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Forest Service announces $190M grant opportunity for private forest landowner payment programs to address climate change in Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore., July 26, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is making $190 million available to help private forest landowners adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change and retain working forestlands. “Climate change threatens people, communities, infrastructure, and natural resources across the country,”...
Winco Foods Removes Self-Checkouts in Oregon, WA Next?
Winco Foods, which has stores in WA, OR and its state of origin, Idaho, has apparently begun to remove self-checkout stands from some of its stores in Oregon. Online social media posts indicate some are gone. According to Reddit users online, at least one Portland, OR area Winco has removed...
Study finds old telecom cables leaching lead in parts of Portland
Lead from old telecom cables is leaching into Portland neighborhoods, a new study has found. Researchers found moss growing near lead-sheathed telecommunications cables in older Portland neighborhoods contained lead levels as high as 590 times that of moss in rural areas outside the city. The study raises concerns about a long-ignored source of lead, which can cause medical issues and impair neurological development in children. ...
Oregon conservationists win funding to restore Willamette riverside habitats
A conservation group in Springfield, Oregon, has won $8.5 million in federal funding, which will pay for floodplain restorations along the Willamette River and its tributaries. The plan is to reconnect waterways in the Upper Willamette Basin to several of their historic offshoots and side-channels. The McKenzie Watershed Alliance is...
July 29 public safety round-up
Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office reports July 22 - Zachary Doulgas Passalaqua, 18, of Dundee, was arrested for criminal driving while suspended or revoked. The case remains open. July 24 - Nicholas Ryan Roth, 37, of Newberg, was arrested on a...
Vancouver resident sues neighbor after eccentric mannequin hoard causes rat infestation
VANCOUVER, Wash. — From the front to the back, piles of junk cover every inch of Steve Slocum’s Vancouver home. "No. This is not okay,” Slocum replied when KATU asked if the situation was okay. When KATU asked what his plan for all the junk is, Slocum...
Be ready for potential power outages, PUC says
As wildfires continue to burn throughout the state and extreme weather events impact communities, Oregon residents are encouraged to be prepared for potential power outages. "Wildfires and extreme weather can cause power outages, and weather and other conditions in specific geographies may cause electric utilities to adjust system settings, which can result in more frequent and longer outages, or even in certain cases, implement public safety power shutoffs (PSPS," the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) states in a release. ...
ODOT issues wildfire travel advisory
After a week of wildfire-related road closures, travelers across Oregon should continue to carefully plan their routes, according to an advisory from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). "Fires are still actively burning near many highways, causing them to close and reopen with little notice," the ODOT advisory states. "With a long, hot summer ahead, wildfire-related disruptions are likely to continue throughout the state making some routes unreliable." For those...
Riverfront ‘party in the woods’ ends in shooting death
Residents who live near Sellwood Riverfront Park were stunned as they watched a stream of Portland Police vehicles converging on the park late on Friday evening, July 12. “It’s not only all the cop cars coming in, one after another, that’s astounding – but also, look at the hundred or more teenagers, walking and driving out of the [park’s] parking lot!” a local named “Sam” remarked to THE BEE, as he was heading for the park to walk his dog. ...
Alert Deputy foils thief’s stolen-van getaway in Mt. Scott-Arleta
A Home Depot rental van was reported stolen on Friday, July 19. But, that afternoon, a sharp-eyed Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office Deputy spotted that van traveling in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood, on S.E. Harold Street near 77th Avenue. “The LoJack [electronic tracking system] had alerted, on this vehicle, which was parked halfway out into the street,” the Deputy told THE BEE. “I couldn’t tell if the driver was just dropping off – or else was trying to steal – the late-model travel trailer that was...