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The kids are home from school: 4 tips to address youth mental health
As high school and college students fi nish their spring terms and prepare for summer, it’s a critical time to check their mental health and consider how to engage in conversations about it. This is especially important for college students, as the 2nd Annual Student Behavioral Health Report reveals a significant jump in self-reported mental or behavioral health concerns among college students as compared to high schoolers. The report found...
Sheriffs erase thin blue line between California and Oregon
Recently, Del Norte Sheriff Garrett Scott and Curry County(OR) Sheriff John Ward announced a Hands Across the Border agreement to join forces to help combat drugs and stolen property crossing state lines. Two deputies from Del Norte and two deputies from Curry took their respective Oaths from Oregon and California. Cross Deputization will allow investigation teams to conduct operations jointly. Sheriff Scott said, “Teams from both counties can assist each...
OHA asking people who harvested, ate any Oregon Coast shellfish to complete survey
State health officials are asking people who recently harvested or ate any shellfish from the Oregon Coast to complete a survey as part of an investigation of illnesses linked to shellfish biotoxins. On May 28, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) urged people to throw out mussels gathered from beaches between Seal Rock State Park north to the Washington border after cases of paralytic shellfish poisoning were reported to the agency. The shellfish were harvested at beaches in Lincoln, Tillamook and Clatsop counties. ...
Merkley Monthly: Strengthening wildfire resiliency and response
I’ll never forget driving more than 600 miles up and down Oregon during the 2020 Labor Day fires. I saw towns destroyed and never once broke free from the thick smoke. I was deeply moved by that heartbreaking experience. May is Wildfire Awareness Month, so I want to make sure you’re aware of how I’m working to protect Oregon’s communities from wildfire threats. In April, I led Oregon’s entire Congressional...
Successful 85th year of the Azalea Festival
The City of Brookings thanks the community for coming out to celebrate the 2024 Azalea Festival. This was one of the largest and best attended festivals in recent years. Festival events started on Friday with the VVA Memorial Reading of the Names at City Hall and then a Dance Party in the park, where the large crowd danced the night away. The parade on Saturday had perfect weather with over 65 entries and parade watchers filling the sidewalks. This years' Street Market had over 90...
OHA kicks off 2024 Oregon beach monitoring season
The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) is kicking off the 2024 beach monitoring season by announcing the list of coastal recreation areas it will be keeping an eye on for bacteria during summer and early fall. The 24 beaches on the list that the OBMP, based at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Public Health Division, is publishing includes some of the most frequently visited beaches in Oregon. It also includes beaches where the program has found bacteria present, or beaches for which local partners and...
Like Father...Like Son, John Lee Hooker, Jr. Steeped in the Blues
Not unlike Johnny Cash, Rev. John Lee Hooker, Jr. has built a formidable entertainment career singing and preaching his message to those behind bars. This past Saturday, Hooker, Jr. presented two inspirational shows at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP). Pastor Hooker, Junior began his message by telling the 50 or so inmates in the attendance at the first program, “I’ve been through the mill, shot twice stabbed, homeless and have done time in San Quentin, Soledad, Avenal, Tracy and a few others. I’ve been a...
Police Blotter
The police blotter is an excerpt of a public record of incidents as reported by law-enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. The information printed is preliminary and subject to change. For a list of missing items found in the Brookings area, you can visit the police services page of the city of Brookings website at www.brookings.or.us/134/police-services and follow the link near the bottom of the page. ...
Gold Beach, Bookings-Harbor see placers at State Track
Gold Beach had a pair of state champions in the Class 2A state track meet Friday at Hayward Field in Eugene. Korben Storns won the discus with a throw of 149 feet, 4 inches. Nelson Wilstead took the javelin with a heave of 172-2. Storns also finished fourth in the shot put on Thursday (42-0...
Huntly Park river rescue
On 05/22/24 at or about 3:28 p.m. Curry County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 call reporting that several juveniles were in the water possibly drowning in the Rogue River near Huntly Park, about six miles east of God Beach. Central Dispatch then began to dispatch Curry County Sheriff’s Deputies, Gold Beach Police Officers, Gold Beach Fire, medical personal from Cal-Or ambulance, as well as medical helicopters from Reach. Within minutes...
Oregon’s Food Manufacturing Industry – Adding value
Food manufacturers process livestock and agricultural inputs into products for intermediate or final consumption. The industry adds value to raw agricultural products, selling its output to wholesalers or retailers for distribution to consumers. Although wholesalers and retailers are an important cog in bringing products to market, much like agricultural producers, they are not part of the food manufacturing industry. The industry groups found in food manufacturing are categorized by the...
Ethan Warner of Brookings competed in the Baja Society of Automotive Engineers California
Twenty-six students from Oregon Tech's Baja Racing team traveled to Lebec, Cali., April 25-28 to compete in Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) California, where students test their self-built off-road vehicle for performance and endurance. Ethan Warner of Brookings attended the event as part of Oregon Tech's Baja Racing team. Warner is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Tech at Oregon Tech. Baja SAE is a Collegiate Design...
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