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By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A wet winter is likely to delay wildfires, but ongoing drought in eastern Oregon could make for a worse fire season east of the Cascades, Gov. Tina Kotek and state fire officials said Tuesday. Kotek’s press briefing came just ahead of a forecasted heat wave bringing temperatures in the 90s to the Willamette

By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Shemia Fagan ended her nearly three-year tenure as Oregon’s 28th secretary of state at midday Monday, less than two hours after her staff released a statement endorsing her resignation and calling the agency “resilient.” Fagan’s deputy, Cheryl Myers, who earns more than double what Fagan was paid, took over as acting secretary of

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett speaks at the OSF Gala at Ashland Springs Hotel in October. By HOLLY DILLEMUTH/Ashland.news   It cannot be said definitively why Oregon Shakespeare Festival Nataki Garrett announced her resignation on Friday, but what is known is that she has been under intense pressure since she took the helm as the sixth artistic director in the organization’s

By SEAN NEALON/OSU News Service CORVALLIS – Oregon State University has been selected to help lead a $30 million U.S. Department of Agriculture regional food business center that will support farmers, ranchers and other food-related businesses to access new markets and navigate federal, state and local resources. The Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center, which Oregon State will

 Democratic senators watch on Sunday, May 7, as a board shows 10 absences preventing a quorum. By JULIA SHUMWAY and BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — One Republican senator filed a pair of workplace complaints Monday over denied requests to be excused from the Senate as a GOP walkout entered its sixth day. Sen. Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, alleged in