By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews YACHATS — During a crowded meeting Wednesday, the Yachats City Council began plotting a course to keep municipal projects moving as well as maintaining basic services […]
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Eugene’s climate activists and natural gas industry ready to square off this fall over gas stove ballot measure
By ANNA PHILLIPS/The Washington Post EUGENE — The liberal stronghold of Eugene might seem like an unlikely place for the fossil fuel industry to flex its muscles. But in the […]
Staffing issues forces PeaceHealth to close beds at two Eugene-area hospitals
By the Eugene Register-Guard PeaceHealth will close dozens of hospital beds at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart RiverBend in Springfield and PeaceHealth Sacred Heart University District in Eugene. The hospital group also […]
Jurors in $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against PacifiCorp hear opening arguments about blame, cause of 2020 wildfires
By TED SICKINGER/The Oregonian/OregonLive PacifiCorp’s reckoning over its alleged culpability for Oregon’s catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires arrived Tuesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Opening arguments began in […]
Yachats Planning Commission OKs change to commercial/residential project along Highway 101
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS — Thirteen months ago, Luke and Jocelyn Glaze of Salem bought two commercial lots along U.S. Highway 101 downtown Yachats that had been an unfinished, […]
After three years, Oregon Health Authority officials hold last regular Covid-19 briefing as virus wanes
By GARY A. WARNER/Oregon Capital Bureau The impact of COVID-19 on Oregon is in a steady decline that makes it possible to end emergency steps put in place after the […]
Clatsop County judge will rule by end of month on legality of vacation rental ballot measure vote
By NICOLE BALES/The Astorian ASTORIA — A Clatop County circuit court judge is expected to decide by the end of the month on the legality of a referendum on the […]
Oregon governor says OHSU and state will stockpile a 3-year supply of abortion drug in advance of court ruling
By KELCIE MOSELEY-MORRIS/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek announced Thursday the state will secure a three-year supply of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to terminate a […]
Washington Legislature OKs ban on 50 gun models, opponents vow immediate court challenge
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLYMPIA, WASH. — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday and the governor is expected to sign it into […]
On 100th day in office, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek Kotek presses to divert money from reserves
Gov. Tina Kotek speaks at a press conference Wednesday about her first 100 days in office. By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek and legislative Democrats clashed […]