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STEWART PARK DRIVE BRIDGE TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY AUGUST 24TH
The Stewart Park Drive Bridge, also known as the Green Bridge, will close to all traffic for several hours on Saturday, August 24th to accommodate a special community dinner being organized by Thrive Umpqua. A City of Roseburg release said the bridge spans the South Umpqua River between Fir Grove...
$5M awarded small forestland owners for fish habitat improvements
The Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat Program (SFISH) has funded its first-ever round of projects, awarding more than $5 million in grants to 20 projects throughout Oregon. The program, administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), collaborated with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and key stakeholders to prioritize forest road improvement projects that improve fish habitat on forestlands owned by small forestland owners, according to ODF’s Small Forestland Owner Office SFISH Coordinator Josh Hanson. ...
Meet Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston
Oregon has a new Poet Laureate, as the tenure of Portland's Anis Mojgani has come to an end. Gov. Tina Kotek named Ellen Waterston of Bend as the 11th Oregon Poet Laureate. It's a two-year term, effective immediately. Waterston is a celebrated poet/writer, teacher and speaker who founded the Writing Ranch and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize in Central Oregon. Waterston will be Oregon’s 11th Poet Laureate and succeeds Mojgani,...
Psychedelic advocates in Oregon criticize FDA’s decision to reject MDMA therapy for PTSD
Your browser does not support the audio element. Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would not approve the use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, in the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The agency instead asked drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics to further study the safety and efficacy of the treatment.
West Coast's ShakeAlert system gets upgrade to detect major earthquakes faster
The West Coast's ShakeAlert system has received a significant upgrade, allowing it to more rapidly alert the public of the next major earthquake. The growing network of seismic sensors that make up the system throughout Oregon, Washington and California now also incorporates sensors that directly monitor movements on the surface of the earth,...
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