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Oregon Coast Culinary Institute’s summer lunches and restaurant service returns
Coos Bay, OR – Diners and community members are invited to once again indulge at the Oregon Coast Culinary Institute (OCCI) as it brings back its highly anticipated summer lunches and restaurant service. These events provide students with valuable real-world experience as they prepare to enter the culinary field. Over the course of select dates during three weeks in July and August, these student-run events will offer various dining experiences for the community. Each week features a different type of dining, allowing students to utilize...
MYRTLE CREEK MAN JAILED FOLLOWING ALLEGED STRANGULATION INCIDENT
A Myrtle Creek man was jailed following an alleged strangulation incident on Friday. A Douglas County Sheriff’s Office report said at 5:45 p.m. units were dispatched to the 100 block of Wecks Road in the Myrtle Creek area after a caller said there was a disturbance. It was reported...
New Dewey Fire grows to 109 acres east of Montague
MONTAGUE, Cal. – Updated at 7:05 a.m.: CAL FIRE says the Dewey Fire burning in Siskiyou County is 109 acres and 20% contained. Forward progress on the fire has been stopped. The Dewey Fire originated 5 miles east of the Siskiyou County airport off of Snowden Hovey Gulch Road cross of Townsend Road. Below is a comprehensive list of respective evacuations, acreage, and containment.
SF firedog makes history while deployed to Shelly Fire
SAN FRANCISCO - A four-legged member of the San Francisco Fire Department made history this week, becoming the first ‘Incident Support Canine’ to be deployed to a wildfire in California. Sadie, a yellow labrador, is currently stationed around 350 miles north of San Francisco in Siskiyou County at...
Wildfires across the region grow over the weekend, some prompt evacuations
IDAHO, USA — Several wildfires continue to burn across the region. Some of the fires are prompting evacuation notice, while others have people on standby - ready to leave at a moment's notice. These wildfires have only grown over the weekend, keeping fire bosses on high alert as well.
Council ‘Coffee & Conversation’ fodder: Fire danger, affordable housing — and pickleball
Citizens, councilors, key staff members discuss important Ashland issues over coffee. Around 20 people showed up to Ashland’s “Coffee & Conversation” event in the Enders Shelter at Lithia Park Friday morning to raise concerns directly with city councilors and senior city staff in an informal setting, complete with hot and cold brewed coffee.
Oregon Health Authority needs more language and behavioral health services, report says
The Oregon Health Authority needs to step up efforts to provide health care for Oregonians who speak different languages and to expand access to behavioral health care treatment, a new state report found. The report, released the week of July 15 by the authority’s Ombuds Program, scrutinizes shortcomings in the state’s Medicaid program, which provides medical, dental and behavioral health care for low-income Oregonians. It found that people who speak a language other than English can struggle to access services, especially when providers lack staff...
Toddler overdosed on mom’s meth after Oregon DHS left him in her care, $2.6M lawsuit says
A $2.6 million lawsuit faults Oregon’s Department of Human Services for allegedly failing to remove a 2-year-old boy from his mother’s Beaverton home even though child welfare workers had received “many” reports that the boy might be in danger. The suit and a lawyer for the...
Lonerock 'mere inches' from devastation from Lone Rock Fire; 2 more counties issue evacuations
The Lone Rock Fire in Gilliam County moved into Morrow and Wheeler Counties Monday, prompting more evacuations alerts. The last official estimate was 20,000 acres burned. Central Oregon Fire Info reports firefighters from Bureau of Land Management-Prineville, Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office worked to protect the community of Lonerock.
A secured five-year commitment to state’s western wildfire response announced
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Val Hoyle—along with U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici, Andrea Salinas, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer—and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announce today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), and Forest Protective Agencies (FPAs) reached a renewed five-year commitment to the Western Oregon Operating Plan (WOOP). The WOOP serves as the long-term agreement that governs fire response for the BLM, ODF, and FPAs all over western Oregon. As the previous...
Two new cases of measles confirmed in Oregon
Oregon health authorities on Friday announced two new cases of measles in unvaccinated children in Marion County. The children were diagnosed with measles on July 11 and 12. There are no known public exposures, health authorities said in a news release. Last month, two cases — an unvaccinated adult and...
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