By WHITNEY WOODWORTH/Salem Statesman-Journal KEIZER — Thousands of people filled standing-room-only tents at the Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer Friday and Saturday to hear from election and COVID-19 conspiracy theorists, Christian […]
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Legislative tweak to community college scholarship program designs to help more low-income students
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — A scholarship to help Oregon high school seniors pay for community college that had unintentionally been sending the largest grants to students with […]
With the help of $73,000 in grants, Yachats Planning Commission and consultant begin work gathering data on city’s housing issues
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — Call it a shortage. Call it a crisis. Call it even “not my problem” if you like. But like it or not, Yachats has […]
Health workers, paramedics and sheriff’s deputies warn about significant increase in Lincoln County fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths
By BREEANA LAUGHLIN/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County health officials and law enforcement are raising the alarm about a spike in overdoses they believe are caused by a highly potent narcotic used […]
Newport-based researchers return from 38 days of gathering data on salmon and ocean conditions in the North Pacific
By JOSHUA PARTLOW/The Washington Post During a typical fall, almost a million chum salmon pour into Alaska’s Yukon River, a torrent of wild fish that has sustained the economy […]
Oregon conservation organizations now adding to state police fund for reporting poachers
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle A new fund will reward tipsters for information on poached or stolen non-game animals, such as raptors, which can’t be hunted. Up until now, callers […]
Yachats Planning Commission seeks seventh member to assure meeting quorums
YACHATS – The Yachats Planning Commission needs your help – to join it. The seven-member commission has been one member short for months, and that came into play twice in […]
Oregon Transportation Commission approves outline of how it will spend $412 million in “flexible” federal funds
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau The Oregon Transportation Commission has approved how it should spend $412 million in federal flexible funds to help people and goods move around safely and […]
Auditors: Oregon ranks high for domestic terrorism, Legislature should do more
By JUILA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — After a decade that included the occupation of a federal wildlife refuge, clashes between groups of protesters in Portland and a mob forcing […]
Oregon allocates $4.5 million to set up 29 more cameras for growing statewide wildfire alert system
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon will soon have nearly 60 cameras across the state perched on cell phone towers, old fire towers and mountaintops, watching for potential forest […]