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Red flag warning and excessive heat advisory
Heat Advisory for Eastern Washington into Northern Oregon from noon Friday to 10 PM Sunday. - Stay hydrated, wear sunscreen and find cover from the sun when possible. Red Flag Warning for Eastern Washington into Northern Oregon from 11 AM Sunday to 9 PM Sunday.
Wildfires across the region grow over the weekend, some prompt evacuations
IDAHO, USA — Several wildfires continue to burn across the region. Some of the fires are prompting evacuation notice, while others have people on standby - ready to leave at a moment's notice. These wildfires have only grown over the weekend, keeping fire bosses on high alert as well.
City of Hermiston and collaborators plant 40 trees at EOTEC
HERMISTON, Ore. -- More than 30 volunteers from Amazon Web Services, Umatilla County Fair and the Arbor Day Foundation assisted the City of Hermiston to plant 40 trees at the Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center.
Measure 110 spending plan means Portland area will lag despite size, diversity
The state will provide Oregon’s three largest counties with an estimated $55 million less for addiction recovery services than their populations call for over the next several years. Lawmakers substantially rolled back aspects of Measure 110, the voter-approved decriminalization measure earlier this year. But the oversight council that oversees the funding stream it created is still in place, and it adopted a revised funding formula intended to help rural counties on July 3. ...
U.S Army Corps of Engineers lowering Lucky Peak water levels
BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, will start drawing Lucky Peak Lake water levels down on the fourth week of July. The lake will be lowered by 125 feet to allow future construction on the Turner Gulch ramp project that starts September 1.
Oregon Health Authority needs more language and behavioral health services, report says
The Oregon Health Authority needs to step up efforts to provide health care for Oregonians who speak different languages and to expand access to behavioral health care treatment, a new state report found. The report, released the week of July 15 by the authority’s Ombuds Program, scrutinizes shortcomings in the state’s Medicaid program, which provides medical, dental and behavioral health care for low-income Oregonians. It found that people who speak a language other than English can struggle to access services, especially when providers lack staff...
Toddler overdosed on mom’s meth after Oregon DHS left him in her care, $2.6M lawsuit says
A $2.6 million lawsuit faults Oregon’s Department of Human Services for allegedly failing to remove a 2-year-old boy from his mother’s Beaverton home even though child welfare workers had received “many” reports that the boy might be in danger. The suit and a lawyer for the...
A secured five-year commitment to state’s western wildfire response announced
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle—along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer—and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announce today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), and Forest Protective Agencies (FPAs) reached a renewed five-year commitment to the Western Oregon Operating Plan (WOOP). The WOOP serves as the long-term agreement that governs fire response for the BLM, ODF, and FPAs all over western Oregon. As the previous...
Two new cases of measles confirmed in Oregon
Oregon health authorities on Friday announced two new cases of measles in unvaccinated children in Marion County. The children were diagnosed with measles on July 11 and 12. There are no known public exposures, health authorities said in a news release. Last month, two cases — an unvaccinated adult and...
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