The NWS forecasts sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph, with gusts reaching up to 50 mph. These conditions could result in unsecured objects being blown around, tree limbs falling, and scattered power outages across the affected area.
Robert Kentta of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the tribal council’s treasurer, stands in part of the tribe’s 2,000-acre purchase of Table Rock property north of Medford. (Photo courtesy of Matt Hill/Lone Rock Strategies) Matt Hill/Lone Rock Strategies
A stretch of land in southern Oregon with historical significance, including the likely location of a treaty signing and near the site of a massacre, is returning to the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
At Gov. Tina Kotek's urging, Providence officials and the nurses union have resumed in-person talks in an effort to end the strike.
Oregon has just 1.07 homes per household. Another way to express that: Seven in 100 homes statewide in Oregon are vacant, a rate 36% lower than the national average. And again, data shows the vacancy rate is tightest outside of Portland.
The ONA has not warned its members of the dangers posed by the threats of the Trump administration to undertake ICE raids in “sensitive areas,” which historically have included hospitals.
The school district says Grants Pass High School reached a 93.9% four-year graduation rate -- which is significantly more than Oregon's average of 81.8%. At the district level, the 4-year graduation rate was 79.4%, which was "the highest on record, with a 4-year completer rate of 88.4%."
A small Oregon city is facing a fresh lawsuit over its homeless camping rules. Disability Rights Oregon sued Grants Pass on Thursday.
The two authors, who live in California and Nevada, are siblings of Ovid Neal, who was murdered in Eugene in 2018. They have testified multiple times to the Oregon Legislature
On Monday, dozens of striking nurses from Providence Medford Medical Center marched from their picket line to the parking lot of a mattress store for encouragement from pro-union speakers including Oregon AFL-CIO President Graham Trainor.
Today, striking nurses at Providence Medford Medical Center held a union solidarity rally. The rally included labor leaders across the state including the Oregon chapter of the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO),
As nearly 5,000 Providence Health nurses, doctors, midwives and other workers remain on strike in Hood River, Medford, Newberg, Seaside and several metro-area locations, lawmakers may soon consider extending a benefit now available only in a couple of states. That benefit: unemployment insurance payments for striking workers.