FREE NEWS: With the continued forecast of cool wet weather, local Fire Districts, Wasco County, and Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) have agreed to lift the seasonal burn ban on Oct. 17 at 12:01 a.m.
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FREE NEWS: AARP Oregon is urging Medicare recipients to review their plan options during this year’s Medicare Open Enrollment period (Oct. 15 through Dec. 7) to determine the coverage that best meets their needs for 2026, and that their doctors, hospitals, and prescription drugs are covered by their plan selected.
FREE NEWS: This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project (oregonjournalismproject.org), a nonprofit investigative newsroom for the state of Oregon.
HOOD RIVER — Hood River County School District (HRCSD) board of directors held a work session Oct. 8, in part to review two draft documents designed to “establish guiding principles for when and how the school district issues public statements, ensuing we maintain a unified and legally sound…
FREE NEWS: Gov. Tina Kotek has not announced her reelection plans for 2026, but her fundraising has kicked into a higher gear, with nearly $400,000 raised since Sept. 1, giving her $1.1 million in the bank. Meanwhile, Kotek’s 2022 Republican opponent, state Rep. Christine Drazan (R-Canby), is keeping her options open.
FREE NEWS: The Republican Party of Oregon’s 11th annual Reagan dinner, slated for Nov. 1, includes former Portland Trail Blazer Chris Dudley and onetime University of Oregon wrestler and MMA fighter Chael Sonnen, a West Linn native.
FREE NEWS: State Rep. Hòa Nguyễn (D-East Portland) has died after months of battling cancer. She was 41.
FREE NEWS: A person in Oregon who works in nursing or at a residential care facility is much more likely to be injured at work than people in those professions.
THE DALLES — Wasco County commissioners have voted to oppose a federal plan that would tie flood insurance eligibility to habitat protections for endangered salmon species and orcas, saying the proposal could severely limit development and penalize property owners across flood-prone areas of…
CASCADE LOCKS — The Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation recently honored former Cascade Locks resident and city council member Denise Emmerling-Baker.
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OREGON — With the threat of a shutdown looming much of this year, Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley explained what congressional Democrats are demanding in order to reopen the federal government, and he also denounced President Trump’s deployment of federal troops to Portland last Wednesday.
FREE NEWS: This is the first fire with major home loss in the National Scenic Area since the Management Plan was adopted in 1991. The plan's provisions for rebuilding a home in the Scenic Area after a disaster were prohibitively strict and the commission is now going through the process to change the plan to be more victim-friendly.
FREE NEWS from Oregon Journalism Project: A ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax, Initiative Petition 51, is moving forward even as Gov. Tina Kotek and state lawmakers digest the coming budget hole created by President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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OREGON — Two weeks ago, President Trump’s Department of Justice, in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, sued Oregon and Secretary of State Tobias Read for failing to turn over full information about every Oregon voter, including date of birth and driver’s license number or partial Social Security n…
FREE NEWS: Oregon is now the first state to offer visitors with disabilities and/or mobility challenges the opportunity to plan travel itineraries through an online resource that keeps their needs top of mind.
Demand from Oregon lawmakers follows Trump’s pledge to send troops to city with orders to use full military force
AG Rayfield: What we’re seeing is not about public safety, it’s about the president flexing political muscle under the guise of law and order
Plaintiff Todd Vaughn’s challenge of his May defeat in a race for Umpqua Public Transportation District board remains alive
La vacuna contra el COVID- 19 está disponible sin receta para cualquier persona de 6 meses de edad en adelante. El COVID, bajo nuevas guías para los residentes de Oregon, Washington, California y Hawái. Las nuevas guías se anunciaron el 17 de septiembre.
THE GORGE — The COVID-19 vaccine is available without a prescription to everyone 6 months and older, under new guidance for residents of Oregon, Washington, California and Hawaii. The guidance was issued Sept. 17.
HOOD RIVER — Hood River City Council’s meeting on Sept. 22 included a discussion of local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings, federally-endorsed racial profiling, and community distrust. Though neither spoke, Hood River Chief of Police Neal Holste and Hood River County …
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