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Marijuana growers diversify with hemp amid CBD boom

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – A glut of legal marijuana has driven Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends me...

DATE: May 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The view of a lifetime: Eclipse chasers blaze trail to Oregon

MADRAS, Ore. Just before sunrise, there’s typically nothing atop Round Butte but the whistle of the wind and a panoramic view of Oregon’s second-highest peak glowing pink in the f...

DATE: Jul 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Police: Suspect in Portland stabbings ranted about Muslims

PORTLAND, Ore. – Police said Saturday they’ll examine what appears to be the extremist ideology of an Oregon man accused of fatally stabbing two men who tried to intervene when the suspect y...

DATE: May 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wine and weed? Some Oregon vineyards try hand at pot farming

JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – Bill and Barbara Steele moved to this sleepy corner of Oregon to start their own winery after successful, high-powered business careers. Now, more than a deca...

DATE: May 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Want to own a town?

Tiny Oregon community for sale for $3.5M

DATE: Apr 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Oregon navigates politics of tribal mascots

BANKS, Ore. – This fall, the football team in the tiny Oregon logging town of Banks will once again take the field as the Braves. But this time, they have the approval of the tribe that orig...

DATE: Mar 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Program puts homeless in residents’ backyards

PORTLAND, Ore. – Faced with an intractable homeless problem, officials in Portland are thinking inside the box. A handful of homeless families will soon move into tiny, government...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the days after President Donald Trump’s election, thousands of teenagers across the nation walked out of class in protest. Others rallied to his defense. It wa...

DATE: Feb 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Electronic media searches at border crossings raise worry

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Watchdog groups that keep tabs on digital privacy rights are concerned that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are searching the phones and other digital devices...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Occupiers acquittal puts feds on heels

PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Attorney’s office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife...

DATE: Nov 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Staff shortages hamper U.S. wildlife refuges

PORTLAND, Ore. – Hundreds of national wildlife refuges that provide critical habitat for migratory birds and other species are crippled by a staffing shortage that has curtailed educational ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Rusty patched bumble bee recommended for endangered list

PORTLAND, Ore. – Federal wildlife officials on Thursday made a formal recommendation to list the rusty patched bumble bee as an endangered species because it has disappeared from about 90 pe...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth