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The Latest Breaking News from Oregon

Ballotpedia presents the top 15 ballot measures to watch

Welcome to the Wednesday, October 12, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Biden goes West on 3-state tour as midterm elections near

Joe Biden’s three-state swing out West this week will capture, in a nutshell, the White House’s midterm strategy for a president who remains broadly unpopular: Promote his administration’s accomplishments and appear where he can effectively rally the party faithful

The Independent UK

Police warn Oregon beachgoers about grenades washing ashore

Newport officers said three devices had washed on to the beach and instructed public not to handle or move them

The Guardian - US

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‘Jogger rapist’ to be released from prison this year after nearly 36 years

Richard Gillmore stalked girls in Portland, Oregon, some of whom have spoken publicly opposing his release

The Guardian - US

Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Lori Chavez-DeRemer are running for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District

Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Lori Chavez-DeRemer are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Incumbent Kurt Schrader (D), who was first elected in 2008, ran for re-election. He lost to McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.

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Measures to repeal constitutional language on slavery and indentured servitude as criminal punishments are on the ballot in five states this November

On November 8, 2022, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—will decide on amending their state constitutions to repeal language regarding the use of slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for a crime, or, in the case of Vermont, for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs.

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Warning issued after beachgoers find multiple hand grenades washed up in Oregon

The Newport Police were contacted last week (4th October) after a report of a number of explosives were found on a shore between Yaquina Bay State Park and Agate beach.

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Serial 'jogger rapist' to be released from Oregon prison

An Oregon man known as the “jogger rapist” is set to be released from prison in mid-December after serving nearly 36 years behind bars, almost all of his sentence

The Independent UK

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits northwest Oregon

Tremor was felt in nearby Lebanon and Salem

The Independent UK

A look at the 14 statewide ballot measures related to election policy

Welcome to the Thursday, October 6, Brew.

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Commentary: The threat to democracy that no one’s talking about

Few people would characterize the conservative South as enlightened when it comes to electoral politics. But the truth is that in some respects it is more advanced than many Democratic strongholds. While states like Oregon and New York continue to employ closed party primary elections, even as the electorate becomes…

Tribune News Service

Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 6

Pac-12 schedule and previews for all of the Week 6 games of the 2022 season, highlighted by Utah at UCLA, Washington State at USC, and Oregon at Arizona

USA Today Sports Media Group

DEA's Alarming Fentanyl Seizure, Nevada's Nearly $1B In Sales, Oregon Raids Yield Hefty Fines & More

DEA Seizes Alarming Amount Of Fentanyl As Overdose Deaths Continue To Soar The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized over 10 million fentanyl pills and roughly 980 pounds of fentanyl powder as part of its enforcement operation conducted from May to September.

Benzinga

College Football Odds: Opening Early Lines, Values Week 6

College Football Odds for Week 6. Where are the potential early values?

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Southern resident orca pod falls to lowest number in 46 years

SEATTLE — Only 73 southern resident orcas that live along the coast of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia remain as of July 1, according to the latest census from the Center for Whale Research.

The Independent UK

Oregon to cover health-related climate expenses

Oregon is set to become the first state in the nation to cover certain climate change expenses under its Medicaid program

Los Angeles Times

In case out of Oregon, court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside

About a decade after losing her job and becoming homeless in the small city of Grants Pass, Oregon, Debra Blake joined two other homeless residents in suing the city over a set of local ordinances that, in their view, criminalized the act of sleeping outside.

The Guardian - US

The story of one US governor’s historic use of clemency: ‘We are a nation of second chances’

Kate Brown has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governor from the last 50 years combined

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Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Pac-12 Predictions, Schedule, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 5

Pac-12 schedule and previews for all of the Week 5 games of the 2022 season, highlighted by Washington at UCLA, Oregon State at Utah, and Stanford at Oregon

The Independent UK

Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant

A renewable energy facility in Oregon that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there will be the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America

Tribune News Service

Stellar design, hospitality elevate this RV park on Oregon’s southern coast

COOS BAY, Ore. — Wearing a sweatshirt against the seaside chill, I grilled fresh-caught red snapper then served my family of three at a picnic table. After dinner, I settled into an Adirondack chair around the campfire with a glass of local pinot noir before taking a hot shower and…

The Independent UK

Critics: Oregon's move to decriminalize hard drugs a failure

Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services and the state has been slow to channel the funds

Ballotpedia

Both candidates for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 —incumbent Darleen Ortega and Vance Day — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

Daily Mirror

Oregon refinery fire: Massive inferno erupts with two injured at BP facility

A massive fire broke out at a BP oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with fire crews responding to reports of injuries at the site as huge clouds of smoke were seen rising from it

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