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JASON LAMPMAN, A FARMER OUTSIDE MCMINNVILLE, TENDS TO HIS HEMP CROPS ON HIS ONE-ACRE PLOT. HE'S HOPING TO GROW PSILOCYBIN ONCE PERMITS BECOME AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR./JONI LAND/OPB

In Mad Dash, Oregon Psilocybin Centers Face Bans Across The State Before Any Have Opened

Advocates say misinformation could result in psilocybin therapy becoming inaccessible in much of rural Oregon.

Aug 23, 2022

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First Oregon Pediatric Monkeypox Case Reported; Virus Unlikely To Spread In Schools, Officials Say

State officials declined to specify whether the case involved an infant, child, or adolescent, saying only that the person was below the age of 18.

Aug 18, 2022

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CELIA'S HOUSE IN MEDFORD IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT HOSPICE PROVIDING 24-HOUR RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROGUE VALLEY./SOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS OF HOSPICE

Southern Oregon Nonprofit Eases End-Of-Life Discussions In Latinx Communities

Celia’s House in Medford received a grant to conduct to identify ways to better engage Latinx cancer patients with palliative and end-of-life care.

Aug 9, 2022

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The outside of the St. Charles Health System campus in Bend on July 26, 2022. | JONI AUDEN LAND/OPB

Severely Short On Nurses, Central Oregon Hospital System Quietly Declares Crisis

St. Charles Health System leaders adopted “crisis standards of care” to avoid having to comply with nurse staffing rules, but rescinded the move after OHA said it would violate state law

Jul 28, 2022

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CULTIVATE INITIATIVES CO-DIRECTOR Y’ISHIA ROSBOROUGH OF PORTLAND COOLS OFF WITH DOG “HADES” AT A COOLING STATION PUT ON BY CULTIVATE INITIATIVES AT SUNRISE CENTER IN PORTLAND, JUNE 28, 2021./KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF/OPB

Multnomah County Officials Offer Cooling Shelters

Tuesday is expected to bring the hottest temperatures during this heat wave, when several places in the Willamette Valley could hit triple-digit temperatures.

Jul 26, 2022

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St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. | KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB

St. Charles CEO Resigns Amid Financial Difficulties For Health System

Board chairman said burnout among hospital executives is increasingly common.

Jul 14, 2022

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Multnomah County Mosquitoes Take A Near Record-Setting Bite Out Of Summer

As the climate warms, officials say the Pacific Northwest will be an attractive habitat for more mosquitoes, bringing a risk of West Nile Virus.

Jul 14, 2022

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THE SALT & STRAW SCOOP SHOP AT DISNEY SPRINGS IN FLORIDA, PICTURED AT ITS GRAND OPENING IN APRIL 2022. THE COMPANY SAID IT WILL PAY FOR EMPLOYEES TO TRAVEL OUT-OF-STATE TO ACCESS ABORTION./COURTESY PHOTO/OPB

How Two Oregon Companies Plan To Help Out-Of-State Employees Access Abortion

How two smaller Oregon companies, with fewer resources, plan to navigate a nationwide patchwork of abortion bans and restrictions.

Jul 12, 2022

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MULTNOMAH COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY 72 PEOPLE DIED FROM HEAT ILLNESS DURING A MASSIVE HEATWAVE IN JUNE LAST YEAR./APRIL EHRLICH / OPB

One Year Since ‘Heat Dome,’ Portland Remembers Those Lost

Multnomah County officials also release final report on 2021′s heat-related deaths.

Jun 28, 2022

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IN THIS FILE PHOTO FROM 2020, JASON COOK OF CLEAN WATER SERVICES PULLS A WASTEWATER SAMPLE FROM A SEWER IN FOREST GROVE, OREGON./TODD SONFLIETH/OPB

Oregon Wastewater Data Shows Far More People Have COVID Than Shown Through Testing

A rise in home testing and decrease in disease severity have masked a large increase in COVID-19 infections in Oregon, but the state’s poop doesn’t lie.

Jun 23, 2022