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Oregon Ducks vs. Purdue Boilermakers: EA Sports College Football 25 Simulation Recap
EA Sports College Football 25 predicts the Oregon Ducks vs. Purdue Boilermakers matchup as part of the highly anticipated 2024 season, providing insights into game outcomes and player performances. Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel: 24-of-27 passing, 410 yards, 5 TD. Oregon RB Jordan James: 28 carries, 105 yards, 2 TD. Oregon...
Kotek proposes changing State School Fund calculations: Eugene/Springfield districts react
Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday released a proposal to increase the State School Fund’s current service level estimate for the 2025-27 biennium by $515 million. The State School Fund provides the majority of funding for K-12 public schools. In 2023, the state budgeted $10.2 billion for Oregon schools. The current service level is the state’s...
McMinnville Police Respond to Fatal Crash Involving Motorcyclist and Pickup
McMinnville, OR. – Official Release: On 7/20/2024 at about 1:05 PM, Officers from the McMinnville Police Department and personnel from the McMinnville Fire District, responded to 911 calls reporting a serious injury motor vehicle crash involving a motorcyclist and a pickup truck. The initial investigation indicates that Cooper D....
Eugene seeks new decarbonization strategies after failure of natural gas ban
Your browser does not support the audio element. A year after the failure of its natural gas ban, the city of Eugene is looking for new ways to reduce carbon emissions. City Council previously tried to ban natural gas hook-ups in new low-rise residential buildings. But that drew pushback from an advocacy group backed by Northwest Natural.
Samaritan Health Services invests $178 million in community health
Last year, Samaritan Health Services invested more than $178 million in financial and in-kind support of community health activities in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties as part of its community benefit commitment. “We are a nonprofit and mission‑driven organization providing care to patients in our hospitals and clinics, but we know it takes more than that to have healthy communities,” said Doug Boysen, president and CEO. “That’s why we support community-based efforts to help keep people healthy.” ...
Down to the river, an unexplained fence
There was still a section of concert fencing across a new path in Monteith Riverpark Friday. It didn’t necessarily keep people from getting to the riverbank, but why keep a fence there at all?. Like others before me, I walked around the fencing Friday because I wanted to see...
DP Little League Juniors win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals in Oregon
DP Little League Juniors All-Stars win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals. The post DP Little League Juniors win State Tournament to advance to Western Regionals in Oregon appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
Federal officials allow Oregon to offer Medicaid services to those behind bars
Federal officials have approved Oregon’s request to offer free Medicaid services for addiction and some other services to people who are on the verge of being released from jail or prison, something that’s prohibited by federal law. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Oregon will offer the new program, along with Illinois, Kentucky, Utah and Vermont. They’re joining California, Massachusetts, Montana and Washington state which first piloted programs offering some Medicaid services to people about to be released. ...
Conservation groups suing federal agency over plight of harbinger tree species
Conservation groups intend to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for federal protection of a small mammal that lives in tree tops and is considered by conservationists to be a harbinger of forest health. In a notice last month, officials from the Center for Biological Diversity, Bird Alliance of Oregon, Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild said they will challenge the agency’s denial of federal protection for red tree voles under the Endangered Species Act. ...
Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel tops 247Sports’ Big Ten QB rankings for 2024 season
By Cody Nagel, 247Sports: The Big Ten welcomes a fresh wave of new starting quarterbacks in 2024, even as some battles continue into training camp. Only five starters from last season return expecting to maintain their place on the depth chart. That makes the process of ranking the projected starters...
Heimerman earns LSWA All-Louisiana Women's Coach of the Year, NSU represented in 13 events
NATCHITOCHES—Leading the Northwestern State women's track and field team to a pair of Southland Conference titles, including its first ever outdoor conference championship, earned head coach Mike Heimerman the LSWA All-Louisiana Women's Coach of the Year, which was announced Saturday. Heimerman, who fell one vote shy of taking home...
Air quality alert issued through Monday for Jackson County
Smoke from Douglas County fires drifting south into Ashland. Smoke from wildfires in Douglas County prompted issuance of an air quality advisory on Saturday evening by Jackson County Public Health, effective through Monday, July 22. Depending on weather patterns and fire activity, air quality could be impacted for longer, the announcement said.
Open Streets Corvallis returns for 6th annual street festival
Join the City of Corvallis as they take back the streets for the people in the annual Open Streets Corvallis Festival. On Sunday July 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. a car-free route travels between Garfield Park and Cloverland Park. Along the route there will be an activity hub along the northern edge of Porter Park.
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