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Firefighter Sentenced to over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Sexual Exploitation of Children and Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Activity

January 21, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

PORTLAND, Ore.—A man from St. Helens, Oregon, was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for ordering live-streamed child sexual abuse and traveling to the Philippines to engage in illicit sexual activity while working as a firefighter for the […]

Oregon town to test river where wood treater sent polluted stormwater

January 21, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

A northwest Oregon town is stepping up testing of the river that supplies some of its drinking water, prompted by InvestigateWest’s reporting that a local wood treater released stormwater tainted with toxic preservatives into the waterway while […]

Oregon attorney general to host Portland town hall alongside Democratic AGs

January 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 20, 2026 Oregon’s top legal officer and four Democratic attorney generals from other states will gather for a town hall in Portland on Wednesday, the anniversary of their first […]

Oregon governor forms new committee to advise on massive data center growth

January 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 20, 2026 Oregon’s governor is organizing a new committee of advisers to weigh in on issues rising from the rapid growth of data centers in the state. Gov. Tina […]

Oregon legislation poised to tackle ‘fishing expedition’ searches of license plate data

January 20, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off

by Shaanth Nanguneri, Oregon Capital ChronicleJanuary 20, 2026 A powerful Oregon legislative committee chair is calling for increased “safeguards and protections” on the use of data collected by a controversial crime-fighting technology scanning license plates […]