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  • An image of a Kroger store.Retail

    Albertsons threatens to lay off workers if merger with Kroger is blocked

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Claire Rush, and others
  • Crab vendor in OregonEnvironment

    Don’t eat shellfish from Oregon and Washington, FDA warns. Here’s what to know about the potential contamination risk

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chairs stand at the Gates Post office in the aftermath of a fire in Gates, Ore., Sept 9, 2020. The post office was destroyed along with several other buildings in the Santiam Canyon community as a result of the Santiam Fire. Pacific Power, owned by PacifiCorp, said Monday, June 3, 2024, that it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs who sued the utility after the deadly 2020 wildfires. (Mark Ylen/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP, File)Finance

    PacifiCorp agrees to pay $178m to 403 Oregon wildfire victims in the latest settlement over deadly 2020 blazes

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Northern ItalyRetail

    Vintners in Willamette Valley—home to world-class Pinot Noirs—seek $100 million after fires tainted their grape harvest

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Portrait of smiling man with glass of whiskey at home.Retail

    Consumers were deprived of rare bourbons, including Pappy Van Winkle’s 23-year-old whiskey, by alcohol overseers

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Cheng "Charlie" SaephanHealth

    Cancer patient who won $1.3 billion lottery said he would find a good doctor for himself—’I don’t want to die yet,’ he prayed

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Jenny Nguyen stands in front of the Sports BraRetail

    The Sports Bra—a bar for women’s sports fans—eyes nationwide expansion just 2 years after opening, helped by Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian’s foundation

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • HomelessnessPolitics

    Small Oregon town becomes the face of homelessness by trying to turn camping into a fine or jail time

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Oregon Lottery External Communications Program Manager Melanie Mesaros speaks during a news conference outside a Plaid Pantry convenience store on April 9, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)Personal Finance

    $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is so big lottery officials will take several weeks to verify the winning Oregon ticket

    By Claire Rush, Mead Gruver, and others
  • Micro-apartmentPersonal Finance

    Seattle mother lives with her husband, 2 young kids in a 180-square-foot ‘micro-apartment’ that costs only $900 a month

    By Hallie Golden, Claire Rush, and others
  • BoeingLeadership

    Older Boeing plane lands, then inspectors find missing panel

    By Claire Rush, Lisa Baumann, and others
  • Tina KotekPolitics

    Oregon is so green because it’s been literally illegal to build housing outside cities since the 1970s. That could be changing

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Alaska AirlinesLeadership

    The Boeing plane whose door blew off midflight was making a ‘whistling sound’ on a previous flight, amended complaint says

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The red office building of the Eugene Weekly sits in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. The Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were embezzled by a former employee will relaunch its print edition in February 2024, its editor said, a move made possible in large part by fundraising campaigns and community contributions. (Todd Cooper via AP, File)Finance

    Oregon newspaper that fired entire staff after embezzlement to relaunch print edition thanks to fundraising, community support: ‘You’ve got to give it a shot’

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press
  • Fallen branches and ice covered trees are seen on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Creswell, Ore. Winter turned its icy glare on the U.S. this week, blanketing cities and states from east to west with snow and sending temperatures into an Arctic spiral. (Jamie Kenworthy via AP)Environment

    Deadly January storms have turned U.S. roads into icy death traps, kill at least 45 from Oregon to Tennessee and sent a plane skidding off a runway

    By Claire Rush and The Associated Press