There are a lot of uncertainties when it comes to catastrophic weather events or natural disasters. But there are also a few certitudes: More are coming, and Oregon is not ready…
The Oregon Legislature has approved a bill to spur planning around the impact of a major earthquake on fuels stored along a 6-mile stretch of the Willamette River in Northwest Portland…
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“This is a public safety crisis that has the potential to unleash a disaster equal to the Deepwater Horizon spill, only right here in our city, at a cost to lives and our environment that I’m not sure we can even fathom.” — Rep. Dacia Grayber, D-Tigard…
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Dacia Grayber, a firefighter and paramedic who recently entered the state Legislature in January of this year, said she joined the earthquake commission right after H.B. 3309 passed…
State Rep. Dacia Grayber, D-Tigard, likened cutting that work to President Donald Trump’s administration disbanding pandemic response staffers in 2018, ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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