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Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.

The hospital trade association said Medicaid only pays 56 cents for every dollar of service provided and that other costs are going up.

Earlier this month, a levee separating Agency Lake and the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge was breached, re-connecting 14,000 acres of wetland habitat to Upper Klamath Lake.

Officials say they are prepared for potentially volatile federal policies and funding under the Trump administration.

Washington, Arizona and Illinois joined Oregon in one case, while California and other Democratic states filed a separate lawsuit.

Along the California-Mexico border, immigrants at risk of deportation are seeking to live undetected through an unprecedented crackdown. But a returning President Trump issued a barrage of Inauguration Day executive orders designed to pull the military into border enforcement and punish states such as California for sanctuary policies. Court challenges are coming.

The tiny town of Scotia, California on the state’s remote Redwood Coast was built up entirely around a large sawmill. An attached biomass plant that burns the wood waste for electricity stands in the middle of a climate debate in the region.

Lawmakers face a long list of daunting tasks this session; from passing the next two-year state budget to approving a multi-billion dollar transportation package to pushing for more accountability from state agencies.

Four board members of Klamath County Fire District 3 are being investigated by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission for potentially violating Oregon Public Meetings Law.

Northwest residents in Oregon and Washington see Monday's inauguration of President Trump from widely varying viewpoints on how they expect his second administration to affect the region.

The Los Angeles wildfires bring renewed focus to supporting Oregonians with disabilities during natural disasters.

California sued Donald Trump 123 times during his first presidency. Trump lost about two-thirds of cases filed against his administration, but that doesn’t guarantee the same results this time around.