By COLE SINANIAN and LES ZAITZ/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM – Oregon legislators would get a significant pay increase and qualify for $1,000 a month for child care under a proposal […]
The state’s addiction crisis has worsened since the pandemic hit, according to a federal survey, and critics point finger at governor’s office Oregon had the highest drug addiction rate in […]
By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting SALEM — The yearslong saga over the fate of Oregon’s Elliott State Forest may soon come to a close. During this year’s short legislative session, […]
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, say Oregon State University researchers who examined […]
SILETZ — Alfred “Bud” Lane III, Delores Pigsley and Bonnie Petersen were elected to the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians in elections held Saturday. They were […]
By ABBEY McDONALD/The Astorian ASTORIA — Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishermen have already hauled in the highest-grossing season on record, with a dockside, or ex-vessel, value of $78.1 million. The […]
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Nike co-founder Phil Knight threw his wallet into the 2022 political ring this week, giving $250,000 to Betsy Johnson’s campaign for governor. Knight’s contribution […]
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon’s projected unfunded liability for public pensions apparently shrunk significantly last year, mostly attributable to healthy investment earnings that pushed the fund past the $100 […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A luxury sales tax being proposed by Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, could fund a new program offering monthly stipends for low-income pregnant women […]
To the editor: I am one of the “bystanders” who attempted to save Steve Allen when he fell into the water at Devils Churn on Sept. 9, 2021. The group […]
