By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek took office a year ago with a promise to wake up every day with a mission to take on Oregon’s […]
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As needs and people change, public libraries in rural Oregon evolve to do much more than check out books
By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon Arts Watch During the celebration of Maupin’s centennial anniversary last year, its public library – the Southern Wasco County Library – printed a second edition of Chaff in the Wind: Gleanings of […]
Upset legislators — including Rep. Gomberg — and beverage industry push back on state’s over-drinking campaign
By NIGEL JAQUISS/Willamette Week Viewers who watched football games over the holidays probably saw an ad called “Why,” which is part of an Oregon Health Authority campaign called “Rethink the Drink” aimed […]
Scathing state audit faults lax agency oversight of Oregon pandemic rent relief
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s housing agency wasn’t prepared to manage an emergency rental assistance program that spent $426 million during the COVID pandemic and still can’t determine how […]
Oregon fish and wildlife director Curt Melcher retiring after 40 years with the agency
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The longtime leader of Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife is retiring after nearly 10 years at the helm and almost 40 at […]
Oregon needs more money to fight big wildfires, but who should pay for it — timberland owners or everyone?
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — The Oregon Department of Forestry needs more and consistent funding to fight wildfires. That much was clear following the 2020 Labor Day fires […]
Attorneys for Donald Trump file arguments why he should be allowed on Oregon’s May primary ballot
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting Former President Donald Trump has waded into efforts to prevent him from appearing on Oregon’s presidential primary ballot, offering a raft of arguments for why […]
With 5,000 animals killed illegally a year, poaching is a growing Oregon problem as police, hunters try to fight back
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC Oregon State Police reported a dozen cases of wildlife being shot illegally across seven counties in November – including two cases in Lincoln County. Aside from […]
A new year brings new Oregon laws on housing, drugs, education and lots lots more
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — New Oregon laws that took effect Jan. 1 are aimed at the state’s biggest crises and needs, from affordable housing to the exploding […]
Coastal counties struggle to provide workforce housing — and compete with metro-area jurisdictions for state help
By CLAIRE CARLSON/The Daily Yonder SEASIDE — Cloudy skies loomed over the small coastal town of Seaside on a November morning, but the rain stayed away as a group […]