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Oregon Senate Passes Landmark Bill Banning Plastic Bags at Retail Checkouts Statewide
Senate Bill 551, the bill banning all bags made of plastic film at checkout in restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail locations, passed the Oregon Senate with a…
Oregon’s New Homeland Security Roadmap Strengthens Defenses Against Wildfires, Cyberattacks, and Extremism
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) laid out the state’s Comprehensive Homeland Security Strategy 2025 to 2028, which seeks to address natural…
Judge Rules Grants Pass City Council Can Enforce Camping Bans At Certain Sites
The Disability Rights Oregon et al. v. Grants Pass injunction, which blocked the removal of campsites or tents from city property until Grants Pass provided 150 spaces…
Medford Open Streets Returns This Saturday With Food, Music, and Car-Free Fun Downtown
The popular Medford Open Streets, a free community event, returns to downtown this Saturday, May 31.
Oregon-Led Coalition Sues to Stop Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding and Diversity Programs
Oregon’s Attorney General, Dan Rayfield, joined a 16-state coalition of attorneys general to defend National Science Foundation (NFS) funding slashed by the Trump…
Grants Pass Teen Held at Knifepoint in Facebook Marketplace Robbery by Trio of Youth Suspects
Grants Pass Police Officers arrested 20-year-old Aiden Steven McCarroll and two juveniles yesterday in connection with a robbery with a knife on Thursday, May 22, 2025…
Oregon Man Caught With 270 Pounds of Meth in Cross-State Drug Trafficking Bust
An Estacada, Oregon, man, 29-year-old Anthony Barrera, caught transporting 270 pounds of methamphetamine from Southern California to Oregon near Roseburg, has been…
Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty to RobbinHood Ransomware Attacks Affecting Gresham, Oregon
A 37-year-old Iranian man, Sina Gholinejad, pleaded guilty to participating in an international scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware yesterday. The cyber-attacks…
