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In this photo taken Sept. 20, 2019, David Alport, owner of the Bridge City Collective marijuana dispensary in Portland, Ore., goes over sales numbers with the store’s general manager Cameron Moore. The company has seen a 31% decrease in its sales of vaping products in the past two weeks. “It’s having an impact on how consumers are behaving,” said Alport. “People are concerned, and we’re concerned.” (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)

Lung illnesses send chill through U.S. marijuana vape market

September 26, 2019 at 3:31 p.m.

Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what's causing a mysterious and...

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At least 13 people arrested at Portland, Oregon, protest

August 17, 2019 at 8:35 p.m.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police arrested at least 13 people and seized metal poles, bear spray and other weapons Saturday as hundreds of far-right protesters and anti-fascist counter-demonstrators swarmed downtown Portland,...

A TV reporter interviews self-employed logger Bridger Hasbrouck, of Dallas, Ore., outside the Oregon State House in Salem, Ore., on Thursday, June 20, 2019, the day the Senate was scheduled to take up a bill that would create the nation's second cap-and-trade program to curb carbon emissions.

Oregon governor orders police after Republican senators who fled Capitol

June 20, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown deployed the state police Thursday to try to round up Republican lawmakers who fled the Capitol to block a vote on a landmark economy-wide climate plan...

Legal hemp, pot抖阴ap look-alike, creates quandary for police

March 28, 2019 at 7:47 a.m.

Federal legalization of hemp arrived in the U.S. late last year and expanded an industry already booming because of the skyrocketing popularity of CBDs, a compound in hemp that many...

In this Nov. 12, 2018 file photo a firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif. A group of U.S. senators from around the American West sent a letter to President Trump warning that firefighting academies that provide required annual training for thousands of front-line fire crews are canceling classes because their federally employed instructors are on furlough. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

U.S. government shutdown stalls training, preparations for wildfire season

January 17, 2019 at 2:06 p.m.

Just two months after a wildfire wiped out Paradise, California, officials are gearing up for this year's fire season and fear the government shutdown could make it even more difficult...

In this Oct. 17, 2018, file photo a depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling at Leafly's countdown party in Toronto as midnight passes and marks the first day of the legalization of cannabis across Canada.

Legal marijuana industry had banner year in 2018

December 27, 2018 at 6:29 a.m.

The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis pushed its way further into the financial and cultural mainstream.

California wildfire’s death toll rises to 48, authorities say

November 13, 2018 at 8:47 p.m.

Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of his home when he lived in San Francisco, where an amplifier that ran the length of a wall served as...

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Dead in cars and homes: Northern California fire death toll at 42

November 12, 2018 at 9:00 p.m.

At least 42 people were confirmed dead in the wildfire that turned the Northern California town of Paradise and outlying areas into hell on earth, making it the deadliest blaze...

Grim search for more fire victims, 31 dead in California wildfires

November 12, 2018 at 12:31 p.m.

The death toll from the wildfire that incinerated Paradise and surrounding areas climbed to 29 — matching the mark for the deadliest single blaze in California history — as crews...

Death toll rises in California wildfires as officials continue looking for victims

November 11, 2018 at 8:21 p.m.

As relatives desperately searched shelters for missing loved ones on Sunday, crews searching the smoking ruins of Paradise and outlying areas found six more bodies, raising the death toll to...

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