By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle All 12 women Republican lawmakers in the Oregon Legislature are calling on the head of the Oregon School Activities Association to change its policy allowing […]
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Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality is significantly understaffed and underfunded, state auditors find
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Oregon’s environmental regulatory agency needs more staff and funding to keep up with growing demand for its services as climate change escalates, according […]
Oregon’s annual wolf report says population steadied at 178 animals due in part to killings
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s gray wolf population did not increase last year due in part to a large number of wolves killed by people, causing concern among conservationists […]
Police arrest 52 pro-Palestine protestors Monday who blocked I-5 in Eugene for two hours
By KLCC News EUGENE — Oregon State Police say they arrested 52 people after a protest shut down Interstate 5 in Eugene for two hours Monday morning. Police say the […]
Oregon agency’s study finds no link between Covid-19 vaccine and cardiac deaths
By BEN BOTKIN/Oregon Capital Chronicle During the pandemic, reports linked the COVID-19 vaccine to cardiac deaths, especially among young people, but a new study by the Oregon Health Authority found […]
New study on medical pay says nurses in rural Oregon may be doing better than big city counterparts
By JAKE THOMAS/The Lund Report Registered nurses take home smaller paychecks working in rural Oregon, but effectively have higher wages than their Portland area counterparts because of the lower cost […]
U.S. District Court judge sides with city of Medford in homelessness case
By ROMAN BATTAGLIA/Jefferson Public Radio A U.S. District Court judge recently sided with the City of Medford in a lawsuit over its public camping regulations. Medford was facing a lawsuit […]
Lane County patients turned away from Oregon Medical Group in possible corporate pinch
Oregon Medical Group’s Southtowne Clinic closed in March. Optum, the organization’s parent company, says providers and staff have been moved to other locations. By REBECCA HANSEN-WHITE/KLCC News Thousands of patients […]
Federal agency’s proposal to kill a half-million barred owls in Northwest sparks controversy
By CLARE MARIE SCHNEIDER/National Public Radio A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to kill roughly half a million barred owls to protect the spotted owl has conservationists […]
Oregon ethics commission says it has to resolve complaints about Kotek’s wife before giving her advice
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle SALEM — Gov. Tina Kotek asked the state ethics commission to weigh in Friday on how her wife and the partners of future governors can […]