Oregon has established a statewide prescription pathway for the updated COVID-19 vaccine, allowing pharmacies and other authorized providers to begin administering the 2026–27 formulation as respiratory illness season approaches and vaccine shipments arrive across the state. The Oregon Health Authority issued the statewide standing order…
Former Clackamas County Commissioner Melissa Fireside, already wanted in Oregon under an expanding collection of felony charges, has been indicted…
Oregon’s top elections official and the state’s two U.S. senators will convene at the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, September…
Oregon’s statewide election town hall series will continue Tuesday evening in Gresham, bringing the second public forum in Secretary of…
Josephine County commissioners moved through a substantial collection of land-use, budget, personnel and economic-development decisions this week, approving changes that…
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Fentanyl exerts a profound impact on the human body, binding to opioid receptors with high affinity and altering the normal regulation of neural signaling, respiratory rhythm, and emotional processing. Its pharmacologic strength suppresses central nervous system activity, and when the drug clears, the body can respond with a marked rebound…
With students across Southern Oregon returning to regular classroom schedules, preparing school lunches at home is once again becoming part of the morning routine for families looking for practical ways to improve what their…
Cancer has existed throughout recorded human history, but scientists continue to investigate the enormous range of biological, environmental and infectious factors capable of influencing its development. Among those factors is a connection unfamiliar to…
The morning alarm may be one of the most universally disliked sounds in American life, and a substantial majority of adults have developed the same response to it: postpone getting up. A national YouGov…
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Long before Labor Day became the three-day weekend that closes America’s summer, Oregon had already made history with it. In…
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A Boeing 767 freighter carrying cargo for Amazon barreled beyond a runway at Miami International Airport Sunday afternoon, struck vehicles outside the landing area and erupted…
