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Heppner Ranger District is temporarily closed
PENDLETON – (News release from the Umatilla National Forest) Due to active wildfires on Heppner Ranger District, compounded by extremely unfavorable weather conditions, limited firefighting resources and concern for public safety, forest officials on the Umatilla National Forest are Temporarily closing the Heppner Ranger District. The objective of the...
$1.6 million in Scholarships to learn a trade in Washington.
I don't know about you, but in my family when I was a kid, the goal was always to go to college. Both of my parents were college educated. All of my siblings went to college, I was the youngest in my family, and I was expected to go to college as well. I went to what is now called Central Washington University. (Back then, it was State College.)
Electrical problem damages home, displaces family in Finley
FINLEY, Wash. - Benton County Fire District 1 responded to a manufactured home fire crews believe started from an electrical problem Sunday morning. In a Facebook post, BCFD 1 said five people in the house woke to the smell of smoke before their smoke alarm went off. When firefighters arrived, they found a small fire in a bedroom. One person was checked for smoke inhalation, but there were no further injuries.
Newport Safeway included on list of stores to be sold
Newport’s Safeway location was included on a list of 579 stores across the nation and 62 across Oregon proposed for sale as part of a planned merger between parent company Albertsons Company and Kroger. Stores would be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC, a New Hampshire-based company that operates an extensive grocery supply operation, as well as grocery stores in the Midwest, South and Northeast. Attempts to merge the two...
Oregon paid his companies $70 million. Personal tax, business debts are piling up
The head of an Oregon-based real estate enterprise that’s received more than $70 million in taxpayer funding to house or feed wildfire survivors, asylum seekers and others is one of the state’s largest tax delinquents. Sean Keys, founder of real estate investment company Fortify Holdings, is delinquent on...
‘An existential moment’ as Oregon’s public schools struggle with budget shortfalls
In a big, bright conference room in Medford’s Oakdale Middle School in May, residents, teachers and parents gathered to talk about the Medford School District's proposed 2024-25 school budget. Many were upset. “The one constant in my time at [Medford School District] has been a decrease in the services...
Rogue Valley Times takes top honors at ONPA Better Newspaper Contest
The Rogue Valley Times' inaugural year of serving Southern Oregon netted the publication dozens of honors at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's 2024 Better Newspaper Contest. The awards, announced Thursday night at the ONPA Annual Convention at Eagle Crest Resort in Redmond, included first place in the General Excellence category...
Action needed to close equity gaps with Oregon's suicide rate
The Oregon Health Authority’s (OHA) Youth Suicide Intervention and Prevention Plan (YSIPP) annual report shows the risk of youth suicide continues to be a concern in Oregon, particularly for youth of color. The report contains new analysis of 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) death by suicide data. By the numbers In 2022,...
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