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One of the country's largest renewable energy companies is expanding into rural Oregon
SHERMAN COUNTY, Ore. — One of the country’s largest renewable energy companies is expanding into rural Oregon: Avangrid just opened a new training center in Sherman County. If you drive through Columba River Gorge on your way into Central Oregon, you’ll find turbines as far as the eye...
Enhanced boat patrols on lakes July 4-6
OREGON – Oregon is enhancing patrols on lakes in the state this 4th of July weekend looking for impaired boaters. Sheriff Offices across Oregon and the Oregon State Police will be participating in Operation Dry Water July 4 – 6. The State says impaired boaters will face serious penalties. Consequences of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) include possible jail time, a $6,250 fine and possible loss of boating privileges. Over 100 law enforcement boats will be participating in Operation Dry Water throughout the state.
Rural Oregon Making Slow March Toward Health Equity
Baker City’s Saint Alphonsus Medical Center closed its birth center in late August 2023, a decision that received pushback locally, statewide and nationally. Saint Alphonsus Health System, which owns and operates the hospital, shut down the center due to a decline in local deliveries plus a lack of obstetrics staff to meet needs. The closure helps highlight the challenges many rural Oregonians face in getting consistent, quality access to health care, but there are people working to eliminate the barriers.
Union ironworkers vote down $7.50 employer offer
Union ironworkers throughout Oregon and Washington voted down raises of $7.50 an hour in votes by in early June. Under their regional master agreement with the Northwest Ironworkers Employers Association, journeyman ironworkers in the Portland area currently make $43.82 an hour plus $33.98 an hour in fringe benefits. But that wage has lost some purchasing power to inflation in recent years. This is the first significant bargaining since before COVID, and union ironworkers are looking to catch up. The employer proposal to raise wages $7.50 an hour over three years wouldn’t catch members up to inflation.
Shape the future of community health
The Marion-Polk Community Health Collaborative, a coalition of local organizations dedicated to improving community health, announced on July 1 that it launched its latest community health survey. The collaborative is looking for people who live, work, or play in Marion and/or Polk counties to take the survey. It is billed as an opportunity to make your voice heard and influence the future of local health services. The survey is designed...
Downtown Toledo galleries open this weekend for special monthly shows
Head to Toledo on Saturday and Sunday, July 6-7, to celebrate the arts community with a unique look at local galleries and a chance to connect with the artists behind the work. The Yaquina River Museum of Art is exhibiting a collection of paintings that reflect the light and colors...
New apartments open in Garibaldi
Residents are set to begin moving into the new Garibaldi Bayview Apartments at the east end of the city and seven lots prepared for home construction above the complex are on the market. The 3-acre project was shepherded by the development team of Paul Daniels and Ron Halter and marks the third complex they have partnered on in the city in the last decade. Friends since high school, the men...
Hillsboro City Council To Vote In Another 400+ Acres Of Growth Land
Tonight is another big night here in Hillsboro! While the locals are out partying at Tuesday Night Market and Art Walk, the Council will be hard at work passing a wide myriad of spending and expansion ordinances. Tonight the City boundaries will add almost 300 more acres of Industrial Land (Think more Data Centers) and another 129 acres of Residential Land! Here we Grow, again! In our ongoing Council watch, we offer an inside look at some of the biggest matters being dealt with tonight! Have a look.
Movie filming in Salem seeking deaf and hard of hearing people to work as extras
Another movie is filming in Oregon this summer, and there’s a casting call for people who are deaf, hard or hearing and/or fluent in American Sign Language to work as extras. The movie, “Flash Before the Bang,” is inspired by a true story about an all-deaf high school track and field team trying to achieve victory at the 1986 Oregon State Track and Field Championship.
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