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Kotek proclaims September 2024 ‘Attendance Awareness Month’
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is taking on chronic absenteeism in Oregon schools and declared September 2024 “Attendance Awareness Month.” The Friday, Sept. 6 proclamation comes at the end of the first or second week of school for many Oregon students. “Regular school attendance is essential to students’ sense of belonging, achievement and graduation, and we are committed to dedicating resources and attention to reducing chronic absenteeism rates,” said Kotek in...
Oregon House Republicans target forests for wildfire reform as grass and shrubland burns
As Oregon heads into another hot weekend, Oregon House Republicans are calling on the state Legislature to reform forest management and logging policies they say would prevent large fires from starting and spreading. In a letter sent Wednesday, Republican Reps. Jeff Helfrich of Hood River, Ed Diehl of Stayton and E. Werner Reschke of Malin […]
Multnomah County leaders say new Oregon drug law is off to a slow start
Multnomah County has implemented a deflection program to comply with Oregon's recriminalization of possession of small amounts of hard drugs, with 40% of those caught using drugs since Sunday opting in for treatment.
Suspect in Melissa Jubane’s murder previously worked at different Providence hospital: Officials
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Authorities announced overnight Saturday they arrested a man in connection with the murder of a Providence nurse who was reported missing after not appearing at work earlier this week. Beaverton police say the suspect in the death of Melissa Jubane is 27-year-old Beaverton resident Bryce Johnathan Schubert. Schubert was immediately described […]
South Salem football tops North Salem in resumed game; plus other scores, photos
The high school football season continues Friday with the Statesman Journal's Game of the Week with South Salem at North Salem at 7 p.m. UPDATE: South Salem defeated host North Salem 28-6 Saturday in a game that started Friday but was suspended early in the second quarter with North leading 6-0. Officially official:...
Data center development sparks outrage in Forest Grove
Community objections failed to sway city leaders in a heated battle over one of the latest land-use projects approved for Forest Grove. Residents stormed out of the Forest Grove Community Auditorium late Tuesday, Sept. 3, criticizing city leadership after the planning commission reaffirmed its decision to greenlight the development of a local data center campus in a 4-2 vote. Initially approved with conditions in late July, the project has faced...
Oregon State Men's Soccer Week 3 Recap: Beavers Pick up a Tie and a Win in Trip to Michigan
The Oregon State Beavers Men's Soccer Team dropped out of the College Soccer Top 25 rankings after tying against the Michigan Wolverines, before defeating the Michigan State Spartans.
What happens when Oregon Book Awards finalists' writing meets Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble's music? We'll find out
A unique partnership has developed between six Oregon Book Award finalists and Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble, producing new jazz compositions in "Playing With Words." Literary Arts, which runs the Oregon Book Awards, and PJCE will present six commissioned works of music inspired by six 2024 Oregon Book Award finalists’ works at Portland State University’s Lincoln Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1. PJCE’s 12-member ensemble jazz performance draws on literature...
Grants Pass homeless encampments face growing challenges
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – In Grants Pass, sanctioned homeless encampments located off A and J streets are contending with an escalating array of difficulties. Grants Pass City Council voted this past Wednesday to keep previous space requirements for authorized camping spots to 8 by 8 feet with six feet of separation between tents and belongings.
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