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Oregon Libertarians will appear on ballot despite Republican challenges
Libertarian candidates will appear on Oregon ballots in November, despite efforts from the state Republican party to disqualify Libertarians it feared would take votes from GOP candidates. State election officials have confirmed that seven Libertarian candidates for Congress and legislative races are qualified to run, despite correspondence the Secretary of State’s Office received from an attorney for the Oregon Republican Party and a past Libertarian Party of Oregon leader urging officials to reject Libertarian nominees. ...
Grants Pass police looking for 2 suspects targeting elderly women
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Grants Pass Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying two suspects reportedly using a ruse to steal from elderly women. According to police, back on August 14 around 2 p.m., an elderly woman was approached by two men in the Albertsons parking lot on Allen Creek Road in Grants Pass.
Seagull poop on roof of Oregon coast resort leads to $2.5 million lawsuit
The damaging effects of sea salt, constant winds and fierce winter storms can make maintaining any Oregon coast property a real chore. But seagull droppings? Don’t forget to add that one to the list. A pair of international companies – Wyndham Resort Development Corporation and WorldMark, The Club —...
Oregon QB has great chance to break two NCAA passing records in 2024
In what will likely be his only season as a member of the Oregon Ducks football program, quarterback Dillon Gabriel has the potential to become the NCAA's all-time leader in career passing yards and career touchdown passes if he throws for at least 4,353 yards and 31 touchdowns during the upcoming season. Oregon Ducks QB Dillon Gabriel needs: 4,353 passing yards 31 passing touchdowns this season to overtake Case Keenum as the all-time leader for career passing yards and touchdowns pic.twitter.com/fija2RMsZ7— Oliver Hodgkinson (@ojhodgkinson) June 4, 2024 Currently, the record is held by former Houston Cougars quarterback Case Keenum,...
Oregon State Parks to close multiple campgrounds, including Silver Falls, for construction
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will close or partly close a handful of parks and campgrounds for construction work beginning this fall and winter. The closures include highly popular sites such as Silver Falls, Fort Stevens, Milo McIver and Bullards Beach, among others, for projects such as paving, sewer replacement and new...
Child Health Focus; City Meeting Schedule; Scam Alert; Casino Celebrates 20 Years
Oregon aims to make social and emotional health care for young children more available with a new metric. The Oregon Health Authority has adopted the Child-Level Social Emotional Health Metric, which will improve and incentivize this care for kids from birth to age five who are on the state’s Medicaid program. Oregon is the first state in the country to adopt a measure like this. Andi Walsh with the Children’s Institute in Oregon says social-emotional health is the foundation for everyone’s mental health.
Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism
In the 18 months after Francine Milano was diagnosed with a recurrence of the ovarian cancer she thought she’d beaten 20 years ago, she traveled twice from her home in Pennsylvania to Vermont. She went not to ski, hike, or leaf-peep, but to arrange to die.
WINSTON WITH SUICIDE PREVENTION FUNDRAISER SEPTEMBER 28TH
The City of Winston has “We’ve Got Your 6” on Saturday September 28th. The veteran and first responder suicide prevention fundraiser will take place from 11:00 a.m. to dusk at Riverbend Park. There will be live music, tournament games, bingo, wiener dog races and more. $5,000 in cash prizes will be offered.
MUSIC OFF CENTRAL WRAPS UP WITH SUMMER GROOVE PARTY BAND
Music Off Central wraps up its 2024 summer concert series on Thursday night. The Summer Groove Party Band will perform on the Central Park stage in Sutherlin at 7:00 p.m. The group is known nationwide for playing the hottest dance hits from the 70s, 80s, 90s, top 40 and more.
Newport firefighters deployed to assist with Dixon Fire
Newport Fire Chief Rob Murphy and firefighter Kaden Keogh were deployed last week as members of Task Force 64 in Lincoln County to assist Douglas County with the Dixon Fire, burning near Canyonville in southwest Oregon. Murphy and Keogh were tasked with operating one of Newport’s Type 6 engines, which is able to maneuver through and access difficult terrain, making it beneficial for battling wildfires. On Aug. 12, Gov. Tina...
Secrecy and Data Issues Impede Progress on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
*Part one of this series detailed the investigation of the disappearance of Wilma Acosta, an unenrolled Pascua Yaqui woman who went missing in Portland in November. Portland police announced Acosta had “suicidal ideations,” despite repeated denials of that claim from Acosta’s family. Experts say such announcements are harmful. Her body was found in January along the Willamette River near Cathedral Park.
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