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TRAFFIC ALERT/ROAD CLOSURE- Crash on I-84, 7 miles east of La Grande
LA GRANDE – UPDATE as of 3:13pm — The closure has been extended. I-84 Eastbound is now closed between Pendleton and Baker City (Mp-216–Mp304). Update as of 1:54pm- ODOT reports that I-84 is closed eastbound from La Grande to Baker City due to a crash. (As of...
2024 high school girls soccer preview
High school soccer returns to Oregon this week, and we’ve got a preview of each Basin squad. We’ll start with the four girls teams: Henley, Klamath Union, Mazama and Lost River/Bonanza. Henley. At a glance. Head coach: Mike Hedlund (sixth season, 35-20-15 at Henley) League: 4A Skyline Conference.
Oregon offers $30,000 to asylum-seekers and other non-US citizens to buy houses
Asylum-seekers, refugees, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, and any other non-U.S. citizens living in Oregon are eligible to receive a $30,000 grant to assist them if they are first-time home buyers. This grant, which is offered by the Hacienda Community Development Corporation through its Camino A Casa program, is only available to “people who […]
Fed grant supports OR tribal youth conservation training
Federal grant money is supporting an Oregon organization rehabilitating the land and training tribal youth. The Interior Department's Indian Youth Service Corps has awarded the Lomakatsi Restoration Project two grants of $300,000 and $400,000. The funds will support the organization's Tribal Youth Ecological Stewardship Training and Employment program. Marko Bey,...
Man with arrest warrant in Oregon accused of breaking into homes in Washington gated community
THURSTON COUNTY, Wash. — Over the last week, homeowners in a gated community called Clearwood near Yelm say they've being "terrorized" by a burglar and prowler. Thurston County Sheriff's deputies told KING 5 that they know who it is and partnered with a local agency to conduct a K9 search of the neighborhood on Sunday. However, they were unsuccessful.
After backlash, Oregon nonprofit says state-funded homebuyer assistance doesn’t exclude U.S. citizens
Portland housing nonprofit Hacienda CDC has drawn scrutiny over a flyer that incorrectly suggested a state-funded downpayment assistance program was open only to noncitizens. In a statement on Sunday, Hacienda Chief Executive Ernesto Fonseca said a consultant created the marketing materials, which he said mistakenly stated the downpayment assistance program excludes U.S. citizens. In fact, U.S. citizens can participate but must qualify under other “economic equity risk factors” outlined in state law.
Federal court ruling could affect pest control on Oregon’s farms and rangeland
The future of grasshopper and cricket control in Oregon is in the air after a district judge ruled against the overuse of pesticides by a federal agency. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez in U.S. District Court in Portland ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had failed to consider controlling the pests […]
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. “I really wanted to take control over how I […]
Oregon joins federal antitrust lawsuit over rental pricing software
Oregon’s attorney general has joined other states, the District of Columbia and federal government in an antitrust lawsuit against a company selling property management software that recommends rental prices to landlords. The lawsuit against Texas-based RealPage accused the company of gathering confidential rental data from more than 16 million units nationwide to create software that […]
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