AROUND OREGON: Vale School District officials could be violating student journalists’ First Amendment rights by pulling the high school’s yearbook after some found words and phrases on the cover offensive, according to a national organization that protects the free speech rights of student journalists.
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Oregon has process to prevent gun violence but it’s not widely used, report finds
Oregon’s “red flag” law was passed in 2017 to prevent homicides and suicides, but there’s little public awareness of it.
Repeated searches in remote Oregon fail to turn up missing Boise woman
VANISHED: A Boise woman’s vehicle was abandoned near the remote Oregon border town of Jordan Valley in late June, carrying 11 of her rabbits. Her travels and disappearance leave her family struggling with mysteries.
Plan to protect threatened and endangered species in Western state forests could face new delay
The chair of the state forestry board is proposing experts revise the Western Oregon State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan.
Coffee Creek sergeant arrested for sexual misconduct with an inmate
The sergeant was arrested for sexual misconduct less than a week after the release of a scathing state report about conditions at Oregon’s only women’s prison
Kotek names Erin McMahon as new head of Oregon Department of Emergency Management
Oregon’s prior emergency management director, Andrew Phelps, was one of several agency heads who left after Kotek’s election
Wyden, Merkley press Medicaid administrator on Oregon automatic voter registration expansion
A new state law will automatically add Medicaid recipients to state voter rolls, but only if the federal government allows the Oregon Health Authority to share data.
Oregon attorney general joins Democratic peers calling for strategy to curb new plastic production
Democratic attorneys general want an aggressive EPA strategy to reduce new plastic production, but their Republican peers want EPA to step aside.
Oregon audit finds lack of transparency in Medicaid prescription system
Secretary of State auditors recommend changes to provide equal prescription access to all Oregon Health Plan members.
Oregon emergency officials look to 2020 wildfires for lessons learned
State officials said more needs to be done to share data between agencies when responding to wildfires so survivors see fewer delays and don’t have to repeat their stories dozens of times.