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January 16, 2019 at 10:08 pm

US shutdown stalls training, other prep for wildfire season

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year's fire season and fear...

January 11, 2019 at 12:17 pm

Police kill armed man at Oregon school amid custody dispute VIEW

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police shot and killed a man who showed up Friday with a gun at an Oregon middle school amid a custody...

January 9, 2019 at 9:27 pm

Oregon begins killing sea lions after relocation fails

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon wildlife officials have started killing California sea lions that threaten a fragile and unique type of trout in the Willamette...

In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019 photo, provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a U.S. Coast Guard boat crew responds to three fishermen in the water after the commercial fishing vessel Mary B II capsized while crossing Yaquina Bay Bar off the coast of Newport, Ore. Authorities say three men were killed when their fishing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP) LA308 LA308

January 9, 2019 at 7:37 am

'Danger is real': 3 dead after commercial crabbing vessel capsizes off Oregon coast

The Mary B. II overturned about 10 p.m. Tuesday as it crossed Yaquina Bay bar, a treacherous area off Newport, Oregon.

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FILE – In this remote camera photo taken May 3, 2014, and provided by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife the wolf OR-7 stands on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Environmental groups have withdrawn from talks aimed at updating the wolf management plan in Oregon. Wolf conservation advocates, ranchers and hunters have been meeting with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for months to update the rules that protect and manage the state’s rebounding wolf population. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File) LA112 LA112

January 7, 2019 at 11:10 am

Environmental groups withdraw from Oregon wolf plan talks

The announcement came after months of negotiations to update rules on how and when wolves can be killed as their numbers increase and they spread...

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December 26, 2018 at 10:06 pm

Legal marijuana industry toasts a banner year WATCH

PORTLAND — The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way...

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December 13, 2018 at 10:31 am

With OK from Congress, US hemp market set to boom

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp is about to get the nod from the federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of...

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December 11, 2018 at 11:37 am

Catch limits increase for key West Coast groundfish species

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials said Tuesday they are increasing catch limits for several species of West Coast groundfish that were severely depleted more...

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December 10, 2018 at 10:30 pm

Christmas tree farmers aim to boost sales via social media WATCH

TUALATIN, Ore. (AP) — Rosa Villarreal's three young sons jumped and ran around the field of Christmas trees like jackrabbits, their excitement palpable as they...

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In this October 2018 photo, American adventurer John Allen Chau, right, stands for a photograph with Founder of Ubuntu Football Academy Casey Prince, 39, in Cape Town, South Africa, days before he left for in a remote Indian island of North Sentinel Island, where he was killed. Chau, who kayaked to the remote island populated by a tribe known for shooting at outsiders with bows and arrows, has been killed, police said Wednesday, Nov. 21. Officials said they were working with anthropologists to recover the body. (AP Photo/Sarah Prince) XDEL101M XDEL101M

November 21, 2018 at 3:57 pm

American's life of adventure, religion ends on a remote island in India

John Allen Chau, 26, was from southwestern Washington state but had worked and traveled all over, from the Cascade Mountains to South Africa. A friend...