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OHSU study finds gun related injuries treated in emergency rooms are up 90% from 2019 - 2021.

OHSU study finds gun related injuries treated in emergency rooms are up 90% from 2019 - 2021.

OHSU study finds gun related injuries treated in emergency rooms are up 90% from 2019 - 2021.

OHSU study finds gun related injuries treated in emergency rooms are up 90% from 2019 - 2021.

Poor air quality advisories for the entire Willamette Valley as well as five counties were issued Wednesday.

Democrats have won every Oregon governor’s race since 1986. Betsy Johnson’s unexpectedly strong bid has threatened that reign.

Oregon is once again being sued over the state’s troubled public defense system that’s left hundreds of people facing criminal charges without the court-appointed attorneys that they’re entitled to under the U.S. Constitution.

The report, compiled by the newly developing Gun Violence Prevention Research Center at OHSU, finds a 90% increase in the number of firearm injuries treated in Oregon emergency departments from 2019 to 2021. The inaugural report, to be updated quarterly, gathered data that had been reported by hospital emergency departments from 2018 to 2021.

A first-of-its-kind statewide firearm injury report from Oregon Health & Science University reveals thousands of injuries affecting urban and rural counties alike across Oregon.

Incoming rainstorms and cooler weather through the weekend, Oct. 22-23, is expected to clear away unhealthy air quality conditions in the region.