Washington State House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon is apologizing for consuming alcohol prior to completing his committee work in the state legislature yesterday [Wed].

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Cottage Grove is facing a tough budget year after falling behind on audits, and discovering several serious accounting errors.

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Cottage Grove is facing a tough budget year after falling behind on audits, and discovering serious accounting errors.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White reports.

The Oregon Department of Transportation wants feedback on its draft plan for future improvement projects.

A longtime Corvallis bookstore has new owners. As KLCC’s Macy Moore reports, Grass Roots Books and Music was purchased by three of its employees: [SOQ 0:37]

New research published this month finds that administering a low dose of the sedative ketamine can help people going through fentanyl withdrawal.

A head covering that originated in Nazi-occupied Norway in the 1940s has re-emerged as an anti-ICE symbol. KLCC’s Brian Bull reports on the “red hat” event in Eugene earlier today/yesterday (2/26.)

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Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources is developing wildfire risk and hazard maps. It’s an effort to help the state and local communities better prepare for wildfires.

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LEDE: Soon, new maps for the state of Washington will help show wildfire risks and hazards. But first, the team creating the maps is asking for help from locals. [N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt explains.] [SOQ 0:49]

Snowpack in the Oregon mountains remains well under normal amounts, according to the latest data from the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service.