The hospital signed a $1.7 million contract with consulting firm that will work on site for six months to correct problems
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Public official loses pay increase, faces salary repayment as board probes conduct
AROUND OREGON: A public board Friday ordered that pay raises for Greg Smith and his staff at the Columbia Development Authority be revoked. The move may cost Smith more than $30,000 in pay to return. The action followed an investigation by the Malheur Enterprise.
Southern Oregon tribes sue feds over offshore wind energy plans
Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said they will drop their lawsuit if the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays its October auction for developers.
AROUND OREGON: Analysis finds shipping onions out of Nyssa rail center won’t work
A sobering report by a board member of the Malheur County Development Corp calls into question the business plan for a long-delayed and over budget rail shipping center in eastern Oregon.
Hundreds of Oregon wage theft, minimum wage complaints could be thrown out
Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries is supposed to enforce worker protections, but a backlog of cases and understaffing mean millions of dollars in violations go uncollected.
Oregon Department of Corrections plans mail changes to curb drugs in prisons
Advocates say changes would unfairly restrict the flow of mail between families and people in prison.
Feds sending Oregon almost $43 million for roads damaged by winter storms, floods
Oregon’s award was one of the largest in the country. It will reimburse the state for repairing damage caused by winter storms, atmospheric rivers and thunderstorms since 2019.
Oregon election officials say data entry error added 306 noncitizens to voter rolls, two voted
State election officials and Gov. Tina Kotek stressed that the error was caught and won’t affect the 2024 election. The error represents a small fraction of the state’s 3 million registered voters.
Oregon AG candidate led nonprofit faulted for helping African police snatch children from families
Will Lathrop, the Republican nominee for attorney general, frequently refers to his work with the International Justice Mission.
Feds grant more than $9 million to Oregon for wildfire prevention
The federal government has announced millions in new funding to prevent the blazes that have blackened a record amount of acreage.
