Gillian Flaccus
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Portland, OR, United States
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Oregon judge halts voter-approved high-capacity magazine ban
An Oregon judge has handed guns rights advocates a victory and placed a new, voter-approved ban on high-capacity magazines on hold until questions about its constitutionality can be decided → Read More
Oregon's new high-capacity magazine ban still in court limbo
An Oregon judge on Tuesday extended an order blocking a key part of a tough new voter-approved gun law intended to curtail mass shootings but did not immediately rule on its most controversial part — a ban on high-capacity magazines → Read More
Oregon high court declines to overturn decision on gun law
The Oregon Supreme Court late Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court judge’s decision and allow a tough new voter-approved gun law to take effect this week → Read More
1st US floating offshore wind auction nets $757M in bids
The first-ever U.S. auction of leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast raised $757 million in bids, from mostly European companies → Read More
State judge places hold on Oregon's gun law, state to appeal
A state court judge’s ruling has placed Oregon’s tough new voter-approved gun law on hold just hours after a federal court judge in Portland allowed a ban on the sale and transfer of high-capacity magazines to take effect this week → Read More
US judge gives initial victory to Oregon's tough new gun law
A federal judge in Portland has delivered an initial victory to proponents of a sweeping gun-control measure approved by Oregon voters → Read More
Federal judge OKs Oregon's new high-capacity magazine ban
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, will allow a new voter-passed ban on high-capacity gun magazines to go into effect Thursday → Read More
Sale jumpstarts floating, offshore wind power in US waters
Tuesday marks the first-ever U.S. auction for leases to develop commercial-scale floating wind farms in the deep waters off the West Coast → Read More
Tough Oregon gun law faces legal challenge, could be delayed
Voters in Oregon passed one of the nation's toughest gun control laws, but the new permit-to-purchase mandate is facing a legal challenge with days to go before it takes effect → Read More
'Momentous:' US advances largest dam demolition in history
U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward → Read More
'Momentous:' Feds advance largest dam demolition in history
U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward → Read More
US regulators to vote on largest dam demolition in history
The largest dam demolition and river restoration plan in the world could become reality as U.S. regulators vote on whether to approve the removal of four aging structures, reopening hundreds of miles of California river to imperiled salmon → Read More
Renters face charging dilemma as U.S. cities move toward EVs
Americans who live in apartments without private garages are stringing extension cords across sidewalks and waiting in line at public charging stations to power up their electric vehicles → Read More
Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant
A renewable energy facility in Oregon that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there will be the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America → Read More
'Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
Four high-profile shootings in U.S. cities this week drew headlines but masked the daily toll of gun violence in some of the same communities → Read More
'Devastating': Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
Four high-profile shootings in U.S. cities this week drew headlines but masked the daily toll of gun violence in some of the same communities → Read More
Police: Safeway worker hid, fought gunman with produce knife
The Safeway employee who was one of two people killed in a Bend, Oregon, supermarket shooting had time to flee but instead hid behind a produce cart and attacked the assailant with a produce knife, which likely saved lives → Read More
Ex-classmates recall Safeway gunman as angry, liked to fight
The 20-year-old who opened fire in a Bend, Oregon, supermarket, killing two before he turned the gun on himself, was a loner who was known for getting into fights at the high school where he graduated in 2020 → Read More
Ex-classmates recall Safeway gunman as angry, liked to fight
The 20-year-old who opened fire in a Bend, Oregon, supermarket, killing two before he turned the gun on himself, was a loner who was known for getting into fights at the high school where he graduated in 2020 → Read More
Police: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store
Authorities in Bend, Oregon, say an employee who died in a shooting at a Safeway supermarket attacked the gunman in the produce section and tried to disarm him, likely preventing more deaths → Read More