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Eight health systems want to operate Oregon’s largest coastal hospital in Coos Bay
COOS BAY — At least eight health systems, including some in Oregon, are interested in operating Bay Area Hospital as leaders of the Coos Bay faciilty look for a partner to help with its longstanding financial woes. Starting Sept. 3, executives of the hospital and its board will start...
Oregon drug traffickers with ties to Calif., Colo., Mexico sentenced to prison
(The Center Square) - An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, got a 97-month federal prison sentence and five years’...
Friday night roars into Milton-Freewater
MILTON-FREEWATER — The Back to Class Bash comes to Milton-Freewater on Friday, Aug. 23. From 6-9 p.m., Friday Nights on Main will take over a large portion of North Main Street in family-oriented festivities. The main event is located at Freewater Square, 417 N. Main St. The Milton-Freewater Chamber...
Two Years In, the County-Wide Houselessness Office Plans to Evolve
In June, regional leaders and service providers entered a large board room with a purpose, eager to discuss solutions addressing the large concentration of unsheltered populations living on forest land. Members of the county-wide effort to address houselessness, the Coordinated Houseless Response Office, along with local partners and state and federal agencies, swiftly made their way to their seats to get to work and collaboratively discuss the houseless population along China Hat Road.
Oregon drug traffickers with ties to California, Colorado, and Mexico sentenced to prison
(The Center Square) – An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, got a 97-month federal prison sentence and five years’ supervised release, according to the […]
Why Americans are traveling to Vermont and Oregon to die
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 left this world," said the 61-year-old who lives in Lancaster. "I decided that this was an option for me."Dying with medical assistance wasn't an option when Milano learned in early 2023 that her disease was incurable. At that point, she would have had to travel to...
Audit: half billion dollar Washington financial system upgrade 'at risk'
(The Center Square) - The Washington Auditor’s Office (SAO) is sounding the alarm about ongoing delays in replacing the state’s aging software system that handles billions of dollars in budget data for more than 100 state agencies. One Washington, led by the Office of Financial Management, was created by the legislature to oversee replacing 1960s-era technology with a cloud-based system for finance, procurement, budget, HR, and payroll processes. The new...
‘Plenty of wildfire season ahead’: Oregon DEQ urges staying prepared, despite end to air quality advisories after 42 days
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says that for the first time in 42 days, no air quality advisory has been issued for any part of the state, as recent cooler temperatures and weather changes bring an end - or a pause - to the wildfire smoke many communities have been dealing with. The post ‘Plenty of wildfire season ahead’: Oregon DEQ urges staying prepared, despite end to air quality advisories after 42 days appeared first on KTVZ.
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