People’s Pharmacy: Does this common painkiller raise blood pressure dangerously?
The link between acetaminophen and elevated blood pressure is underappreciated. While less common, high blood pressure has ...
Portland averts city worker strikes after making big concessions to public unions
The deals reached with two unions are all but certain to further compound Portland's mounting budget shortfall.
Budget cuts jeopardize program providing heat pumps for low-income Oregonians
The county program launched in 2022 with $500,000 in one-time funding as a pilot to assist low-income families in ...
Oregon State fends off stubborn Washington State, wins its 10th consecutive home game
The win was Oregon State’s 10th consecutive at home, the program’s longest since the 2014-15 season. The Beavers are 14-1 at ...
Portland sees cloudy start Friday, then clearing to partly sunny; high 43
Forecasters are looking ahead at abnormally low overnight temps beginning next week and lasting through Feb. 14.
People’s Pharmacy: Can you get norovirus in public restrooms?
We are in the middle of a nasty norovirus outbreak across the country. When someone experiences this intestinal apocalypse, they may shed billions of viral particles.
Months after Vancouver ballot drop box is set ablaze, Washington state’s election security funds are set to expire
Around 5 or 6 p.m. on Oct. 27, a week before the general election last year, he put his and his girlfriend’s ballots directly ...
Portland Public Schools weighs canceling contract for Jefferson High School modernization
A five-page memo obtained by The Oregonian/OregonLive recommends terminating the district’s contract with Portland-based ...
DEI program in Bend dismantled amid Trump’s federal unwinding of diversity initiatives
The move comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive orders to end diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the ...
‘That’s unacceptable’: How delays, backlogs plague Oregon’s nursing home inspection unit
Knutson had already filed one complaint with state regulators about what she perceived as deplorable conditions at the ...
Dear Abby: My mixed-up brother is wasting his life away pining for a married woman who isn’t interested
He made a pass at his friend's wife, was asked to leave, and never saw the woman again. Why is he so hung up on her?
Asking Eric: Newly widowed, woman wonders if it’s OK to lean on her pets for support
They give so much and ask so little in return. She's finding that comforting after having to take care of a sick husband for ...