Agency officials said firefighters are hard to hire and retain, and are often left to sleep in their trucks or camp on the job due to a lack of housing
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Federal government acknowledges dams devastated Northwest tribes and fish stocks
The federal government this week acknowledged that the construction and operation of 11 hydroelectric dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers during the last century has had a devastating effect on eight Northwest tribes and more than a dozen native fish stocks, some of which have gone extinct.
Oregon Dept. of Forestry sends 19 firefighters to New Mexico
The state sent 19 firefighters, including one local Forest Grove-based firefighter to aid New Mexico as it battles numerous out-of-control wildfires.
No longer considered predators, Oregon beavers get new protections from state
Starting July 1, beavers will be classified solely as “furbearers,” an animal whose fur has commercial value, and no longer be classified as “predators.”
Northwest leaders try again for more federal money for prescribed burns to prevent wildfire
Oregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask Congress for more money for prescribed burns.
Latest Oregon economic forecast shows steady growth, uncertain future
Economists say there’s a 50% chance the state pays out another kicker in 2026.
Oregon taps North Carolina deputy director to lead Medicaid system
On July 24, Emma Sandoe will become the director of Oregon’s Medicaid program, which provides care to more than one in four Oregonians.
Birds found on the Oregon Coast coated in ‘tar-like substance’
A group of state and federal agencies are responding to reports of an unknown tar-like substance washing up along Oregon’s North Coast, extending southward to areas as far as the Salishan Spit, and also along Washington’s southern coast.
Curbing severe wildfire in Oregon depends on urgency, scale of controlled burns by state and feds
State and federal agencies are coming around to indigenous knowledge, science, around the need for low-intensity fires to pre-empt severe ones
Primary voters tap legislators, treasurer and an attorney for statewide office
Oregon voters decided to give a slate of state legislators a chance to prove themselves worthy of a promotion to statewide office in the November elections.
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