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Check out the HUDL films of all 16 of Oregon's 2025 commitments
Oregon's 2025 class ranks fifth nationally with room for even more movement in the coming weeks and months. The class is headlined by five-star wide receiver Dakorien Moore and consists of 16 total verbal pledges. Of those 16 prospects, 13 rank within the Top 247 rankings. Simply put, this class is talented at the top and also very deep.
Knot Fire reaches 70% containment
CHILOQUIN, Ore. – Updated at 9:50 a.m.: The Knot Fire is now 1,551 acres and 70% contained, according to ODF's Klamath-Lake District. "With more accurate mapping the fire size is 1,551 acres and currently 100% lined with a combination of dozer and hand line. Yesterday crews focused on securing the existing line and mopping up around the fire edge," the release said. "Today there will be multiple type 2 hand crews that consist of 20 people, contract equipment and several engines. Crews will continue to patrol the fire line to ensure the fire is held within the original footprint. ...Firefighters will continue to work the fire until it reaches full containment which is predicted by the end of the week."
Seven people displaced after multiple buildings burn in structure fire
Medford, Ore. – Seven people were displaced after a fire burned multiple buildings Friday night. The fire occurred on the 600 block of Kylee Ann in southwest Medford at the Myra Lynne Mobile Home Park. It involved two mobile homes and a detached garage. Christine and Mark Dunnett, neighbors...
'Evolving quickly': Fire near Mosier in Wasco County prompts Level 3 'GO NOW' evacuations
MOSIER, Ore. — A wildfire broke out near the town of Mosier in the Columbia River Gorge Monday afternoon, prompting Level 3 "Go Now" evacuations for an area immediately south of the city. The evacuation area extends from Rattler Ridge Road east to Huskey Road, north to the border...
After hearing from veterans in Bend, Chavez-DeRemer presses VA secretary on timely, convenient health care
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After hearing in Bend from veterans concerned about long wait times to access health care at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is questioning Secretary Denis McDonough regarding the department’s position on allowing veterans to pursue community care. Chavez-DeRemer’s letter sent Thursday relays concerns raised during her recent Veterans Policy Forum in The post After hearing from veterans in Bend, Chavez-DeRemer presses VA secretary on timely, convenient health care appeared first on KTVZ.
Mountainside's Brayden Boe is transferring to Arizona's Dream City Christian School
In what’s become an ongoing trend in the state of Oregon, one of the area’s best boys high school basketball players is leaving to finish his career elsewhere. Mountainside High School’s senior Brayden Boe announced on Monday, July 22, via social media, that he’s transferring to Dream City Christian School in Glendale, Arizona. Boe is one of Oregon’s highest rated high school recruits and was expected to lead a Mavericks...
‘An existential moment’ as Southern Oregon’s public schools struggle with budget shortfalls
Your browser does not support the audio element. 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...
Oregon’s workforce is aging. Here are the industries with the oldest workers
Nearly 1 in 4 Oregon workers is over 55, nearing or beyond the typical retirement age. The share of older workers in the state’s labor force has more than doubled since 1990, according to a new report from the Oregon Employment Department. If there’s a big wave of retirements in the offing, that could limit future economic growth — especially in those industries with the highest share of older workers.
Readers Respond to the Latest Contortions in Oregon Homelessness Policy
The clearing of homeless camps from Portland’s streets is often and crudely described as a game of Whac-A-Mole. But another frivolous analogy comes to mind after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled cities could enforce strict camping bans: Homelessness policy on the West Coast has been written with an Etch A Sketch, which the courts shake every few years, sending cities and states back to the drawing board. Oregon, which structured its camping laws around previous court rulings, now must decide whether to draw them again (“Breaking Camp,” WW, July 10). The law-and-order candidates running for Portland City Hall this November certainly want a do-over. Here’s what our readers had to say:
Missing Central Oregon Youth Found in Southern Idaho
SPRAY — On July 13 the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a report of two missing juveniles from Spray, Oregon, at about 7:20 pm. It was reported the youth were on a camping trip in a forested area inside Morrow County. At the end of the camping trip, they told their parents over the phone that they would be returning home to Spray from Heppner.
TravisMathew clothing opens first store in Oregon at Washington Square mall
TravisMathew, an upscale men’s and women’s lifestyle store from Huntington Beach, California, opened its first Oregon store in Washington Square mall on Monday, July 22. Founded in 2007, the store distinguishes itself as drawing inspiration from “laid-back living and the idea that comfort and style should always go hand in hand.” The opening marks the 54th brick-and-mortar store for the company, which offers dress-up, dress-down and active-wear styles of clothing. ...
Oregon's wildfire season already worse than last year
Wildfires across Oregon — many fueled by recent record-breaking heat waves in the region — have burned more acreage so far this year than the entire 2023 season, state and federal fire officials tell Axios. Why it matters: Oregon's wildfire season started early this year, in April (it...
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