OREGON STATE POLICE DAILY MEDIA/DESK LOG SP21181581 07/01/2021 12:51 Officer #53134 KOLACZ, BRYAN Crash – Injury Location 101, Mile post 150.4 150.4 SB, LINCOLN OR USA Narrative Summary E-Crash: A silver Nissan Titan was […]
Archives for July 2021
Oregon coronavirus report for Tuesday, July 6: 463 new cases over four days; 1 death, 1,707 vaccinations
Oregon reports 463 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 1 new death PORTLAND — There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll at 2,782, […]
Oregon legislators OK’d more than $700 million for housing needs, going beyond immediate crises of evictions and foreclosures
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers have approved more than $700 million for housing needs that go beyond the emergency prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to avoiding […]
Julie Ann Bongers, Yachats, June 26, 1953 – June 18, 2021
Julie Ann (Goodyear) Bongers June 26, 1953 – June 18, 2021 Julie was born June 26, 1953, in Pendleton, Ore. to Beverly Goodman and Elvin (Bud) Goodyear. Their family owned […]
Deputies arrest 2 men on arson charges after July 4 fireworks spree between Alsea and Tidewater
Two men from Corvallis and Lebanon have been arrested on a variety of charges on accusations they set off fireworks from their car Sunday as they raced west on Oregon […]
Oregon’s usually quiet summer political season won’t quite be the same this unusually warm season
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Summer is normally a relatively quiet time in Oregon politics. But 2021 has been about as abnormal as a year can be. The Legislature […]
Here we go again. Oregon grocers trying for third time to put hard liquor sales on the ballot
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon grocers are hoping the third time is the charm for a ballot initiative to allow for hard liquor sales in markets. Lauren Johnson, […]
Statewide opinion poll shows Oregonians don’t think sending seven Oregon counties to Idaho is going to happen
By DYLAN JEFFERIES/The Bend Bulletin Imagine Bend being Oregon’s eastern most city, a short drive from Redmond, Idaho. “Greater Idaho,” the concept of transferring parts of southern and eastern Oregon […]
The 2021 Oregon Legislature passed more than a dozen police reform bills. Here’s what they do
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon lawmakers continued during their recently concluded session to build on the measures they passed a year ago to overhaul policing practices. They passed more […]
With gallery space on the market, owners of Laughing Crab in Yachats are moving to bayfront in downtown Florence
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com The Laughing Crab art gallery is leaving downtown Yachats for a bigger space on the Florence bayfront. “We’re sorry to be leaving our friends in Yachats, but […]