Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) Peter Daugherty, Oregon’s state forester and the leader of the long-struggling Department of Forestry, has submitted his resignation to the state board that oversees the department, effective May 31. Daugherty has led the agency since 2016, and his tenure has been marked by deep financial problems within[Read More…]
VALE – A Utah company is considering construction of a new dam above Owyhee Reservoir as part of a $1.2 billion project to generate new hydro power. The power operation could generate the equivalent of half the Treasure Valley’s peak electricity demand on a hot summer day. Matthew Shapiro, chief[Read More…]
A tree stump chewed by a beaver (Kathy Aney/Underscore) C’waam and Koptu were once a staple meal for the Klamath Tribes. They’re a rarity now — members are allowed to catch only two of the suckerfish a year. The ray-finned C’waam, with its long snout and the smaller white-bellied Koptu,[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon (Malheur Enterprise photo) ONTARIO – Congressman Cliff Bentz on Monday called on Gov. Kate Brown to reverse her decision to impose tighter restrictions on 15 Oregon counties that require restaurants to close. The governor last week announced 15 counties were moved into the “extreme risk”[Read More…]
KLAMATH FALLS – While most irrigators in the Upper Klamath Basin are enduring a spring without surface water, canals in Klamath Drainage District have been flowing since the middle of April. And KDD says no laws were broken to make deliveries to its customers. KDD opened the Ady and North[Read More…]
Sunday’s big winner at the Academy Awards has an Oregon connection: The book that inspired “Nomadland” was written by a former reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive. “Nomadland,” which follows a woman in her 60s as she takes up a nomadic lifestyle after losing everything in the Great Recession, won Best Picture.[Read More…]
Oregon State Hospital employees were hit with bad news at the end of March. An unprecedented 20% of the hospital’s full-time nursing staff was out on leave, marking the latest effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. And beginning April 1, another wave of workers from throughout the hospital would be required[Read More…]
Trail crew volunteer Frank Jahn works on a segment of the Pacific Crest Trail that winds through the burn area of the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge. (Courtesy/ The Oregonian) Leif Hoven can walk down a trail he hasn’t visited in years and immediately recognize all the[Read More…]
Uncategorized Clients of Roxanne Best take part in one of her paddleboard yoga classes on the Okanogan River. (Courtesy/ Underscore) Roxanne Best was preparing to relaunch her photography business when Covid made its way to the U.S. A serial entrepreneur and member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Best[Read More…]
Gene L. Thompson, 55, photographed with his son before his sentencing on a federal conspiracy charge. The photo was included in a pleading to a federal judge for leniency. NYSSA – A one-story home in Nyssa on a quiet city street was key to global criminal conspiracy that for years[Read More…]
