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Oregon sees job growth, continued employment challenges
Oregon’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose by 8,500 jobs in July, following a revised decline of 700 jobs in June, according to the Oregon Employment Department. Gains, losses July’s gains were largest in professional and business services (+2,300 jobs); health care and social assistance (+2,000); government (+1,800); and construction (+1,400). Declines in July were...
‘Blitzen Trapper’ among 2024’s inductees into Oregon Music Hall of Fame
The Oregon Music Hall of Fame has named its new class of inductees, led by Portland band “Blitzen Trapper”. The 17th annual ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., Saturday, October 12th, at the Brooklyn neighborhood’s Aladdin Theater – on S.E. Milwaukie Avenue, a half block south of Powell Boulevard. Other inductees include Laura Viers, Exploding Hearts, Tony Lash (Heatmiser), Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists), The Obituaries, and more. “It’s a...
Oregon Psychologist Explains Why Patients Struggle to Find Therapists
Although Oregon’s abysmal response to mental illness has been well documented, the crisis is national. A new report from ProPublica lays bare one of the culprits here and across the country—health insurers who deny reimbursement. As one of its primary examples, ProPublica cites the experience of Dr. Melissa...
Conservationists strive to protect Oregon’s coastal martens
On a warm day in late June, Jessica Buskirk, Alyssa Roddy, and Mark Stevens bushwack through a coastal forest just east of Gold Beach, Oregon. The three wildlife biologists carefully navigate over downed logs and duck under branches, winding through a tangle of rhododendrons. This dense, sloping forest is bound...
Labor Day Weekend Travel Forecast
Oregon businesses are hopeful the final summer holiday will bring a flurry of visitors to enjoy the city and all that it has to offer. This year’s record-breaking summer travel season will wrap up with millions of Americans taking a final summer trip over the Labor Day weekend, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). AAA booking data for flights, hotels, rental cars and cruises shows Labor Day travel is...
Neah-Kah-Nie Football Preview
Playing their first season since 2021, the Neah-Kah-Nie High Pirates returned to OSAA Class 2A football last year and finished 2-5 (2-7 overall) in Special District 1, taking sixth place in the eight-team standings. The Pirates, guided by second-year Coach Alejandro Quintana-Rios, lost seven graduated seniors from last year’s squad and will have some big shoes to fill at the beginning of practice on Monday. The Pirates have six seniors this year who will help provide leadership ability for the team, including Samuel Lommen, Dallas...
Oregon Libertarians will appear on ballot despite Republican efforts to disqualify them
Libertarian candidates will appear on Oregon ballots in November, despite efforts from the state Republican party to disqualify Libertarians it feared would take votes from GOP candidates. State election officials have confirmed that seven Libertarian candidates for Congress and legislative races are qualified to run, despite correspondence the Secretary of...
Person hit, injured in Aloha on SW 185th
BEAVERTON Ore. (KPTV) - A person was hit and injured by a car in Aloha on Sunday evening, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after 6 p.m., deputies responded to the crash at Southwest 185th Avenue and Southwest Blanton Street where a pedestrian had been hit by a car. Deputies said they had been injured, but no other information is available about the victim’s condition.
Going above and beyond: Westview HS staff bring orientation to all incoming freshman
BEAVERTON, Ore. (KPTV) - Back-to-school can be an especially stressful time for students making the transition from middle school to high school. One high school in Beaverton is going above and beyond to help make that first day a little easier. Instead of freshman orientation day at Westview High School,...
Deep in the Oregon Woods, Punks on a Plane
Aug. 10 marked the inaugural flight of the Man on the Wing Festival at the famed Airplane Home in Hillsboro. The retired Boeing 727 parked in the woods used to be home to a man named Bruce Campbell (not the Evil Dead star) but for the past year has been an event space where people are encouraged to come make music and art. The all-day all-ages festival included sets by a string of punk bands, like festival host Veeay, along with Lone Fir Cemetery and GrrlBand (all pictured below).
Escape from Higher Ed’s Bermuda Triangle
When Jabrielle Jones enrolled at rural Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, in 2019, a placement test deemed her unready for college-level math. Jones, who has a learning disability, said she never really learned math at the small-town school in Florida where she grew up. Her special education teacher was so disengaged, Jones said, that class time was mostly study hall. “We were encouraged to sort of self-teach through workbooks,” she told me.
A downtown vision for Philomath’s future
In the coming weeks as heavy equipment and closed road signs leave Philomath with the completion of the streetscape project, the downtown vicinity will officially move from conceptualization to reality. Smooth sections of road on both sides of the couplet with bright sidewalks to stroll on and new streetlights, traffic...
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