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Famous Discount Retailer With 6 Idaho Stores Announces Plans to Close Some Locations
We’re past the halfway point of 2024 and this year hasn’t been kind to discount retailers. Dollar Tree and Family Dollar announced plans to close at least 1,000 locations. While they said the initial round of cuts would include 600 Family Dollar stores, Idaho’s already lost one of each brand owned by Dollar Tree Inc. The Dollar Tree on Collister and Family Dollar on State Street in Boise closed earlier this year. As leases expire, they plan to cut 370 more Family Dollar and 30 more Dollar Tree locations. It’s unclear if any of the remaining 40+ Idaho locations will be affected.
Missing Idaho woman found dead in submerged car in Grand Teton National Park
CASPER, Wyo. — A missing Idaho woman has been identified after being found dead in a submerged passenger car in Grand Teton National Park. According to a release from the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the woman identified as Laura Lane from Nampa, Idaho, was discovered in the Buffalo Fork River near Moran after a search with an aerial drone. Authorities were called after a wallet was discovered in the area on July 7, they said.
How Oregon can make progress on lifting wages
For two years now, Oregon’s wage floor has been stuck in place. It’s run aground at a place well-short of what families need to make ends meet. That may seem strange to say given that Oregon’s minimum hourly wage went up 50 cents on July 1, but that increase only keeps pace with inflation. It’s […] The post How Oregon can make progress on lifting wages appeared first on Oregon Capital Chronicle.
US Marshals Service operation locates missing children in Oregon, across US
Around 200 endangered runaways and missing children, including 33 from Oregon, have been found and rescued as part of an operation conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service and other agencies. The operation, called "Operation We Will Find You 2," was conducted May 20-June 24 by the Marshals Service and other federal, state and local agencies across the U.S., the service said in a statement last week. ...
What it takes to be a wildland firefighter in Oregon
Dressed in their recognizable yellow and green uniforms, stained by dirt, sweat dripping down their brows and smoke burning their eyes and lungs, nearly 170 newly certified wildland firefighters experienced their first live fire this summer as they gathered for five days of training in Oregon. The live fire event, held June 28 just outside of Sweet Home, marked the culmination of the 2024 Mid-Willamette Valley Interagency Wildland Fire School, a yearly training program set up to...
Oregon had fourth most gun sales per capita in 2023, 146,000 sold at start of 2024
Gun sales across the country decreased in 2023, but millions have purchased firearms in the new year. In 2023, Oregon had the fourth most gun sales per capita, with 1,372 sales per 10,000 people aged 21 or older. The only states with higher sales rates were Montana, Wyoming and Alaska.
Target Stores Announce Major Change In Idaho, California, And More
Technology continues to evolve rapidly and we're seeing it everywhere: artificial intelligence, facial recognition, cell phones, etc. Even the way we shop is evolving... or devolving, depending on how you look at it. Is technology advancement becoming a bad thing?. Do you remember when people had landlines and answering machines?...
Firefighters strengthen existing control lines for Jane 106 and Silvies 7 prescribed burns
JOHN DAY, PRAIRIE CITY AND HINES(Released by the U.S. Forest Service)-Firefighters are improving existing control lines on the Jane 106 and Silvies 7 prescribed burns located on the Emigrant Creek Ranger District. Fire activity in interior areas of the prescribed burns, which were conducted in May, has intensified with the...
Would Texans Allow Their Power Company to Control Their Thermostats?
"Who touched the thermostat" fights are getting more interesting with this trend: Oregon's biggest power company is rolling out a new "Smart Thermostat" program, where THEY get to change the temperature in your home. If they're doing it in Oregon, it's only a matter of time before this trend comes to the Lone Star State.
Thousands of Oregon hospital patients may have been exposed to infectious diseases
Officials with health care companies in Oregon say more than 2,400 patients at hospitals in the Portland area may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV, because of a physician who may not have followed infection co...
100 human-caused wildfires since June; lightning in forecast for record dry forests
Since June, there have been 100 human-caused wildfires on national forests and grasslands in Oregon and Washington. While firefighters have been largely successful in putting out these preventable fires, the extremely hot and dry conditions are significantly ramping up fire danger across the region. “We’re entering a very dangerous time period in the Pacific Northwest wildfire season,” said Ed Hiatt, Pacific Northwest Assistant Fire Director for Operations. “Mother Nature turned on the oven for a week in local forests and now we’re preparing for the...
Bank of Eastern Oregon among ICBA's top ag lenders of 2024
Heppner, OR - Bank of Eastern Oregon (BEO) has been named one of the country's top agricultural lenders in 2024 by the Independent Community Bankers Association (ICBA). BEO ranks 18th on the list of community banks with $300 million to $1 billion in assets and is the only Pacific Northwest Bank based agricultural lender on this list. The article in Independent Banker magazine includes photos of BEO personnel visiting Painted Hills Natural Beef in Fossil, Oregon; a customer who has been with BEO for over 15 years. "Community institutions like the Bank of Eastern Oregon are in the agricultural space for the long haul," said Jeff Bailey, President and Chief Executive Officer of BEO. "Agricultural lending isn't just a sideline opportunity that we're going to get in and out of. In fact, the community bank takes its responsibility to support rural communities-of which agriculture is a large part very seriously. It's not just a line of business; it is our business," Bailey added.
Would Texans Allow Their Power Company to Control Their Thermostats?
"Who touched the thermostat" fights are getting more interesting with this trend: Oregon's biggest power company is rolling out a new "Smart Thermostat" program, where THEY get to change the temperature in your home. If they're doing it in Oregon, it's only a matter of time before this trend comes to the Lone Star State.
Tribal leaders on the coast call for action to return sea otters to Oregon
Leaders of two federally recognized Oregon coastal Indian tribes have called upon U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to “take all appropriate actions” to direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to return sea otters — known to tribal ancestors as Xulh-t’ush, Giye’we, or Ela-ke’ — to the Oregon coast within the next five years. The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians (CTCLUSI) and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) have sent letters to Haaland. In the letters, Bradley...
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