Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is asking President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision denying individual financial assistance to households in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine counties that experienced major losses after intense spring flooding. In March 2025, record-breaking rainfall triggered flooding and landslides across southwest Oregon, damaging 529 homes, according to the Oregon Department of […]
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed into law a plan to allocate $45 million to the Willamette Falls Trust to make the waterfalls publicly accessible. The decision comes one week after she issued a notice that she was considering vetoing the plan, alongside three other bills. Alongside the funding plan for Willamette Falls, Kotek also […]
Whether they like it or not, Curry County may become the test case for a new law that allows the governor to declare an emergency in counties where citizens refuse to pay for minimum public services, The county commission will be back on the ballot in November with a $3.2 million, three-year tax measure designed to keep its jail open and six deputies on patrol.
Bill gives counties more authority to raise taxes SALEM — The Oregon Legislature on Monday passed a bill to allow struggling timber counties to use measures other than voter-approved property taxes to pay for public safety.
SALEM (AP) — Three Oregon timber counties are asking voters to raise taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement forced by the expiration of a longstanding federal subsidy.
GRANTS PASS — Faced with uncertain funding for his job, the undersheriff of Curry County is leaving the struggling coastal timber county for a new post with the State Police. Sheriff John Bishop said Tuesday that he also lost a patrol deputy and is losing a jail deputy. He said all three are taking jobs with a better future.
GRANTS PASS — Three timber counties are asking voters to raise their taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement forced by the expiration of a longstanding federal subsidy.
