BOARDMAN, Ore. (PTV) - Data centers have proliferated across Oregon over the last 15 years, but their water usage is creating additional problems for communities already struggling with contamination.

An Angus ranch in southern Oregon has become the test case for a new kind of cattle-friendly solar, hosting RUTE SunTracker’s first commercial project. The one‑acre, 120‑kilowatt array is the first ...

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The data for September was delayed due to the longest federal government shutdown in history. Oregon’s unemployment rate has been steadily ticking up over the last year. The most recent jobless ...

From emails to social media to online shopping, banking and chatting — everything we rely on everyday goes through an AI data center. The biggest concentration of those centers anywhere in the world ...

'One Battle After Another' wins Best Film at the 2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards. LAFCA/Warner Bros. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) convened this weekend to vote for ...

So many of my fondest holiday memories revolve around Star Wars. The Early Bird Certificate Package mom sent away for in 1977 was nothing more than a promise, (Kenner hadn’t even made the action ...

Connecting the dots: The environmental damage caused by data centers could be having a greater impact on people's health than we realized. According to a new report, several of Amazon's facilities in ...

Amazon could be accelerating the dangerous levels of nitrates in Morrow County’s drinking water. Amazon could be accelerating the dangerous levels of nitrates in Morrow County’s drinking water. is the ...

For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires. Add ...

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read joined other secretaries of state in pressing the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Homeland Security for information on how voter data is being ...

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