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Reflecting on 9/11, 25 years later (opens the original)
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For adults of a certain age, the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001 were a defining event, just as the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were for earlier generations. The geopolitical world was forever altered, along with how many Americans thought about the country’s place in the world, and even how they thought about their own identity as citizens. Longtime journalist and University of Oregon professor Peter Laufer documents all of this in his new b
Kids in rural counties more likely to enter foster care, reporting shows (opens the original)
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Recent reporting from Investigate West shows that a disproportionate number of children in Oregon’s rural counties are more likely to enter the foster care system compared to those in urban areas. The reporting notes that wider barriers to health and social services in rural counties is often pointed out by providers and experts as a likely cause for this disparity. Danielle Dawson is a collaborative investigative reporter and Report for America corps member at InvestigateWest. She joins us with
Visa struggle plague international students at Oregon universities (opens the original)
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As the school year for Oregon universities begins, some international students may not be able to start classes with their peers. As first reported in the Oregon Capital Chronicle , travel bans, changes to the length of stay for student visas and increased immigration enforcement have led to a 20% decline in international students choosing to study in the U.S. Even more so, students from foreign countries who do choose to attend university in the states are seeing delays in the student visa proc
Transportation officials urge drivers to make alternate plans during I-5 lane closures in Portland (opens the original)
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If you live in the Portland-metro area, you might’ve heard about the plan to improve and expand I-5 through the Rose Quarter. On Friday night, that stretch of freeway through the Rose Quarter will be closed as the project begins in earnest for about 5 weeks. Rose Gerber is the Public Outreach and Media Manager for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project with the Oregon Department of Transportation. We get details from her about the scope of the project, how it is likely to affect traffic patter
New report says Oregon coast lacks vertical tsunami evacuation structures (opens the original)
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In the event of a tsunami triggered by a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, residents of coastal communities in Oregon have less than 20 minutes from the time ground shaking starts to evacuate from Tsunami Hazard Zones. That’s according to a new report , published last week, by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. According to the report, for many residents and visitors in the area, that wouldn’t be enough time to reach high ground. The report releases guidance for implementing Verti
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