Another Portland-area county warns of fiscal woes with anticipated $20.5M shortfall
Washington County officials said they are weighing heavy cuts, similar to Multnomah County and the city of Portland.
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$20.5 million budget deficit looms over Washington County’s next fiscal year
On Friday, Washington County revealed it is facing a $20.5 million deficit for the upcoming fiscal year starting on July 1. Officials have until late April to develop and share their 2025-26 financial ...
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Central Oregon has been state’s growth pace-setter this pandemic-challenged decade, Census Bureau estimates show
Central Oregon has been the state’s growth engine so far this pandemic-challenged decade, accounting for nearly half of the ...
Multnomah County grew for the first time in years — barely. Here’s how other Oregon counties fared
The population of Multnomah County, the dense urban core of the Portland metro, rose a hair last year, even as it remained ...
Trump isn’t alone in his geopolitical aspirations. Some in Illinois and Oregon want change too
The U.S. hasn't seen a major realignment of state boundaries since the Civil War. It's unlikely to happen now.
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Oregon Section IFT Suppliers Night
Join us for the Oregon IFT Suppliers Night 2025, a fantastic opportunity for vendors of food ingredients, co-packers, food packaging, equipment and services to connect with members of the Oregon and ...
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Homeless services in Multnomah County face cuts as officials anticipate $104M shortfall
"And Multnomah County’s challenges are real, and they serve among the largest homeless population in Oregon. Elected leaders have to make hard choices every single budget cycle based on the ...
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Why Portland may be in an 'urban doom loop,' according to a new economic report
Across the river, Clark County is booming. On the Oregon side of the metro, only Washington County had a natural population increase of note, although it's still losing more to domestic migration.
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Environmental nonprofit says Trump cuts could threaten Oregon's spotted owl population
The federal freeze prevents the hiring of seasonal staff to conduct annual monitoring of the endangered species, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. American fans lightly boo `O ...
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A dozen wolves collared in California as officials seek to track the growing population
Five wolves were captured from the Beyem Seyo pack in Sierra County ... Oregon ventured over state lines. He didn’t stay, and the first verified pack didn’t take hold until 2015. The ...
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Map Reveals States With Highest Population Growth Since COVID
Population growth has since started to recover from this, although often through immigration, expanding by 0.77 percent, 2.6 million people, in the 2023-2024 year. Newsweek has created a map to ...
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Why lawmakers are seeking to kill Oregon wildfire risk map for second time
For the second time in two years, Oregon lawmakers want to kill a map meant to identify areas at high risk of catastrophic wildfires but that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural ...