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PUC Approves Customer Protections to Avoid Disconnection of Utility Service When Extreme Heat Warning in Effect

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved temporary rules to protect residential customers—especially vulnerable households—from disconnection of electric utility services during extreme high temperatures. Under the new rules, which will remain in […]

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Drug Trafficker Unlawfully Residing in Oregon Sentenced to Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

PORTLAND, Ore.— A Honduran national unlawfully residing in Gresham, Oregon, was sentenced to federal prison Monday for his role in distributing fentanyl in the Portland area. Borys Rafael Almendarez-Chapas, 45, was sentenced to 45 months in federal […]