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Multnomah County enacts burn ban for 2025 summer season
Burn ban restricts backyard burning, recreational campfires, agricultural burning
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Sandy secures $5 million grant for wastewater upgrades
Funds will support pipeline hookup to Gresham’s wastewater treatment facility
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Gresham approves 2025-26 Youth Advisory Council members
13 high schoolers will shape policy, make difference in hometown
Business
Statewide minimum wage increases 35 cents, the lowest rise in 10 years
The standard statewide hourly wage will rise to $15.05 per hour, while Portland’s minimum wage will rise to…
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Troutdale names Mike Weston next city manager
Finalist unanimously selected via council vote Thursday, June 26
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Bull Run Filtration Plant gets construction green light after delays
$2 billion project recommences after 120-day appeal pause
Business
Oregon Senate rejects bill making big tech pay for local journalism as session end nears
The bill’s author told the Capital Chronicle after the vote that she would be reintroducing the bill next…
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Gresham lawmaker Sen. Chris Gorsek resigns from committee after conduct complaints
Gorsek accused of “aggressive outbursts, interruptions” against female colleagues
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Estacada mourns passing of City Attorney Peter Watts
Watts brought ‘professionalism and compassion’ to municipal duties
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Divided Oregon panel sends massive transportation funding bill to House floor
House Bill 2025’s prospects are unclear, as Republicans and some crucial Democrats are opposed to it. Oregon’s…