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Oregon governor’s panel makes hundreds of recommendations to reform Coffee Creek prison
Oregon Department of Corrections officials have received hundreds of ideas from a governor-appointed panel for reforming the state’s only women’s prison and better protecting women against trauma, sexual abuse and misconduct. The recommendations would make administrators more accountable for Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, which houses about 900 female inmates, and seek a change in culture at the prison in Wilsonville. They also would increase oversight of allegations of sexual assault and strip searches and expand behavioral health programs, records obtained by the Capital Chronicle show. ...
A look at Kennedy cross country's 2024 schedule
Kennedy cross country will look a bit different this year. The program graduated six runners across the two teams. On the boys side, the departure of last season's district champion Johnathan Kintz will be difficult to replace, while the girls have to fill three spots from last season's team that won districts and qualified for the state meet. Sophomores Lukas Bauman and Aaden Carmack are the lone varsity returners for...
Kennewick School District looking to hold engineers responsible for faulty HVAC unit at Southridge High School
KENNEWICK, Wash. - The Kennewick School District is looking to hold an engineering firm financially responsible for repairs to an HVAC system at Southridge High School. According to a resolution in the school board meeting packet for an upcoming Wed., Aug. 14 meeting, the system would cost up to $500,000 to repair.
Man arrested for July 28 shooting in Milton-Freewater
MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore. - A man who allegedly shot another man in Milton-Freewater on July 28 was arrested on Wednesday, according to an updated press release from the Milton-Freewater Police Department. The 33-year-old man was found near the Umatilla River and tried to run away. The man was eventually tased and...
Washington dentist’s permit to sedate suspended after man died while undergoing procedure
A Lakewood dentist's permit to sedate patients was indefinitely suspended recently due to unsafe practices after a medically fragile man died while undergoing a procedure to have multiple teeth removed. The state Department of Health's Dental Quality Assurance Commission and Thi Nguyen, who owns Gravelly Lake Dentistry, agreed to an...
Washington Costco Stores To Start Scanning Members At Entrance
Like a scene from Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, now Costco greeters will stab their staffs into the ground and scream:. And then scan your member card and allow you to pass!. Okay, well, I’m sure it won’t be that dramatic (unless we’re lucky), but Costco...
Oregon legislative Democrats join governor, Republicans in opposing rebate ballot measure
Democratic leaders in the Oregon House and Senate have come out swinging against a November ballot measure that would hike taxes on corporations to send checks to every Oregonian. Top Democrats in the House and Senate joined their Republican colleagues and Gov. Tina Kotek in opposing Measure 118, also referred to as the Oregon Rebate. The ballot measure, one of five statewide questions that will appear on the November ballot, would increase by 3% the corporate minimum tax on sales above $25 million and distribute...
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