Oregon Rep. Christine Goodwin, R-Roseburg, was sworn into office Wednesday, Aug. 25, to finish the remainder of the term of former Rep. Gary Leif, who died in July after reportedly battling cancer. Photo courtesy of Oregon House Republican caucus. The Oregon House broke its previous record for the number of[Read More…]
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AROUND OREGON: Intentional misuse of ivermectin spikes in Oregon
Poison control operators in Oregon have already seen a third more calls this month for people who intentionally misused veterinary and human forms of ivermectin than they saw in all of the other seven months of the year combined. The Oregon Poison Center at Oregon Health & Science University has[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Malheur County leaders say vaccine mandate could cripple or close schools, ambulance service
Jordan Valley School District. (Malheur Enterprise file photo/DAVID ZAITZ) UPDATED: This story includes a new statement from the governor’s office. VALE – Gov. Kate Brown’s mandate that health care and school workers get vaccinated will trigger a wave of resignations that officials say could shutter ambulance service in the Vale[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: State faces shortage of high school sports officials
PORTLAND – High school sports face an uncertain future in Oregon as the state deals with a growing shortage of officials, according to numbers from the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA). The OSAA reports that across all sports there were 2,500 registered officials in 2020-2021, a 26% decrease from the previous year[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Malheur County sheriff calls out governor, won’t enforce mandates and will challenge new ones
Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe (FILE/The Enterprise) VALE – Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe has written a letter rejecting Gov. Kate Brown’s mask and vaccination mandates as unconstitutional and declaring that his office will not enforce them. “As Elected Sheriff of Malheur County I Believe that; it’s not the governments[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Covid patient dies waiting for hospital bed in Douglas County
ROSEBURG – A Douglas County patient died yesterday at CHI Mercy Medical Center while waiting for a bed in the ICU to open up. The hospital, through the Douglas County COVID-19 Recovery Team, shared the story on Thursday afternoon. “This moment, we pause. A COVID positive patient was in our[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Bootleg Fire hits full containment, but works continues
KLAMATH FALLS – After burning for 39 days, the Bootleg Fire is now under the full containment of fire crews. The determination Sunday night marked the likely end of growth on Oregon’s third-largest wildfire since 1900, which burned over more than 400,000 acres of national forest and grazing allotments in[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Oregon has paid out less than half of relief funds earmarked for landlords
PORTLAND – Oregon has paid out less than half of the money it set aside for landlords through a state rent assistance fund approved by lawmakers last December. As of Aug. 11, landlords had received $55.6 million from the state through the Landlord Compensation Fund to cover the missed rent[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: Portland police no-show as rival factions brawl, right-wing militant aims replica assault rifle
PORTLAND – A right-wing protester walked through downtown Portland with an airsoft gun Sunday night, at one point leveling the gun at a journalist during one of several clashes between right-wing activists and anti-fascist protesters over the weekend. Several journalists and observers at the scene initially reported that the weapon[Read More…]
AROUND OREGON: More Klamath Basin wells go dry as groundwater decline persists
KLAMATH FALLS – In July, the number of dry wells registered in Klamath County was at 84. A month later, that number has climbed to 185 as wells from the California state line all the way to Crescent and La Pine are getting low and going dry. There are likely[Read More…]
