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Eastbound Highway 50 requires chains on vehicles as snow falls in Pollock Pines, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Salgu Wissmath/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) 

Portland received nearly a foot of snow in a single day in what proved to be its second-snowiest day in history.

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Damian Lillard set franchise and career marks with 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — and 13 3-pointers in the Portland Trail Blazers' 131 -114 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night

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Sen. James Manning (D-Eugene) 

Senate Bill 704 would task a new board with determining how to roll out single payer medical coverage.

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Zach Stimson clears the ice and snow off of his car it continues to gather amidst a long, impending storm on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 in Lapeer, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP) 

Officials ask Oregonians to stay home or delay travel if possible

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(Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times via AP) 

One of Kshama Sawant’s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather — a man she “otherwise loved very much” — utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid.

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(AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, File) 

Over the past decade, Oregon experienced the sixth-highest number of extremist incidents in the nation. Now, the state Legislature is considering a bill that would create the nation’s most comprehensive law against paramilitary activity.

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(Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File) 

The Portland Police Bureau is among the agencies that have struggled to recruit. But, PPB Capt. Greg Pashley said that requiring college courses excludes lower-income candidates who aren’t able to afford them and makes police forces less diverse.

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Y’Nique Wright, owner of Y'Nique Touch Salon 

Checking in with Black women-owned businesses who received little support from the Paycheck Protection Program.

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(Photo/ Thomas Def)  

Voters in November narrowly approved the measure, which requires a permit to buy a gun and a background check to be completed before a gun can be sold or transferred.

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