All the headlines from our Oregon Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 5 2021 // A former South Albany High School principal is suing Greater Albany Public Schools, claiming the district racially discriminated against him and created a hostile work environment.Nain “Nate” Munoz filed the...
Jun 23 2021 // A former South Albany High School principal is suing Greater Albany Public Schools, claiming the district racially discriminated against him and created a hostile work environment.Nain “Nate” Munoz filed the...
Jun 21 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, Oregon, didn’t hold back while speaking on a recent Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers...
Jun 11 2021 // A fire has destroyed much of a resort on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon, authorities said.The Rural Metro fire department in Josephine County confirmed a “major fire incident” around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at...
Jun 7 2021 // Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn’t hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call with state representatives about the drought conditions affecting farmers in...
Jun 7 2021 // People in communities near Mt. Hood, Ore., reported feeling a moderate earthquake Saturday night, the Oregoniann/Oregonlive.com reported.The magnitude 3.9 earthquake hit less than four miles northeast of Government Camp,...
May 24 2021 // The sand was packed on a recent sunny day at this upscale beach town on Oregon’s coast, but signs of the state’s cautious approach to the pandemic were still everywhere. Almost all the beachgoers wore masks –...
May 20 2021 // The former city recorder in Coquille, Ore., has filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging she was wrongfully fired.Jennifer Rose notified the city of her intent to sue multiple times earlier in the year leading up...
May 19 2021 // The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators shut off irrigation water to farmers from a critical reservoir and said they would not send extra water to...
May 17 2021 // A lawsuit filed on behalf of 70 landowners in Oregon’s McKenzie River Valley seeks $103 million from Lane Electric Cooperative and Eugene Water and Electric Board for damages linked to one of the Labor Day fires that...
May 13 2021 // A Willamette Valley, Ore., grass seed dealer accused of mislabeling over 8 million pounds of seed will pay $300,000 in a settlement with Oregon state agriculture officials.Dynamic Seed Source LLC and owner Trevor Abbott...
May 12 2021 // Officials in Salem, Ore., say damage from a February ice storm will cost about $4.6 million to repair.The Statesman Journal reported the money will be spend repairing infrastructure and clearing downed trees. As of April...
May 10 2021 // A man faces arson and criminal mischief charges after a fire at a storage facility near the Salem Municipal Airport in Oregon on Monday resulted in over $1 million in damages.Firefighters responded to a report of a large...
May 7 2021 // A group of businesses has filed a lawsuit against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown over her recent extension of Oregon’s state of emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Brown last week extended the state of emergency by 60...
Apr 29 2021 // Oregon Health and Science University said it will pay $585,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a social worker who accused a former anesthesiology resident of sexually assaulting her and the school of failing to...
Apr 26 2021 // A large fire that gutted a Southeast Portland, Ore., textile manufacturing last week was arson, according to fire officials. Portland Fire & Rescue said in a statement that a security camera recorded someone starting...
Apr 21 2021 // A fire caused extensive damage to a textile manufacturing facility in Portland early Monday, officials said.The first reports of the blaze came in around 3:30 a.m. Monday at a commercial building in southeast Portland,...
Apr 20 2021 // As states around the country lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is poised to go the opposite direction – and many residents are fuming about it.A top health official is considering indefinitely extending rules requiring...
Apr 19 2021 // Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will get a tiny fraction of the water they need amid the worst drought in decades, as federal...
Apr 13 2021 // A former Coquille city, Ore., employee has informed the city she plans to sue for whistleblower retaliation and a failure to provide due process during the course of her firing.Former city recorder Jennifer Rose filed a...