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By BILL POEHLER/Salem Statesman-Journal DETROIT — After a slate of contentious meetings, all five board members – and the fire chief and the acting fire chief – of the Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District have resigned since the beginning of the year. As of Feb. 25, all that was left in the department were dozens of volunteer firefighters and one

 The University of Oregon is increasing tuition for incoming freshman in the fall of 2022. (Rick Obst/Creative Commons) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Incoming freshmen at nearly all of Oregon’s public universities will pay more for tuition this fall as schools struggle with inflation and budget deficits and face uncertain enrollment with Covid still lingering. Rate hikes range from 2%

 Republican candidates for governor talk during a break in a debate at the Venetian in Hillsboro on April 7. From left: Stan Pulliam, Bill Sizemore, Christine Drazan, Court Boice, Bridget Barton, Bud Pierce, Tim McCloud, Jessica Gomez and Brandon Merritt (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Few Republican candidates for Oregon governor have managed to develop significant

 About one in five Oregon voters, and nearly half of Republicans, believe fraud changed the 2020 election results, a recent survey found. (Malheur Enterprise) By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle About one in five Oregon voters, including about half of Republicans, believe voter fraud changed the results of the 2020 election. That’s one result of a February survey from the Oregon