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On This Day, May 27: Tornado outbreak kills 27 in Central Texas
United Press International via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoIn 2004, a federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld Oregon's law authorizing doctors to help...
Oregon issues $90M in grants for earthquake-related upgrades - Portland Business Journal
The Business Journals· 4 days agoThe money will go for projects in 36 Oregon towns.
Oregon Coast Economic Summit returns
The World· 1 day agoThe event is designed to bring a host of local and state leaders, agency representatives, and others together for a day of networking, learning, and...
30 deadly volcanoes caught on camera
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCotopaxi is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area known for its active volcanoes and earthquakes. Famed for its almost perfect cone shape, the...
On This Day in History - May 27th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 53 minutes agoOn May 27, 1997, an F5 tornado half a mile wide ripped through the small Texas town of Jarrell,...
4.1-magnitude quake follows weekend swarm in Southern California, seismologists say
The Sacramento Bee· 7 days agoA 4.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Imperial Valley in California following a swarm of smaller tremors, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. More than 850 people from as ...
Knappa Fire District gets $1 million state grant for seismic retrofitting
The Daily Astorian, Ore. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe Knappa Fire District substation in Svensen has received over $1 million from Business Oregon as part of a seismic rehabilitation grant program. The grant will allow the ...
Firefighter dogs who rescued people from natural disasters in Ecuador retire
NBC Miami· 6 days agoCardenas recalled some of their feats, including aiding in finding survivors of earthquakes and...
Jim Ryun relishes memory of the last mile record set in the United States
Orange County Register· 4 days agoAt 30, Jim Grelle was an outlier in a sport that did not foster longevity, still among the world’s best distance runners eight years after he captured the 1959 NCAA title as an Oregon ...
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta tunnel project's new price tag is $20 billion
The Stockton Record via Yahoo News· 7 days agoScott Artis, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, said in a recent statement. “Bravo, Governor, for turning healthy rivers and estuaries into a punchline that harms tens ...