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Number of small businesses in OR is growing
Oregon has over 400,000 small businesses that employ more than half the state’s workers. That number is growing. Learn more about it here.
SEE THE ORIGINAL OPB ARTICLE HERE
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Powdr Corp. to sell Mt. Bachelor
Powdr Corp. has announced the sale of Mt. Bachelor. Learn more about the details here.
SEE THE ORIGINAL OPB ARTICLE HERE
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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Oregon wildfires to set new record of acreage burned
The 2024 wildfire season has claimed over 1.3 million acres and is on track to be the worst on record. Learn more here.
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
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Oregon Parks and Recreation proposing increases to parking permits
Oregon Parks & Recreation is proposing a price increase in parking permits. Learn more about it here.
SEE THE ORIGINAL OPB ARTICLE HERE
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Snowpack levels are normal in majority of Oregon
Oregon’s snowpack levels are at or right around normal, even with above-average March snowmelt. Learn all the details here.
READ THE ARTICLE BY OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING HERE
Photo: USDA / National Water and Climate Center
Use the NWCC’s amazing tool for checking stats on the state’s water and more HERE
“Oregon snow water equivalent levels, which compares how this year’s snowpack stacks up against the last 30 years. USDA / National Water and Climate Center”
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Tuition will be free at a New York medical school
A $1 billion donation will make tuition free at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Learn more about it here.
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Cascades are expecting a winter storm this weekend
Snowpack in the Cascades is less than 40% of what it should be, but significant snow is expected this weekend. Learn more here.
READ THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL OPB ARTICLE HERE
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For the second year in a row, Oregon’s population has declined
Oregon’s population declined from 2022 to 2023. Learn more here.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Oregon lost 0.1% of its population between July 2022 and July 2023. Read the OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting) article here.
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The razor clamming season is open on Oregon’s central coast
The season is now open for harvesting razor clams on Oregon’s central coast. Learn more via OPB here.
READ THE ORIGINAL OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ARTICLE HERE
In this OPB file photo from 2017, Seaview resident Andi Day digs for razor clams in Long Beach, using a clam gun passed down from her grandmother.
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Teachers in Portland go on strike
For the first time in the district’s history, teachers in Portland are going on strike for better pay, safer classroom environments, and more. Learn more about the strike from OPB here.
SEE THE OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ARTICLE HERE
“Classroom” by allisonmeier is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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