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Kotek appeals to Trump for more federal emergency assistance for Oregon’s spring floods

  • Mia Maldonado

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 […]

Editorial: The economic elephant
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Editorial: The economic elephant

  • Grants Pass Daily Courier
  • Updated

If last week’s debate between incumbent Gov. John Kitzhaber and challenger Dennis Richardson was any indication, we may be headed into a general election campaign that misses the forest as it concentrates on the trees.

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State aids timber counties

  • JEFF BARNARD and LAUREN GAMBINO, Associated Press
  • Updated

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.

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Timber counties among unhealthiest in Oregon

  • JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press
  • Updated

GRANTS PASS — Oregon’s timber counties tend to be less healthy than other rural and urban parts of the state, according to nationwide rankings released this week.