💨 A planned auction to sell the rights to develop offshore wind energy farms along the southern Oregon coast was called off after Gov. Tina Kotek stepped in.
Local tribes sued the federal government over the sale last month and called for an environmental report. (Reuters)
⚽️ Christine Sinclair is leaving the game. The founding Thorns player announced she's retiring from the National Women's Soccer League at the end of the season. (Associated Press)
🤝 Portland's Small Donor Elections program knew about city council candidates swapping donations with one another as means to qualify for matching public funds weeks before it addressed the issue.
Donation swapping likely violates state campaign finance statutes and the secretary of state is investigating. (Willamette Week)
🌁 Salesforce, the San Francisco-based software maker, announced it will close its Hillsboro office in the new year and lay off — or potentially transfer — the 150 employees that work there. (Portland Business Journal)
😢 A rare combination of botulism and avian flu has killed over 80,000 birds — waterfowl and shorebirds — at the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge on the Oregon-California border over the last few months. (The Oregonian)
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