Nonaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, Democrat Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan sparred over guns, abortion, education and drug policy during a debate at the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend on Tuesday. […]
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Legislators told that Oregon needs thousands of construction, government workers to close housing gap
By MIKE McINALLY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon’s housing shortage is worse today than it was before the start of the Covid pandemic, a state economist told lawmakers last week during a […]
Oregon health officials, nurses ambulance companies tell legislators that lack of staff in hospitals is harming some patients
Emergency rooms, like the one at Oregon Health & Science University, are packed. (Christine Torres Hicks/OHSU) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle People in Oregon are dying as a result of […]
Oregon’s novel approach to drug and mental health treatment hits milestone with funding of county-based service networks
Oregon has one of the highest rates of people suffering from an addiction to heroin and other opioids, methamphetamine and alcohol. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle […]
Director of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality abruptly resigns three months before scheduled retirement
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle The head of Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality resigned from the job this week, three months before his scheduled retirement. Richard Whitman, who has led […]
Three governor candidates will hold live, televised debate Tuesday in Bend
BEND — Oregon’s candidates for governor will participate in a televised debate from the Oregon State University-Cascades campus on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The debate among Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine […]
Experts tell Oregon lawmakers the state’s novel approach to drug addiction has holes, needs stronger law enforcement element
The state Senate Interim Committee On Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation held an informational hearing on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle A day after the […]
Declining attendance prompts Oregon Shakespeare Festival to revamp 2023 plans with fewer plays in a shorter season
James Ryen as Caliban, left, and Kevin Kenerly as Prospero share a dramatic moment in an early production of 2022’s “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare at the Allen Elizabethan Theatre. […]
Two renown OSU marine biologists inducted into prestigious academies
Bruce Menge, the Distinguished University Professor of Integrative Biology and the Wayne and Gladys Valley Chair of Marine Biology at Oregon State University, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts […]
Lincoln County and others lose again — Oregon Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of $1 billion timber verdict
Logging trucks roll down Santiam Highway in front of the Detroit Ranger Station in this April 15, 2021, photo. By BRADLEY W. PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Oregon Supreme Court […]