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The utility previously stated that it hired a board-certified master arborist to identify the maximum amounts of trees that ...

Portland’s Forest Park is one of the city’s most treasured natural features, and among the largest urban forests in the ...

The new transmission line, which PGE says is necessary to prevent service disruptions, would require removing almost 400 ...

A new ballot initiative filed Jan. 27 would repeal previously approved obstacles to the development of commercial nuclear ...

On the northern tip of the 5,200 acre Forest Park, PGE is proposing a project to improve its power grid. It would cover ...

PGE is looking to expand its power line system in Portland's Forest Park along Highway 30, but the city opposed the ...

A Portland General Electric proposal to upgrade existing transmission lines in Forest Park would cut down too many trees, harm local efforts to combat climate change and fails to adequately consider ...

PGE’s plans include shifting the location of one power pole and rewiring a segment of existing transmission line to it, and ...

Rosie Lanenga is a 5th grader at Riverdale School in south Portland. She was sworn in on Thursday at the State Capitol in Salem after being elected by other fifth graders across the state. Rosie's ...