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Super Hot Rocks could power data centers in central Oregon
Enhanced Geothermal Systems are breaking new ground. How deep can they go in the quest to satisfy AI? Going deep: The Mazama Energy operation in central Oregon has plans to alter the world. Photo: Mazama Energy By Kendra Chamberlain. November 5,...
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Mitch McConnell Helped Usher in the Hemp Industry; Now He Is Working to Effectively Kill It
By Phillip Smith Author Bio: Phillip Smith has reported on hemp industry news for more than 20 years, while serving as the editor of the Drug War Chronicle. He lives across the road from a hemp farm in Southern Oregon. Source: Independent Media...
Owner: Joan & Colin Wilson
Commentary: Oregon leaders’ electoral success in 2026 starts with business
Published 9:24 am Wednesday, November 5, 2025 By NEIL H. SIMON Guest columnist National pundits will read the tea leaves from this week’s elections looking for a winning message for 2026 races. But in Oregon, with our highest-in-the-Northwest...
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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Tariffs Case filed by Oregon Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield led a coalition of 12 states before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the president exceeded his authority by using emergency powers to impose broad tariffs that have raised prices...
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Marion Commission Considers Changes to Agricultural Zoning for Solar, Aircraft
The first of two public hearings regarding development standards for solar energy facilities in agriculturally zoned areas and a proposed change for accessory use aircraft hangars in approved flying communities were discussed at the Marion County...
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Washington Man Pleads Guilty To Damaging Oregon Energy Facility
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Washington state man has pleaded guilty to damaging an energy facility in the Portland area. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon says 31-year-old Nathaniel Cheney of Centralia, admitted to causing $26,000 in damage to the...
Owner: Bob Proffitt
Boardman digitizes parcels to increase housing production
Published 10:00 am Wednesday, November 5, 2025 BOARDMAN — The city of Boardman has digitized its 1,496 parcels to provide access to accurate and verifiable zoning information. UrbanForm, an Oregon-based technology company, handled the work....
Owner: Todd Carpenter
Man pleads guilty to damaging Oregon substation in 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - A man from Washington state has pleaded guilty to damaging a substation in Oregon in Nov. 2022. Nathaniel Cheney, 31, from Centralia, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of damaging an energy facility. As part of his plea...
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Opinion: Make Oregon a magnet for opportunity
Karla S. Chambers For The Oregonian/OregonLive Chambers is co-founder and co-owner of Stahlbush Island Farms, Inc. in Corvallis. She also served on the Federal Reserve Boards of San Francisco and Portland and serves on the Oregon State University...
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Oregon agency offers advice as National Flood Insurance Program paused due to federal government shutdown
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Division of Financial Regulation is alerting consumers that the National Flood Insurance Program is currently paused due to the federal government shutdown. The congressional authorization for the program lapsed,...
Owner: Bradley Family
Arizona cannabis industry turns 5: What’s next?
The Arizona cannabis industry celebrates its fifth anniversary this month, marking half a decade since voters in 2020 overwhelmingly approved legalized retail sales of cannabis products here. Since then, the state’s cannabis industry has been a...
Owner: Mike Atkinson
Washington forestry leader sees allies in agriculture
OLYMPIA — Ben Franklin supposedly told colonists to hang together or get set to hang separately. Jason Spadaro has a similar, if not quite as dire, message for timberland owners and farmers. Washington timber companies are fighting a proposal that...
Owner: Todd Carpenter
Inside BYU's staying power with Kalani Sitake and crowd-surfing energy
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BYU joins Ohio State, Indiana and Texas A&M as only undefeated teams. Will Big 12 get two CFP bids? Cougars aim to take fate out of committee's hands. BYU has fit and alignment in spades with Kalani Sitake and administration. Kalani Sitake lacks...
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Oregon gas prices have fallen to their lowest level since last spring, pacing the nation, AAA reports
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon's average price for a gallon of regular gas is down to its cheapest price since April, while the national average remains close to the $3 mark, AAA Oregon/Idaho reported Tuesday. However, Arizona and California are...
Owner: Bradley Family
COCC to start $8 million expansion of Redmond manufacturing center
Published 6:44 am Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Central Oregon Community College has nearly finished a more than year-long expansion of its Madras campus and will soon turn its sights to Redmond, where a major expansion of its own is set to begin...
Owner: Todd Carpenter
Why Oregon has 3rd highest percentage of SNAP recipients in U.S.
The halt to federal food money that began Saturday and has thrust many Oregonians into desperate times — uncertain of when their SNAP cards will be recharged — has shined a light on the sizable swath of Oregon’s population in need. But it also has...
Owner: Newhouse Family
Kernutt Stokes Earns 2025 “Best of the Best” Distinction from INSIDE Public Accounting
Kernutt Stokes has been named one of INSIDE Public Accounting’s 2025 “Best of the Best” firms in North America, a distinction recognizing the top-performing public accounting firms for their excellence in management, growth and strategic...
Owner: Jeff Martin
FEMA promised funds to tsunami-proof an Oregon hospital. That money is MIA
Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital administrator wants to hear: A big earthquake could cause his hospital's building to collapse. His staff and his patients...
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Oregon farmers launch network for small-scale growers in arid regions
Published 10:00 am Tuesday, November 4, 2025 The newly-formed Western Arid Grower Network aims to help small-scale vegetable farmers by collecting research and holding educational events. Co-founder Nella Mae Parks said there are plenty of books...
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Oregon’s Cruikshank named FFA’s Western region vice president
Published 8:08 am Tuesday, November 4, 2025 Jael Cruikshank, of Bend, Ore., was named vice president of the Western region during the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Also elected to national leadership during the convention were...
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