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Oregon's Data Center Explosion: Who Benefits and Who Bears the Cost?
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (389+ words) Mike Rogoway: Yeah, thanks for having me back. Dunne: I enjoyed reading your story about the huge amount of acreage, not square feet but acreage, set aside for data centers in Oregon. Let's start by leveling set for listeners: What…...
KLCC's Oregon Ready: How volunteer radio networks fill communication gaps during disasters
2+ week, 1+ day ago (924+ words) We are in month three of KLCC's Oregon Ready: taking one month at a time toward being two weeks ready for disasters. In my own personal quest to become better prepared, I'm following the Eugene Water & Electric Board's "Pledge to…...
Data centers are cut — for now — from a bill expanding Oregon tax breaks
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (1143+ words) As she pushes a bill aimed at burnishing Oregon's business bona fides this year, Gov. Tina Kotek has run into a problem. Part of the governor's House Bill 4084 would expand the state's Enterprise Zone program, which allows local property tax…...
Data centers complicate Virginia's climate goals
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (441+ words) Five years ago, Virginia passed a law that requires 100% renewable energy on the grid by 2050. But Virginia is also home to more data centers than anywhere else in the country, and those new buildings require a whole lot of power....
Ahead of the holidays: USPS is hiring for rural route mail carriers in Eugene
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (364+ words) Last fall, KLCC reported on problems many rural residents in west Eugene were having with delayed mail delivery. At the time, the U.S. Postal Service cited lack of adequate staffing. Now, they're looking to hire two positions to support rural operations....
Eugene, Bend areas among slowest mail delivery in continental US
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (380+ words) If you are a resident of western or central Oregon who still has some online holiday shopping to do, you may want to get it taken care of soon. Data published by Auto DS, a company that handles shipping logistics…...
Gov. Kotek issues executive order banning cellphones during school hours
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (649+ words) Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting student cellphone use during the school day in all of Oregon's K-12 public schools. The move comes just after a bill meant to do the same thing died in the 2025 legislative…...
USPS is now hiring for rural route mail carriers in Eugene
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) Last fall, KLCC reported on problems many rural residents in west Eugene were having with delayed mail delivery. At the time, the U.S. Postal Service cited lack of adequate staffing. Now, they're looking to hire two positions to support rural operations....
Virginia is for … data centers? Residents are increasingly saying no
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1065+ words) CHESAPEAKE, Va. " The two dozen or so nondescript gray, white and blue buildings lining Virginia State Route 625 could be large warehouses. But community activist Elena Schlossberg can identify them literally a mile away by their telltale rows of backup diesel…...