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Oregon, United States · OregonThe Feb. 21 hack took Change Healthcare, based in Nashville, offline. Change runs a popular clearinghouse, a service health care providers use to electronically bill insurers. Change's largest clearinghouse went back online the weekend of March 23, and insurers have been reconnecting to it since.See the Story
Oregon health care providers still feeling cash crunch after national hack ends
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Native American · CorvallisHemp can be used for a variety of industrial applications, including for material used in home construction and insulation. The federal ban on growing hemp ended in 2018 when Congress legalized its production as an agricultural commodity. Oregon State University is collaborating with 13 tribal nations in Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho on this effort.See the Story
OSU partners with Native American tribes to explore making products and materials with hemp
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Portland, Oregon · PortlandThe closure is likely to last until midnight, as crews work to repair the joint. The failure occurred just south of the Fremont bridge on I-5 at milepost 303. ODOT said the failure was because of normal wear and tear and there not expected to be any structural damage.See the Story
Southbound Interstate 5 in Portland closes for emergency repair
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Property · CaliforniaLast week, the Yurok Tribe signed a historic agreement to transfer a 125-acre property back to tribal ownership. The agreement marks the first time that a national park will be co-managed by a Native tribe. Nika Bartoo-Smith recently wrote about the agreement for Underscore News and ICT.See the Story
Yurok Tribe will be first in the country to co-manage a national park
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Washington State · WashingtonWashington officials placed large boulders to prevent people from returning to an area of a former homeless encampment along Interstate 5 near Olympia. The governor asked lawmakers to provide an additional $10 million in the state's supplemental budget to support cleanup efforts at those sites. But according to Inslee's office, the Legislature ultimately approved only about $2 million for cleanup.See the Story
Washington state leaders highlight progress on homelessness, worry about cleanup funding
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Oregon, United States · OregonThree Oregon state lawmakers will go to Denmark in April to learn more about the production of hydrogen gas and biogas, a fuel created through the breakdown of organic matter. The Danish government aims to phase out natural gas for heat and electricity by 2030 and replace it with biomethane, which is made mostly by capturing methane gas from decaying crops, plant and animal waste.See the Story
NW Natural linked to another Oregon lawmaker trip to tour Danish biogas facilities
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Homeless · BrookingsU.S. Magistrate Mark Clarke ruled that the City of Brookings violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. The Oregon Justice Resource Center filed a lawsuit in response to the ordinance. The suit was filed on behalf of the St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Brookings.See the Story
City of Brookings can't stop churches from feeding the homeless, judge rules
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Ted Wheeler · PortlandPortland Mayor Ted Wheeler's office attempted to organize a tour of Rose City Golf Course for representatives from the Portland Diamond Project. The goal was to pitch the 144-acre course as an alternative site for a Major League Baseball stadium in Portland. The mayor's office has long advocated for a stadium near Lloyd Center, a much smaller site.See the Story
City of Portland unsuccessfully pitches Rose City Golf Course as MLB stadium site
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