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An Oregon State Police trooper found the pedestrian dead on the westbound lanes of the interstate, west of Biggs Junction, on Aug. 19.

ODOT officials to travelers: Use traction tires, carry chains or stay home.

ODOT officials to travelers: Use traction tires, carry chains or stay home.

Who doesn’t love a good road trip? With the weather getting colder and wetter in the Portland area, getting out of town and into nature seems like an increasingly attractive break from the weekly grind and daily drizzle of the city.    Unfortunately for anyone looking for a change, we live in a wet

Seven Highway 97 bridges in Klamath Falls to get $32 million in seismic upgrades ODOT KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Seven Highway 97 bridges in the Klamath Falls area will be the focus of a $32 million seismic retrofitting project that will begin this year and continue for the next four years, the Oregon Department of Transportation said Tuesday. It’s all part of a seismic resiliency plan spearheaded by the State of Oregon and funded by the federal government. The bridges are all located on ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation said that the $32 million retrofit project will continue over the next four years.

Hundreds of thousands without power in NW snow, ice storm; I-84 still closed Eric Patterson/KGW Gov. Brown declares state of emergency in 9 counties LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — A winter storm has blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and prompting Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to declare a state of emergency. Freezing rain left roads, power lines and trees coated in ice in the Portland region. By Saturday morning, more than 1,200 power...

Statehood for Oregon was a lesson in patience as much as it was politics. We were admitted as the 33rd state of the union more than a year after petitioning. President James Buchanan signed the act on Feb. 14, 1859, but the celebration didnt happen for another month because it took that long for the news to travel across the country. But lets rewind and start from the beginning as we celebrate our 162nd birthday. Here are 14 things to know about the road to statehood: 1. Native Americans firs...

Mark Power’s ongoing US photo series drifts towards dystopia The third volume in the photographer’s Good Morning, America book series paints a sobering portrait of the US, bookending a year that has changed the country forever 15/01/2021 7:57 am Brighton-based photographer Mark Power has released the third volume in his five-part book series Good Morning, America, which he began photographing in 2012. The new volume features images taken in New England in late 2019 and the beginning of 20...