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Oregon Ducks countdown to kickoff: At No. 41, greatest kicker in program history?
The Oregon Ducks start the 2024 season Aug. 31 at home against Idaho. The Oregonian/OregonLive will count down the days with mini-profiles of prominent former and current Ducks whose jersey numbers correspond with the days remaining until the opening kickoff. Today, No. 41: Kicker Aidan Schneider. If you purchase a...
Yachats council votes unanimously to split cost of single sheriff’s deputy with Waldport in one-year trial
YACHATS – There is a new sheriff in town. Or there will be soon. With an eye toward balancing budget constraints and consistency, the Yachats city council voted unanimously Wednesday to pay for a half-time Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy who will split their 40-hour week equally between Yachats and Waldport.
Oregon State Football Position Preview 2024: Offensive Line
Breaking down all of Oregon State's position groups. Fall camp is just two weeks away and it's time to break down every position group as the Beavers prepare to kickoff the 2024 season on August 31st against Idaho State. With much of Oregon State's roster from 2023 departed and 46...
Former Oregon high school stars to watch at the 2024 Paris Olympics
We are just a few days away from the start of the Paris Olympics, and for Oregon high school sports fans there are a few big reasons to keep an eye on what’s happening. Three former Oregon high school stars will be representing Team USA, as well as the Beaver State, over in Paris with two throwers and one rower making the cut for the games.
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...
Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist to make Philomath appearance
The Sanctuary of Healing Arts near Philomath will host a Grammy Award-winning jazz singer on Friday, July 26, the organization announced. Sara Gazarek & Band will perform at 7 p.m. at SoHA’s wooded venue located at 23321 Alsea Highway, which is about 4 miles south from the Highway 20 and 34 intersection. The doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Ranking Oregon's position groups ahead of the start of fall camp
Oregon's position groups ranked from best to worst entering fall camp. The offseason slog is nearly behind us. Next week marks the start of the escalating media calendar and fall camp will open the following week on July 31. With practice nearly upon us, I thought I'd rank the position...
After fatal drug overdose, Oregon State Hospital resumes limited in-person visits for patients
Oregon State Hospital will resume in-person visits for some patients on Monday after suspending them in May after a patient died of a suspected fentanyl overdose. Officials at the state-run psychiatric facility suspended in-person visits between patients and their family and friends so the hospital could retool its visiting policies, with an eye toward preventing visitors from passing drugs or other contraband on to patients. The hospital has nearly 700 patients between its main campus in Salem and a smaller satellite campus in Junction City.
Lane County will explore citizen redistricting proposal
After discussing an advisory committee's six proposed changes to Lane County's Charter, the Board of Commissioners rejected the committee's pair of proposed amendments to reform the county's redistricting process, instead choosing to further explore an alternate citizen proposal. The board also accepted the three least controversial recommendations. In 1976, Lane County expanded the...
Ashland-based author awarded Oregon Arts Commission grant for novel ‘Honey’
Award will assist the author with travel costs and his upcoming tour. Novelist Victor Lodato will receive a financial boost to continue touring and participating in author talks for his latest book, “Honey,” after being one of 29 artists to receive Career Opportunity Program grant awards from the Oregon Arts Commission.
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...
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...
Southern Oregon residents worry state isn’t monitoring water quality closely enough after arsenic scare
Your browser does not support the audio element. Teresa Blazer has lived at Rogue Meadows for nine years. It’s a tidy mobile home park in the town of Shady Cove, just off the Rogue River where her retired husband regularly catches his daily limit of Chinook and coho salmon.
Waldo Lake, Fall Creek area to have limited access for years to come, officials say
Fires of unprecedented size and heat take years for areas to recover enough to ensure public safety. “The Willamette National Forest has had so much fire since 2020,”Lowell Evans, a fire recovery project manager, said at a recent U.S. Forest Service Middle Fork Ranger District meeting in Lowell. “Over 400,000 acres burned in four years, that’s a quarter of the forest and 190,000 acres on the Middle Fork District since fall of 2021.”
Antisemitism Exists in Ashland – City Council Urged to Investigate
ASHLAND, Ore. — The Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission (SERJC) has urged Ashland City Council to hire a professional to dig deep into possible complicity that could harm traditionally marginalized people. SERJC states that Ashland has been experiencing an increase in antisemitism since the October 7 attack by...
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