Oregon
The Oregon Department of Education (ODE), in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, will announce Jennifer Bracken as one of Oregon’s 16 2025-26 Regional Teachers of the Year and State Finalist! Bracken teaches kindergarten and first grade at Sutherlin East Primary School. Every day in Oregon classrooms, teachers offer their innovation, energy and content mastery in support of students across […]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and county public health officials are investigating a case of measles in an individual who recently returned to the state following international travel. The individual is not vaccinated against measles. A commercial laboratory confirmed the measles case June 23. The affected individual is an adult who developed measles symptoms—sore […]
Douglas County, Ore., — Local public health officials announced today that there are currently three pediatric cases of Pertussis, including two infants, and seven additional presumptive cases of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) as of November 1st, 2024. Schools and parents have been alerted and currently include Roseburg High School, South Umpqua High School and JoLane Middle […]
Salem, Ore., — Minimum wage workers will get a raise when Oregon’s minimum wage rates go up on July 1. “Oregon’s minimum wage increase is more important than ever this year, as people work tostay afloat with increasing national costs,” says Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle. As of July 1, Oregon minimum wages will be: Portland […]
NEWPORT, Ore – The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and ODFW closed all razor clam harvesting from the Washington border to the California border. Recent lab results indicate the marine biotoxin domoic acid exceeded the closure limit along the entire Oregon coast. Mussel harvesting remains closed from the Columbia River to the north side of the […]
You Buy One, We Plant One campaign donates $1 from every purchase to plant one tree Portland, Ore. – Once again, four leading Oregon craft beverage producers are teaming up with Oregon Parks Forever to raise funds to replant 25,000 trees in Oregon’s parks and forests. Between record breaking fires caused by a freak windstorm […]
Abortion remains legal, accessible in Oregon in wake of Supreme Court ruling Decision has no effect on Oregon’s Reproductive Health Equity Act that guarantees right to receive abortion, health care providers’ right to provide it PORTLAND, Ore. — Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision today that overturns Roe vs. Wade, Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is reminding […]
Douglas County, Ore. – Changes to the voting process to begin as soon as the May, 2022 election. First, a new Oregon law (House Bill 3291) known as the “postmark rule” went into effect on January 1, 2022. The new law changed Oregon’s mail-in voting laws and states that any mail-in ballot postmarked by the […]
Azalea, Ore. – In the evening hours of Monday, April 18th, 2022, detectives with the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) executed a search warrant on a rural property in Azalea, Oregon and located an illegal marijuana operation. Detectives seized 1,702 marijuana plants, and approximately 23.5 pounds of processed marijuana. Detectives also located 4 high end […]
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team (SOCET) joint inter-agency task force alongside Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) patrol deputies, served a search warrant this morning at a residence on Westover Boulevard in Central Point. Detectives from JCSO, Oregon State Police (OSP), Medford Police Department (MPD), Grants Pass Police Department (GPPD), and […]