By LAUREN DAKE/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s first “state of the state’s housing” report offers a grim picture of its housing landscape — home and rental prices continue to outpace wages, […]
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Oregon group wants to make it easier to commit people in serious mental health crisis
By KAYLEE TORNEY/Investigate West A state work group studying how Oregon civilly commits people experiencing serious mental illness gave 51 recommendations to lawmakers to consider for the 2025 legislative session. […]
Forest Service releases proposal to update its 30-year-old plans for Northwest’s federal forests
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal The U.S. Forest Service has released its long-awaited proposal to update the landmark Northwest Forest Plan, but many groups said they were unsure of […]
Lincoln County students, Yachats volunteer add “Yaquina Neversink” to worldwide fleet of tiny research vessels
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Daniel Roeser admits there may have been a time or two this summer when his work helping assemble a five-foot-long autonomous miniboat felt a bit […]
Yachats, landowner and logger agree on 25-year tree lease to stop threat of clearcut on south edge of city
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – There will be no clearcutting of trees above homes on Yachats’ south side – at least not for the next 25 years. After nearly […]
Coast tourist organization offers to help pick up cost of trolley, so Yachats council jumps aboard
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Yachats is getting a trolley. Memorial Day will not be the only thing that rolls around in May after the Yachats city council Wednesday […]
Oregon school attendance inches up and more ninth graders on track to graduate, new data reveals
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Following steep declines in school attendance in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, Oregon students are slowly beginning to show up more regularly […]
Oregon tribal leaders praise Gov. Tina Kotek for taking time to visit each of nine reservations
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — This spring, fresh off visiting Oregon’s 36 counties in her first year in office, Gov. Tina Kotek set out to visit each of […]
Oregon Coast Aquarium unveils two new exhibits featuring sea jellies and tropical species
By GRETCHEN AMMERMAN/Oregon Coast TODAY NEWPORT — Familiar sights on Oregon beaches, sea jellies that have been tossed unceremoniously onto the shore blend into the flotsam of seaweeds, sticks […]
Benton County employees end strike, but OSU graduate assistants and Albany teachers still on picket lines
By NATALIE PATE and TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Two strikes continued Wednesday in the Albany-Corvallis area, with a settlement in one and and ongoing tensions with two others. The most […]