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While Other Oregon Cities Struggle, Medford Boosts Budget with $679 Million Plan
MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford City Council’s proactive long-term approach to financing has enabled it to present an increased 2025-27 biennium budget while many other Oregon cities of similar size face staff layoffs and financial challenges.…
Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle AmeriCorps Halted as Oregon and Coalition of States Win in Court
A preliminary injunction was granted yesterday in the AmeriCorps lawsuit, filed by a coalition of attorneys general, including Oregon's Dan Rayfield, which restores all terminated programs in the plaintiff states and reinstates over 750…
Oregon Republicans Lose Battle to Ban Trans Athletes from Girls Sports in Contentious House Vote
Oregon Republicans failed to collect enough support to ban transgenders from participating in girls school sports events, saying they should not have to compete against male-born opponents.
House Bill Also Called for Segregated…
Gunshot Call Leads Douglas County Deputies to Two Bleeding Men Who Refused to Speak
ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) officers responding to a report of males fighting and a gunshot heard in Roseburg at about 6:30 pm Tuesday found two men- one bleeding, but both uncooperative.
The tense situation…
Oregon Just Voted to Let Striking Workers Collect Unemployment Pay
The Oregon House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 916- a law allowing unemployment benefits for striking workers, yesterday.
Following the Oregon Senate passing SB 916 to pay striking workers unemployment benefits in March, the…
Feds Bust Oregon Man Making THC and Magic Mushroom Candy That Looked Like Children’s Treats
A 45-year-old career criminal from Oregon found with 1,000 kilograms of marijuana was sentenced to 13 years in prison yesterday for possession and conspiracy to distribute and launder the proceeds.
Jered Hayward ran an unlicensed…
Oregon Is Getting $66 Million From the Sackler Family and Purdue Pharma for Fueling the Opioid…
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, part of a bipartisan coalition of states, confirmed yesterday that Oregon could expect up to $66 million of the $7.4 billion national settlement reached with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma for…
Portland Woman Sent $1.9 Million to a Man She Never Met Because He Promised to Marry Her
For two years, a Portland woman sent nearly $1.9 million to a man she met online on Millionaire Match Maker, believing he would marry her.
The man, Oscar Peters (65) from Britain, was yesterday sentenced to 37 months in prison after his…
Oregon Man Found Not Guilty by Insanity for Triple Murder Is Committed Indefinitely to State…
A federal judge has committed 52-year-old Joseph K. Banks, a diagnosed schizophrenic and serial killer, to the lifelong jurisdiction of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board.
While the ruling places him under state psychiatric…
Transgender Woman Seeking Asylum Arrested by ICE Agents Outside Portland Courtroom
A transgender woman who fled Mexico in 2023 after being subjected to violence because of her sexual orientation and gender identity was arrested outside a Portland courtroom 23 minutes after seeking asylum on Monday.
The 24-year-old…