8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (22+ words) Statesman Journal Watch traditional Mexican, Peruvian dances at the Oregon State Capitol...

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2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (102+ words) Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 one mile south of Woodburn reopened after a closure due to a major crash on the afternoon of Sept. 10. Southbound traffic was also snarled, but lanes were open. The first crash was reported at 3:42 p.m. near milepost…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (221+ words) The Bureau of Land Management postponed plans for a second wild horse rescue operation in southeast Oregon, following a temporary restraining order related to ongoing litigation, the agency said in a news release. The rescue operation planned for Sept. 9 intended…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (790+ words) A Salem-based attorney wants his nine-month suspension from practicing law vacated. The Oregon State Bar, the state organization tasked with disciplining lawyers, contended that Christopher Best has shown a long-running pattern of domestic violence — which includes arrests, convictions and having…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (209+ words) Statesman Journal Want to climb 300-foot old-growth trees in Oregon? Here's how In this reposted episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks with Leo Rosen-Fischer, an expert of recreational tree climbing in the Pacific Northwest and owner…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (375+ words) The union that represents about 1,000 of Marion County’s 1,700 workers voted to strike starting Sept. 22. SEUI Local 503 said in a statement that its members voted on Sept. 8 to authorize a strike. “Bargaining ended today without management offering anything new and with…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (856+ words) Oregon’s public defense crisis has shrunk by two-thirds over the past year, but more than 1,100 people remain without attorneys as Oregon continues to work to address the problem. The latest figures were shared with lawmakers on the House Interim Committee…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (305+ words) A Coos County judge sentenced the former owner of a roadside zoo on the Oregon Coast to 7 1/2 years in prison for neglecting dozens of animals and several other crimes Sept. 8. Circuit Court Judge Andrew Comes also ordered Brian Tenney of…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (537+ words) The Oregon Department of Environmental quality levied 12 penalties in July, totaling $430,292. Recipients included a glass manufacturing facility that failed to measure visible emissions, automotive fueling stations that failed to perform required tests and inspections and construction projects that failed to…...