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Fri 9 AM | The Debrief - Botulism, Police and Lavender
JPR reporters discuss their top stories on The Debrief. A combination of botulism and bird flu has led to thousands of birds dying in the Klamath National Wildlife Refuge this summer. Medford Police Department faces charges of unlawful surveillance, and an Ashland lavender shop is rebranding after its supplier mysteriously disappears.
ACLU lawsuit challenges Oregon city police over surveillance
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a lawsuit against the city of Medford, Oregon, on Tuesday, alleging that the city’s law enforcement authorities have been surveilling and illegally gathering information on the complainants for years. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two local organizations and an individual activist.
Man arrested for armed robbery at Dutch Bro's
MEDFORD, Ore. -- A 34-year-old man has been arrested after an armed robbery Tuesday night at the Dutch Bro's coffee stand on Crater Lake Highway and Whittle Avenue. According to a news release from the Medford Police Department, the man -- Raymond William Mathes -- drove up to the coffee stand on a black electric scooter, showed a gun and ordered the employee to give him money. The employee closed the window, dropped to the floor and called the police.
2024 Women's Soccer Preview: Raiders home for Thursday's opener vs. Simpson
ASHLAND – Entering this week's debut, the belief is that the Southern Oregon women's soccer team has reached the fun part of the developmental stage. Jenni Rosenberg, SOU's 12th-year head coach, rolled out the youngest roster of her tenure a year ago. The Raiders were less experienced than any other Cascade Conference playoff team, and it showed in their up-and-down results. On one hand they knocked off a top-10 NAIA team, turned in a winning CCC record for the ninth consecutive season and executed the biggest upset at the CCC Tournament in five years; on the other they won back-to-back games once over the final two months of the season and had to settle for seventh place in the standings.
Oregon researchers paint wind turbines partly black to reduce bird deaths
A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now researchers from Oregon State University are trying it in the West. With $400,000 allocated by the state Legislature, Christian Hagen, […]
Thousands of birds die of bird flu and botulism at wildlife refuges in southern Oregon
At least 5,000 birds have died so far this summer at a network of wildlife refuges on the Oregon-California border, sparking fears of another large outbreak of disease and calls for more water releases in a region roiled by drought and water uncertainty made worse by climate change. The deaths...
RMEF Support May Lead to New Oregon Wildlife Crossings
Help may be on the way for elk and other wildlife trying to cross a busy highway in central Oregon. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation joined several other partners in supplying funding for a feasibility study to pinpoint locations along US Highway 20 between Bend and Suttle Lake for possible wildlife crossings.
Tourist in Oregon claims he only drove drunk to get away from gun-toting landowner
A Washington man who was charged with drunken driving while on an Oregon road trip offered a highly unusual defense during trial: He only got behind the wheel to flee from an angry, gun-toting Oregonian who wanted the man off his rural property. Michael Robert Ray Jackson, then 60, testified...
System Off Oregon Coast Brings Chance of Showers and Thunderstorms
Tonight, an upper low off the coast of Oregon will continue to move south. Most areas will stay dry, but there’s a chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms in the Cascade east slopes and nearby valleys. Winds are picking up in the eastern mountains and Wallowas, otherwise increasing clouds and lows in the 50s.
Help Solve Two Oregon Elk Poaching Cases
Below are two news releases from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division (OSP). One was posted on August 22, 2024, and the other on August 16. For 2024-2025, Fiocchi partnered with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to increase the visibility of poaching incidents in an effort to reduce poaching.
Exclusive: Paid Leave prohibits processing of claims while on calls with claimants
Portland, Ore — An email obtained exclusively by KATU sheds light on an internal Paid Leave Oregon policy prohibiting staff from processing claims when the claimant is on the phone. The email was obtained through a records request. "Starting immediately, when you take a phone call from the claimant...
Local union rescinds endorsement of Kroger-Albertsons merger
EUGENE, Ore -- Initially, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555 was very supportive of the possibility of a merger between Fred Meyer and Albertsons. However, new questions in regards to workers wages and welfare have come up. The union has officially rescinded its endorsement of the merger. Their...
Drought in the West has cost hydropower industry billions in losses, analysis finds
Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. ...
Oregon State Fair Opens Friday
SALEM, OR -- The Oregon State Fair officially begins Friday in Salem, featuring old favorites and a few new ones. Livestock events have already started and the State Fair's Drew Marine says the Beef Show is always impressive, "There are nine and 10 year olds that might not even weigh 75 pounds, and they're controlling an animal that weighs over a thousand pounds." Because of the ongoing risk of bird flu in both waterfowl and cattle, she says those animals must be tested before they're allowed in the fairgrounds. They're also following other Oregon Department of Agriculture guidelines, "Posting signage that encourages handwashing after people leave the animal areas, just to be sure, and having hand washing stations, as well."
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