Consultant’s report gives insights and offers direction for Samaritan Health’s future operations

August 3, 2025

Consultants hired by Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services has delivered encouraging news to the three-county health system -- it doesn’t need a partner to survive but should execute a two-phase plan to cut expenses and increase revenues.

Three kayakers, paddleboarders object to new state fee and begin process to ask voters to end it

August 3, 2025

By NIGEL JAQUISS/Oregon Journalism Project A trio of petitioners aims to repeal a new law that would require paddle-boarders and flatwater kayakers to pay state permit fees starting in January. “I think it goes against our constitutional rights,” says Angela Epperson of Hermiston enjoys kayaking on the Columbia and Umatilla rivers. “I just think they’ve gone too far.” In 2025

Oregon judge gives first “certificate of innocence” for wrongful conviction in Coos County death

August 2, 2025

For the first time in state history, an Oregon judge has granted a certificate of innocence to a man who was falsely imprisoned.

After two objections, Kotek threatens to veto $45 million for tribal land acquisition at Willamette Falls

August 1, 2025

Gov. Tina Kotek has announced she is considering vetoing a controversial $45 million appropriation for the Willamette Falls Trust, which seeks to buy 60 acres of property at the iconic waterfall between Oregon City and West Linn.

State issues heath advisory for Eckman Lake just east of Waldport

August 1, 2025

WALDPORT – The Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational-use health advisory Thursday for Eckman Lake due to a cyanobacteria bloom. The agency said the bacteria poses a danger to human and animal health and that people should avoid swimming and other water activities where blooms are present. Risk of illness is most often caused by ingesting affected waters but people

Patrick C. Darold of Waldport

August 1, 2025

Patrick C. Darold passed away on June 10, 2025, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, at the age of 75. He was born July 17, 1949, in Eugene and raised in Waldport.