People without air conditioning units or heat pumps often rely on fans when temperatures soar. (Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Legislature allocated millions of dollars in […]
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Popular OSU “Shop the Dock” programs returns to Newport bayfront for six weeks beginning Friday
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Tuna making their annual appearance in Oregon’s coastal waters mean just one thing – that consumers will be flocking to the docks in Newport to both […]
Lincoln County joins seven others to administer $10 million in state grants to property owners damaged by 2020 wildfires
Thousands of Oregonians whose homes or businesses were damaged by the 2020 wildfires are eligible for state grants to help protect them from future wildfire damage. The state Department of […]
Central Oregon Coast fire board re-organizes as it swears in two new members; Oregon ethics commission dismisses complaint
WALDPORT – The two newest members of the Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue board were sworn in Tuesday night in the first regular meeting since two others were recalled […]
Lawsuit over Oregon’s management of forestland moves to state Supreme Court as 13 counties say they’re owed $1.1 billion
Linn, Lincoln and 11 other counties have appealed a case over the state’s management of forests and timber revenue to the Oregon Supreme Court. By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Linn, […]
Head of Oregon Department of Corrections picked to lead federal Bureau of Prisons
ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Colette Peters, director of Oregon’s prison system, was appointed Tuesday by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the federal Bureau of Prisons. In […]
One of North America’s most destructive bugs arrives in Oregon, but mostly seen as a threat to ash trees in Willamette Valley
Emerald ash borer tracks in the bark of an ash tree in Minnesota. (Hennepin County Master Gardeners/Flickr) By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A Portland biologist recently found an iridescent bug […]
Aboard the Bell M. Shimada: Crew of the Newport-based research vessel spends 220 days a year at sea to help scientists
Last of three parts By COURTNEY FLATT/Northwest Public […]
All of Oregon now officially in wildfire season as dry weather takes hold across the state
By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Department of Forestry announced Monday that all of its fire districts, which combined cover about 16 million acres, are officially in wildfire season. […]
More sonic booms on the coast this week? Oregon Air National Guard will be training against Navy’s F/A-18E Super Hornets
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau Hornets and Eagles will battle for control of the skies over the Oregon coast the next two weeks. An Oregon National Guard statement […]