SALEM — Shana McConville Radford of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will join Gov. Tina Kotek’s administration as Oregon’s first tribal affairs director. McConville Radford, 39, had […]
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Oregon Secretary of State says audit of OLCC and cannabis industry meets its standards
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregonians still can access the audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission after former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s moonlighting scandal with […]
Air Force veteran Monique DeSpain will challenge Val Hoyle in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Republican Air Force veteran and attorney plans to challenge Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Ore., counting on voters’ frustrations with crime and homelessness and suspicion of […]
Oregon State walks away from Elliot State Forest research plan, but backers say forest in good hands
By APRIL EHRLICH and MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon State University is stepping back from a years-long effort to turn the Elliott State Forest into the country’s largest research forest, […]
Oregon’s first large-scale solar park and farm near Harrisburg hinges on 50-year-old land use laws
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle HARRISBURG — John Langdon and his brother have experimented with all kinds of crops and techniques on their multigenerational farm in Harrisburg in the […]
Oregon lawmakers get updated revenue forecast, poised to address crises with increased funds next year
By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting With an addiction and drug crisis top of mind for many, homelessness and housing programs clamoring for money, and looming unrest in the state’s K-12 […]
Oregon House Republicans ask state Democratic leaders for Measure 110 changes
By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon House Republicans called for the state’s Democratic leaders to make several changes to Measure 110, the state’s drug decriminalization law. In a […]
Oregon program has helped hundreds recover from 2020 Labor Day fires, but victims far from whole
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle More than 1,100 Oregon households have received help from a $150 million wildfire recovery program the state set up after residents lost their homes […]
EPA moves on petition from West Coast tribes to investigate tire toxin linked to coho salmon deaths
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle For several decades, many coho salmon returning to waterways around Seattle to spawn have died mysteriously following heavy rains. In some urban streams, nearly all […]
Life aboard the Essayons — the Corps’ dredge that keeps coastal harbors clear and Oregon’s economy moving
By KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/Oregon Public Broadcasting Simply getting aboard the Essayons is a hairy proposition. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge ship stretches the length of a football field […]