Patty Gewalt March 27, 1934 – Dec. 4, 2024 Patricia Mae Cobb was born on March 27, 1934, to Thomas and Beatrice Cobb and raised in the small mill […]
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Archives for 2025
From safer buses to phone fixes: A rundown of new Oregon laws for 2025
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By DIRK VANDERHART/Oregon Public Broadcasting New year, new rules. As Oregonians ring in 2025, nearly two dozen bills passed by lawmakers early last year will quietly take effect. From stricter […]
Oregon’s homeless population is 8th largest in the nation, 2024 federal count shows
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By ANTHONY EFFINGER/Willamette Week Oregon finds itself near the top of another tragic list as the year ended. Oregon had the eighth-largest population of homeless people on a given night in […]
Efforts to ban books in Oregon libraries on the rise; library patrons and supporters are pushing back
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By AMANDA WALDROUPE/Oregon ArtsWatch In December the Grants Pass School District approved removing two books from the Grants Pass High School Library: All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson’s memoir about […]
New report projects number of Oregon high school graduates will decline almost 20% by 2041
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By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education has published an edition of “Knocking at the College Door: Projections of High School Graduates,” every four years […]