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Defending champions headline field for 2025 Mount Marathon race
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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A group of runners make their way through a field of wildflowers as they descend Mount Marathon on July 4, 2024 in Seward. (Loren Holmes / ADN) The 97th running of the Mount Marathon race is set for Friday in Seward. The annual Fourth of July...
Sturm finishes third, McElveen fourth at Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder
The Durango Herald - Colorado
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July 3, 2025
Michaela Thompson failed to finish five-stage gravel race Durango's Sarah Sturm competes in the Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder five-day stage race last week. (Courtesy Sarah Sturm) × Durango’s Sarah Sturm and Payson McElveen have had crashes in some...
Oregon Awards Over $2M To Strengthen Food Supply Chain
PNW AG Network - Washington
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July 3, 2025
The Oregon Department of Agriculture announced this week that seven infrastructure projects will share $2.15 million to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain. The funds are made possible through the Resilient Food Systems...
Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, Oregon enact K-12 cellphone bans
Ballotpedia
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July 3, 2025
What’s the story? Vermont, Ohio, North Carolina, and Oregon have all enacted statewide bans on cellphone use in K-12 schools since June 27. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed H480 into law on June 27, directing the Secretary of Education to...
What gave rise to the leftist protest culture
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 3, 2025
By Joshua Arnold, Op-ed contributor Thursday, July 03, 2025 This picture taken on June 8, 2025 shows a protestor shattering the window of a Waymo vehicle during a demonstration following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles. Demonstrators...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill,’ Rep. Bentz draw fierce backlash from Oregon Democrats, nurses
The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Published 1:48 pm Thursday, July 3, 2025 U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz speaks during a Memorial Day ceremony at Eagle Point National Cemetery. (Andy Atkinson / for the Rogue Valley Times) The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed H.R....
Free express bus for Eugene's Butte to Butte race on July 4th
KEZI - Oregon
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EUGENE, Ore. - According to Lane Transit District (LTD), buses will follow the Sunday schedule on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 2025. LTD’s customer service centers in Eugene and Springfield will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., but the...
'Big, ugly betrayal': Oregon, Washington lawmakers react to Trump's tax bill passing
KGW 8 - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Many of Oregon lawmakers decried the passage of Trump's tax bill, with one calling it a "big, ugly betrayal." PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. House Republican propelled President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending bill forward to final...
Oregon won’t join list of states offering free school meals for all, for now
OregonLive.com
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July 3, 2025
An intensive lobbying campaign to make Oregon the ninth state to offer free breakfast and lunch to all students regardless of income levels has fizzled out, for now. Oregon is already very close to offering universal free school meals thanks to...
Oregon has 4 of the ‘13 Best Beach Towns on the West Coast’
OregonLive.com
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July 3, 2025
When it comes to beach towns, the West Coast has an embarrassment of riches. Oregon alone can boast of so many beautiful spots it’s hard to decide which one is the most alluring. We Oregonians may all have our favorites. Now, the media site Condé...
Oregon lawmakers tighten firearm rules. Where can gun owners still carry?
OregonLive.com
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July 3, 2025
After a long drawn-out battle in the Oregon Legislature that drew thousands of public comments, lawmakers last week beefed up restrictions on who and where people can carry guns in the state. Members of the general public already were banned from...
Religion: July 3, 2025
The Astorian - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Published 6:00 am Thursday, July 3, 2025 Anchor Baptist Church The congregation meets at the Astoria Christian Church, 1151 Harrison Ave. On Sundays, the service starts at 1 p.m.; Bible study is at 7 p.m. Thursdays. For information, email...
Bend Design 2025 Celebrates Ten Years at Oregon State University – Cascades
Cascade Business News - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Bend Design 2025, a program of Scalehouse, will be celebrating ten years of creative community and our commitment to designing a better future with a new location at Oregon State University – Cascades. The conference will take place on November...
Report: Marion County sees most federal immigration requests in Oregon
Statesman Journal - Oregon
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Marion County received more requests from federal immigration agencies for assistance or information than any other county in Oregon from June 2024 through May 2025, according to a new report from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. Oregon...
Marion County a hotspot for federal immigration enforcement requests, report shows
Salem Reporter - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received more federal requests to help with immigration enforcement than any other Oregon law enforcement agency over the last year, a new state report shows. Federal authorities requested Marion County’s...
House passes Trump’s domestic policy bill. Here are 5 ways it will impact Oregon
Herald and News - Oregon
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Congressional Republicans have passed their domestic policy bill that makes sweeping changes to entitlement programs like Medicaid and SNAP, significantly increases funding for the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts and cuts funding...
WA hotline: Illegal immigrants can report citizens for legal activity
The Gazette - Colorado
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(The Center Square) – The Washington State Office of the Attorney General has launched a taxpayer-funded hotline in three counties that would allow residents, including foreign nationals and illegal immigrants, to report U.S. citizens for engaging...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill’, Bentz draw fierce backlash from Oregon Democrats, nurses
Wallowa County Chieftain - Oregon
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July 3, 2025
Published 1:48 pm Thursday, July 3, 2025 U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz speaks during a ceremony at Eagle Point National Cemetery Monday. (Andy Atkinson / for the Rogue Valley Times) The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly passed H.R. 1,...
Seven Oregon fire agencies join Roseburg session to curb accidental fire causes
KPIC - Oregon
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ROSEBURG, Ore. — Staff from the City of Roseburg Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Division hosted the Department of Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Fire & Life Safety Education Unit’s “Train-the-Trainer” for their newly developed Risk Reduction Kit....
Illegal immigrant charged with child sexual abuse in Oregon and Washington
The Post Millenial
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July 3, 2025
In April 2025, Ramos-Garcia traveled from Oregon to Washington and took the victim to a hotel where he sexually abused the minor. An illegal immigrant is facing federal charges for allegedly enticing and sexually abusing a minor in Oregon and...