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The Oregon National Guard plans to conduct military flyovers at several locations in Oregon as part of the 2023 Memorial Day Celebration. The 142nd Wing Unit out of Portland will fly F-12 Eagle fighter jets at 1,000 feet above ground level and at a speed of about 400 mph over Wasco,10 a.m.; Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, 10:10 a.m.; Salem, 10:17 a.m.; Reedsport, 10:30 a.m.; Astoria, 10:55 a.m.; and, Beaverton, 11:06, a.m. before returning to base at Portland International Airport.

Miss Oregon USA, Manju Bangalore, is excited to announce she will be travelling to space in August and will experience weightlessness for eight minutes.

The entry-level Kia EV6 Light, equipped with a 58-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery (Standard Range), is back in the United States. According to CarsDirect, the South Korean brand confirmed that the Light trim is once again available, but only on a limited scale in the Western Region: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

The vote on a Wallowa County Greater Idaho ballot measure remains close enough that it’s now flirting with a mandatory recount. Approval of the ballot measure has remained tight since Election Day, with the yes vote holding an eight-vote lead as of Monday. If passed, the measure would require county leaders to discuss the idea of transferring governance of some Oregon counties to Idaho.

For a lot of Americans, Oregonians included, Memorial Day means time off from work and the effective start of summer season, featuring enjoyable activities in communities large and small from the Rose Festival City Fair to the Prineville Memorial Day Parade.  Most of us in recent years have become separated from the reason for, and […] The post Time to remember the sacrifices of our military service members appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.

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PORTLAND, Ore. — The 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard is conducting flyovers for Memorial Day, part of a time-honored tradition to pay tribute to fallen military members. The pilots are scheduled to fly over several cities across the region as part of a roughly 45-minute flight...

It’s been almost a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision turned regulation of abortion over to the states. In Oregon – which codified abortion access in state law six years ago – a Planned Parenthood administrator says it’s been a disruptive time since.

Oregon voters could decide next year whether to reshape the way elections for Congress, governor and other positions are decided, under legislation that passed the state House this week. House Bill 2004 would ask voters whether they want to adopt ranked-choice voting when electing federal officials and statewide officeholders. The...

Oregon has a long history of corruption, so there’s no need to start from scratch. State residents have been steadily robbed over the course of several years by unidentified authorities who haven’t been captured. One of Oregon’s top Democrats, the Senate President, was caught off guard by a question concerning corruption in the state today. As a result, the President and virtually every other prominent Democrat in the Senate was rendered mute.

A Portland Democrat in Congress wants the federal government to reform laws so legal cannabis businesses such as those in Oregon can tap into tax deductions as well as banking and financial services offered to other businesses, according to the Portland Business Journal. To that end, Rep. Earl Blumenauer introduced...

On Memorial Day, we as a nation pause to honor and pay respects to those who gave their lives in service to this county, in service of freedom, in service of a more peaceful world. We remember their sacrifice, their valor and their grace. For while we may see their sacrifices immortalized on monuments of stone, we must never forget that each of the names forever etched in granite — those known and unknown — represent a precious, valiant life. They are our sons, daughters,...

For many years before I retired, I worked as an environmental, health and safety professional for a number of industries in the Portland metro area. There were a few times I had the unfortunate experience of working for an employer or manager who was not entirely committed to fully complying with environmental, health and safety regulations. Because their stance was not only illegal but risked the well-being of their workers and community, as well as my own credentials and credibility, I would quickly make the decision that it was not the right place for me and begin to find new employment.

While Republicans have pledged to return on the final day of the session to vote on their preferred list of bills, many will inevitably end up dead at sine die. As a walkout led by Oregon Senate Republicans drags on, grinding legislative business in the chamber to a halt, there's an increasing risk that hundreds of bills — many of them broadly popular — will fall to the wayside as the clock ticks closer to sine die.

State researchers predict Oregon could experience a much warmer summer than previous years as the climate shifts to a warmer pattern later this year. But a cooler and wet spring could lead fire season to run longer throughout the year. Oregon State University researchers recently predicted the state could see...

A private firefighting company in northeastern Oregon will have to pay $180,000 following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation. KL Farms, also known as Fire LLC, allegedly paid its firefighters and truck drivers a flat rate between $200 and $250 a day to fight wildfires in 2020 and 2021, regardless of frequent overtime. The agency said workers clocked an average of 70 hours a week.

The Oregon National Guard’s 142nd Wing will be conducting multiple F-15 Memorial Day flyovers across Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington Monday.