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Roseburg City Council OKs urban growth boundary change
ROSEBURG, Ore. — The Roseburg City Council on Monday, Aug. 12, approved adjusting the urban growth boundary to facilitate more housing construction. In a first ordinance reading Monday, the Council amended the urban growth boundary to bring easier-to-develop land inside the boundary, which lies outside city limits and provides plans for what the community can look like. State law requires all cities to maintain a UGB identifying where city growth may occur within the next 20 years.
San Francisco has relocated 10 people facing homelessness to Oregon. Here’s why
As cities across the United States are seeing a homelessness crisis, the mayor of San Francisco has issued a new directive to help relocate some people experiencing homelessness, with Oregon being among the top destinations.
‘A constant battle:’ Homeless people move back to Southeast Portland camp less than 24 hours after its removal
PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland crews are going on day three of removing a homeless encampment in Southeast Portland that’s been growing for years behind a neighborhood on Southeast Knapp Street and 105th Avenue. A KGW crew was first there last week and witnessed tensions running high between neighbors...
Oregon Braces for Severe Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Conditions
Pendleton, OR – This weekend, Oregon is set to experience a volatile mix of severe weather conditions that pose significant risks for wildfires and flash flooding. Starting Saturday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Pendleton has issued alerts for thunderstorms capable of producing frequent cloud-to-ground lightning, erratic winds, and dangerous outflow gusts. These conditions are expected to impact the Lower Columbia Basin and Kittitas Valley fire zones, elevating the potential for new fire starts and the rapid spread of existing fires.
Stalled gun control Measure 114 continues to divide Oregon: Doctors, ministers vs. ranchers, farmers
Physicians who operate on gunshot victims and ranchers seeking to protect their property have lined up on opposite sides of the state’s appeal to overturn a Harney County judge’s ruling that Oregon’s voter-approved gun control Measure 114 is unconstitutional. More than two dozen groups signed off on...
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