Kaylee Tornay - InvestigateWest
Kaylee Tornay has been documenting stories in Oregon and California since her high school journalism days in Bend, Oregon, covering the progress of the water polo team. A graduate of the University of Oregon, she braved the rains of Eugene with her notebook before moving on to cover wildfire mitigation and dangerous highways in the forests and vineyards of Southern Oregon and Sonoma County. Reach her at [email protected].
Oregon town to test river where wood treater sent polluted stormwater
Stella-Jones, a wood treater fined $1 million by state regulators over its operations in Sheridan, is appealing the penalty.
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