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One of the country's largest renewable energy companies is expanding into rural Oregon
SHERMAN COUNTY, Ore. — One of the country’s largest renewable energy companies is expanding into rural Oregon: Avangrid just opened a new training center in Sherman County. If you drive through Columba River Gorge on your way into Central Oregon, you’ll find turbines as far as the eye...
Enhanced boat patrols on lakes July 4-6
OREGON – Oregon is enhancing patrols on lakes in the state this 4th of July weekend looking for impaired boaters. Sheriff Offices across Oregon and the Oregon State Police will be participating in Operation Dry Water July 4 – 6. The State says impaired boaters will face serious penalties. Consequences of Boating Under the Influence (BUI) include possible jail time, a $6,250 fine and possible loss of boating privileges. Over 100 law enforcement boats will be participating in Operation Dry Water throughout the state.
Rural Oregon Making Slow March Toward Health Equity
Baker City’s Saint Alphonsus Medical Center closed its birth center in late August 2023, a decision that received pushback locally, statewide and nationally. Saint Alphonsus Health System, which owns and operates the hospital, shut down the center due to a decline in local deliveries plus a lack of obstetrics staff to meet needs. The closure helps highlight the challenges many rural Oregonians face in getting consistent, quality access to health care, but there are people working to eliminate the barriers.
Mount Hood cabins for sale, from $1.8M to $299,950
It take a special place for real estate agents to feel the need to describe a residence for sale, with a vaulted, beamed ceiling and log posts, as possessing a “mountain vibe.” But cooing is hard to resist with cabins on Mount Hood, Oregon’s tallest mountain and one of the most iconic peaks in North America.
Democrats, homeless advocates disappointed in U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homelessness
Democratic lawmakers, homeless advocates and legal experts in Oregon expressed disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Friday in the Grants Pass homeless case, while conservatives welcomed the decision. In a 6-3 decision split along partisan lines, the court sided with the southern Oregon city in its prohibitions against...
Union ironworkers vote down $7.50 employer offer
Union ironworkers throughout Oregon and Washington voted down raises of $7.50 an hour in votes by in early June. Under their regional master agreement with the Northwest Ironworkers Employers Association, journeyman ironworkers in the Portland area currently make $43.82 an hour plus $33.98 an hour in fringe benefits. But that wage has lost some purchasing power to inflation in recent years. This is the first significant bargaining since before COVID, and union ironworkers are looking to catch up. The employer proposal to raise wages $7.50 an hour over three years wouldn’t catch members up to inflation.
Multnomah County enacts 2024 summer burn ban
With hot and dry conditions, Multnomah County has enacted a burn ban Tuesday, July 2, for all areas of the county. The ban includes backyard burning, recreational campfires and fire pits, and agricultural burning (including agriculture wastes, crops, field burning; as well as permitted open burning for land clearing, slash, stump, debris, or controlled burning). The burn ban, announced by the Multnomah County Fire Defense Board, which comprises local fire...
Multnomah County Initiative to Move People From the Streets Into Housing Meets Its Benchmark
One year after the fizzle of her ambitious initiative to move people directly from the streets into apartments, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson can claim a victory: The program appears to have at last met its initial goal. The Joint Office of Homeless Services, which Vega Pederson oversees, announced...
Extreme heat expected to hit Portland this week. Here are some resources for the city’s most vulnerable
PORTLAND, Ore. — Melissa and her friend escape the sun Tuesday afternoon on a shade-covered sidewalk in Old Town. They are both homeless and she is expecting a child. The threat of a heat wave expected to hit Portland over Fourth of July weekend is the last thing Melissa needs.
Marion County restaurant inspections: Windjammers, Original Roadhouse Grill
ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS This is a snapshot of the inspections conducted by the Marion County health department. Twice annually, licensed restaurants receive unannounced inspections that focus on food temperatures, food...
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