Health officials in Washington and Oregon said Thursday that a fall and winter COVID surge is likely headed to the Pacific Northwest after months of relatively low case levels.
READ MOREThe tight contest between Kotek and Drazan, with Johnson trailing, has caught the attention of the White House. On Friday, President Joe Biden will visit Portland to campaign with Democrats and urge voters to back Kotek.
READ MOREThe Oregon Health Plan will have a greater focus on medically necessary resources, like housing and climate control.
READ MOREBoth teams also dismissed general manager Gavin Wilkinson and president of business Mike Golub.
READ MOREDemocratic officials hope that while in Oregon, Biden can help consolidate the party’s support behind Tina Kotek for Governor.
READ MOREAs anxiety and depression rates have soared among young Americans, educators and advocates say children’s books can play a role in helping them cope.
READ MOREPhil Knight has donated $1 million to Christine Drazan’s campaign, after previously giving $3.75 million to Betsy Johnson's campaign which recent polling suggests will not succeed.
READ MOREWhile new facilities that distribute, extract, refine or process fossil fuels have been temporarily prohibited by the Vancouver City Council since 2020, the council this week unanimously made the ban permanent
READ MOREOregon Community Foundation is in the process of figuring out how to gift the building back to a Black-led non-profit that is willing to center arts, healing and intergenerational community-building within the space, in perpetuity.
READ MORECody Easterday was sentenced Tuesday afternoon in federal court in Yakima, Washington, for what U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Bastian called “the biggest theft or fraud I’ve seen in my career."
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