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Rare Sight: Colossal Sunfish Washes Up on Oregon Coast
What a shocking sight it is! A giant sunfish has washed up on Oregon's coast. The 5 foot Mola mola washed ashore near Sunset Beach on Thursday. According to the Seaside Aquarium, the fish can get up to 10 feet in size and weigh as much as 5,000 pounds. This particular species doesn't have a swim bladder, rendering them slow-moving and at the whim of drifting whichever way the ocean current is flowing. They're known to eat jellyfish and squid.
Understanding Measure 118 and Its Impact
This article brought to you courtesy of Claudia Yakos, Executive Director of the Forest Grove/Cornelius Chamber of Commerce News-Times Insider. Sponsored content. Dear Business Community and Residents, We want to bring an important issue to your attention: Measure 118, a proposed sales tax, will be on the November ballot. This measure could have significant implications for our local economy, businesses, and community. ...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek throws support behind Owyhee Canyonlands national monument
Gov. Tina Kotek threw her support behind the latest movement to establish a national monument in southeast Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands. Kotek’s support is the latest in a chorus of voices from conservation groups and local tribes asking President Joe Biden to use the Antiquities Act to protect around 2.5 million acres of rugged...
Oregon Sen. Wyden: Fate of Kroger-Albertsons merger could be decided in days
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden D-Oregon, a vocal opponent of a proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons grocery stores, said key decisions regarding the merger could arrive within days. The Kroger chain includes Safeway, Albertson and QFC. Speaking from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Wyden told the Portland Tribune that a lawsuit to block the merger and a counter-suit are both winding their way through courts. ...
ROSEBURG POLICE JAIL MAN FOR ALLEGED HARASSMENT INCIDENT
Roseburg Police jailed a man for an alleged harassment incident on Tuesday. An RPD report said at 4:30 p.m. officers responded to assist fire personnel with an individual who had an open fire, behind a business in the 1500 block of Northwest Garden Valley Boulevard. The 51-year-old Paramount, California man was given opportunities by fire crews to remove his food but did not do so.
Books fly off the shelves as Roseburg Library records soar
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A summer reading program helped push the Roseburg Public library to a new circulation record for the month of July by reaching nearly 11,000 items. A large chunk of that success stems from the children and teens collection that made up 62% of the July checkouts, due to the library's Summer Reading Program.
Oregon Ducks’ Week 7 opponent is a $20 million NIL team with national championship aspirations
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The national championship window has been thrown wide open again for the Ohio State Buckeyes. NIL money helped keep the cupboard full of returning starters and lured other key contributors from the transfer portal. New athletic director Ross Bjork has said it cost around $20 million from donor collectives and brand affiliates to assemble this collection of players.
Inmate's death sparks outcry from Deer Ridge inmates over health care
EUGENE, Ore. — Following the death of a Lane County man at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in June, concerns from inmates have surfaced over their own medical care at the Madras facility. Some of those inmates say they fear it's a matter of life or death while relatives say...
Progress continues on Diamond, Homestead complexes and Middle Fork Fire
DOUGLAS & KLAMATH COUNTIES, Ore. – Progress continues on the Diamond and Homestead complexes and the Middle Fork Fire is seeing minimal growth. More fires within the Diamond Complex are now fully contained. According to the Wednesday morning update, 23 of the 29 lightning-caused fires are now 100% contained.
Due to algae bloom, ODFW doesn't plan to suspend fishing limits as Thief Valley Reservoir nearly empties
The current health warning due to an algae bloom at Thief Valley Reservoir means the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife likely won’t cancel the fishing bag and size limits. The agency has done so in several years when the reservoir, which supplies irrigation water to the Keating Valley, nearly empties. In some years ODFW allowed people to catch fish by hand or dip net when the reservoir ...
The future of native Willamette River fish is in limbo
The fate of threatened native fish in Oregon's Upper Willamette River Basin remains in limbo after a federal agency missed a key deadline to file a report to Congress on whether eight hydroelectric dams are still necessary. Why it matters: Altered river flows and blocked spawning routes caused by the...
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