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Two Democratic candidates compete in primary in GOP-held southern Oregon House district
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Jackson County district, which includes Medford, is still recovering from the devastating Labor ...
Factbox-Why is fire-threatened Fort McMurray so important to Canada's oil industry?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoA wildfire threatening the Canadian oil sands hub of Fort McMurray has prompted thousands of people...
Inside the brutal reality of prison labor
Fortune· 2 hours agoNationwide, hundreds of thousands of prisoners are put to work every year, some of whom are seriously injured or killed after being given dangerous jobs with little or no training, The Associated ...
New era at Shellburg Falls: Tweaked hikes, changed trailhead, burned but beautiful forest
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoUrness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be...
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
San Francisco Chronicle· 54 minutes agoBlas Sanchez was nearing the end of a 20-year stretch in an Arizona prison when he was leased out to...
To replant Oregon's forests after major wildfires, state foresters have a need for seed
KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland· 3 days agoFollowing the destructive wildfires in 2020, state officials started looking to plant new trees to...
WTI edges higher to near $78.50 due to drawdown in US inventories, Canada wildfires
The Forex Market· 1 day agoWest Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Oil price retraces its recent losses, trading around $78.30 per...
Volunteers power wildfire mitigation efforts in the Tri-Cities
Crosscut· 3 days agoKennewick has a higher fire risk than 92% of U.S. communities. The nonprofit Team Rubicon helps...
Extreme weather causing billions of dollars in damage, driving up insurance premiums: StatsCan
CBC via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoThe increasing frequency of extreme weather events across the country has caused the sums paid out...
'It puts all Yukoners at risk': Fire Marshal's Office missing a fire marshal
CBC via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoFire chiefs are sounding the alarm over a lack of staff at the Yukon Fire Marshal's Office (FMO),...