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New teachers in Lincoln City hope to make a difference
Tracy Lilly is one of the new teachers hired by the Lincoln County School District (LCSD) to be an instructor at Taft Middle/High School this year. Lilly said she was inspired to be a teacher by her father, who taught for 39 years. “He had this school project called Elwood,” she said. “A stuffed doll that his students would write letters from all over the world for Elwood to go...
Thursday and Friday, high heats and strong winds; show of hands, who remembers 2020 wildfires?
The National Weather Service has issued warnings for an increased wildfire risk as temperatures rise to the triple digits starting today, Thursday, Sept. 5. Excessive heat warnings for portions of northwest and west central Oregon and southwest Washington will be in effect from noon Thursday to 10 p.m. Friday with dangerously hot conditions of around 100 degrees. The east winds that fueled the 2020 Labor Day fires are likely to return to Oregon this week, though with less strength than four years ago. KOIN 6 News is a partner of this publication. Find the original story here.
Oregon opioid settlement dollars will help people stay off drugs
Oregon public health officials are mapping out plans for spending $41 million in opioid settlement funding that will go toward preventing addiction, expanding treatment programs and adding recovery community centers. Earlier this year, the Opioid Settlement, Prevention, Treatment & Recovery Board approved the funding for projects in those areas. Now, the Oregon Health Authority is […]
Number of diverse teachers in Oregon on the rise, but retention remains a challenge
Efforts by Oregon education officials to make the diversity of the state’s teachers mirror that of students have paid off with modest progress in the last decade. But keeping ethnically and racially diverse teachers beyond the first five years of their careers remains a challenge in the state and nation. The proportion of licensed Oregon […]
Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon and Ochoco-John Day Highlands under a heat advisory until Saturday night
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory at 6:12 a.m. on Thursday valid from 1 p.m. until Saturday 9 p.m. for Southern Blue Mountains of Oregon and Ochoco-John Day Highlands. The weather service adds to anticipate, "Hot conditions with temperatures of 90 to 95 degrees expected. This will pose...
Incumbent Andrea Salinas (D) and Mike Erickson (R) are running in the general election for OR-06
Incumbent Andrea Salinas (D) and Mike Erickson (R) are running in the general election for Oregon’s 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. The race is a rematch from 2022, when Salinas defeated Erickson 50.1% to 47.7%. This the second general election in the district’s existence. It became the...
Oregon school districts highlight safety measures in light of tragedy in Georgia
As an entire nation grapples with the tragic school shooting in Georgia on Wednesday that left four dead, local school districts in Oregon are highlighting the safety measures they have in place for such a scenario.
Summer continues into September with Oregon heat wave
September has welcomed school back into session, celebrated Labor Day and ushered in a late-summer heat wave for much of the West Coast. Oregon is one of four states alongside California, Nevada and Arizona to be put under excessive heat advisories this week. As summer says farewell with what is hoped to be...
With Drug Recriminalization, Addiction Recovery Advocates Warn of ‘Inequitable Patchwork’ of Services – And Greater Burden to Black Oregonians
Measure 110 decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs and redirected drug users to recovery services when it was approved by voters in 2020. But concerns over community safety amid exploding fentanyl use prompted a backlash at the legislative level, leading to a significant retooling of the measure: law enforcement can again issue arrests, and, as critics of the rollback point out, counties can now be inconsistent about what kind of deflection services they provide – if any.
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