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State Land Deal for a Data Center was Set, Gov. Kotek Orders it Cancelled
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (324+ words) On Thursday, Governor Tina Kotek directed the Department of Administrative Services to terminate the state’s contract for the sale of approximately 32 acres at the Mill Creek Corporate Center in southeast Salem for a proposed data center project. “Upon learning of…...
They Tried Something New on Garfield Avenue, City Staff Says They’ll Never Do It Again
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (638+ words) “We should never do this again, it was unintentionally, I think, difficult for the neighborhood, put some unnecessary stress on folks, and it was extremely time-demanding and consuming for staff,” said Jeff Blaine, Corvallis’ public works director. Blaine’s candid summation,…...
Oregon Lawmaker Wants to Make State Parks Free to Residents, Could that Actually Happen?
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (804+ words) An Oregon lawmaker wants to make visiting state parks cheaper for residents. Rep. Cyrus Javadi, D-Tillamook, last week floated the idea of introducing a bill to make parking at Oregon State Parks free for state residents. Javadi, who is up…...
How America's Newspapers Lost Their Voice, and Why The Advocate Publishes Its Opinions
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (996+ words) Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 1963 lambasting the racist White Citizens Councils in the Lexington Advertiser, a newspaper she owned. “The hierarchy of rulers in this totalitarian-like organization…...
Monitoring Declining Bumblebee Populations is Hard, OSU’s New Low-Cost AI Powered Cameras Make it Easier
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (488+ words) Researchers have developed a low-cost, semi-automated, AI-driven method that uses remote cameras to survey bumblebees and potentially other insects. The new tool could have important implications for efforts to conserve declining insect populations. This includes bumblebee species, several of which…...
Pro-Data Center Ads Target Oregon, Here's Who's Behind Them
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (813+ words) Just days before the Oregon Legislature in March passed a one-year pause on a popular tax incentive program for data centers, a group called Oregon Connects registered as a nonprofit business in the state. Then the ads started appearing. “From…...
In Oregon, Big Grocery, Retail Companies Have Highest Number of Employees on Medicaid
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (824+ words) Multi-billion-dollar grocers and retailers such as Walmart and Amazon were among the most listed employers on Oregonians’ applications for publicly-funded health insurance last year, according to a Capital Chronicle analysis of Oregon Health Authority data. The data, taken from Medicaid…...
Six years later: OSU Researchers Revisit TRACE-COVID-19 Ingenuity in StoryCorps Interviews
1+ week, 36+ min ago (617+ words) Oregon State University researchers will officially be part of American history for their innovative and collaborative approach to COVID-19 testing and wastewater monitoring in the early days of the pandemic, thanks to recent StoryCorps interviews that are now included in…...
It was a Key Career Path for Oregon's Immigrants and Refugees, Here's how Trump Blocked It
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (809+ words) Abdul Saboor Hassan moved to Oregon in 2020 after qualifying for a green card for his service to the U.S. Army in his home country, Afghanistan. He became a commercial truck driver for a short period of time before becoming a commercial…...
Rep. Hoyle Votes Against $1.15 Trillion National Defense Authorization Act
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (463+ words) On Wednesday, Congresswoman Hoyle voted against H.R. 8800, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2027. This year’s NDAA authorizes more than $1.15 trillion in spending for the Pentagon. Hoyle is generally supportive of the military, and most especially of those that…...