portland, Oregon on Thursday rejected a budget amendment that would have slashed another $18 million from the Portland...

November 4, 2020 at 11:16 am

Portland, Oregon, mayor declares win after tight contest

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, declared victory Wednesday after a bruising campaign that sandwiched him between a tough challenger to his...

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November 2, 2020 at 11:55 am

Oregon governor puts National Guard on standby for election

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Monday put the National Guard on standby for a 48-hour period around Election Day and used...

October 31, 2020 at 12:17 am

Unrest erupts over police killing of Black man near Portland VIEW

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Tensions boiled over into unrest late Friday following a vigil for a Black man shot and killed by law enforcement in...

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October 30, 2020 at 8:42 am

Police shooting of Black man near Portland raises tension VIEW

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The shooting of a Black man by law enforcement in Washington state threatened to increase tensions around Portland, Oregon, where protesters...

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September 26, 2020 at 9:41 pm

Arrests in Portland protest follow fairly calm rally VIEW

PORTLAND (AP) — Several people in Portland, Oregon, were arrested in anti-police brutality protests that continued into early Sunday, hours after demonstrations ended with few...

September 25, 2020 at 9:11 pm

Portland, largely peaceful after right-wing rally VIEW

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a right-wing rally and counter-protests in Portland, Oregon, have largely dispersed without serious violence Saturday, though they are investigating...

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Jerry Walker, who fled his apartment in Phoenix, Ore., in his pajamas, views the Coleman Creed Estates mobile home park Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. He doesn’t know if his apartment complex made it and he was there to check on the business that he works at, a food cart. The mobile home park behind him that is destroyed is Coleman Creek Estates.(AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) RPGF401 RPGF401

September 10, 2020 at 10:00 am

Stunned residents tour Oregon town devastated by wildfires VIEW

Stunned residents of the small Oregon town of Phoenix walked through a scene of devastation Thursday after one of the state's many wildfires wiped out...