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Cannabis Harvest Restrictions Aim To Starve Oregon's Black Market

OPB

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission is about to announce new cannabis harvest regulations aimed at cutting supply to the black market.

Derailment Investigation Zeroes In On Problematic Curve

Portland To Fix Dangerous Southeast Division Street

Portland Officials Won't Crack Down On ICE Fence

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Novak Djokovic Beats Kevin Anderson To Win Fourth Wimbledon

U.S.-Russia Summits, From Gravely Serious To Absurdly Comical

Arts & Life

Bend Is Now Home To The Last Blockbuster Video Store In America

OPB

At its peak, Blockbuster Video had more than 9,000 stores. But starting next week, there will be only one left in America — and it's in Bend.

What Brought Down The Art Institute Of Portland?

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Environment

Washington Salmon Researcher Safe After Wolf Encounter

NWPB/EarthFix

Thanks to quick thinking, a tree, and a helicopter, a salmon researcher was able to escape two wolves she couldn't escape. Biologists are working to figure out what, exactly, happened.