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NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/25/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/259 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Houston has a LaMarcus Aldridge problem. The Trail Blazers’ All-Star forward has been dominating with more than 40 points in each of the opening two playoff games […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/25/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/254 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The full Cover Oregon board today will take up an advisory panel’s recommendation that Oregon drop its trouble-plagued online health exchange for private policies. The advisory panel proposes that Oregonians […]

Expanded Landslide Database Released

24 April 2014 Oregon Geologists Offer Expanded Landslide Database A new, expanded statewide database of landslide locations was released this week by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.  The interactive, web-based map shows more than 46,000 known landslide locations in the state. The department hopes the tool will […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/291 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Marion County Commission has ordered a waste-to-power facility to stop accepting boxed medical waste after learning it might be using the remains of aborted fetuses from British Columbia to […]

Statewide Interactive Landslide Map

Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon (SLIDO) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | What is the Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon? SLIDO release 3.0 is compilation of landslides in Oregon that have been identified on published maps. The database contains only landslides that have been located on […]