By LAUREN KESSLER/For The Herald — The covered bridge at Lowell. Hiking boots that trekked up the short, steep climb to the summit of Mt. June near Dexter. A pair of skis that schussed down the slopes at Willamette Pass. Berries, hazelnuts and salmon — the traditional foods of the Calapooya peoples who for 14,000 […]
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Outpouring of community tips helps sheriff’s office nab suspect in Big Fall Creek Road illegal dumping
A FLOOD OF TIPS from residents in Highway 58 communities helped the Lane County Sheriff’s Office identify a suspect in an illegal dumping incident that occurred near Milepost 3 off Big Fall Creek Road. On Tuesday, Sept. 27, the sheriff’s office released photos taken surreptitiously last summer, showing the suspect dumping trash from a dark-colored […]
Read more...Oregon Capital Chronicle, a statewide news outlet, launches; team of veteran reporters to cover policies and their effects
Oregon Capital Chronicle, a news outlet focusing on reporting on state government and politics, will launch on Tuesday, Oct 5. The Salem-based newsroom is led by veteran Oregon journalist Les Zaitz, a two time Pulitzer finalist and longtime investigative reporter in Oregon. He will serve as editor-in-chief. He is joined by deputy editor Lynne Terry, […]
Read more...Bitterly divided state lawmakers approve congressional, legislative redistricting maps
By PETER WONG/Oregon Capital Bureau — A show of bipartisan harmony, it was not. Democratic majorities passed their plans for congressional and legislative redistricting through the Oregon Legislature over repeated Republican objections during a weeklong special session that ended Monday just hours before a deadline laid out by the Oregon Supreme Court. The Senate passed […]
Read more...Lowell School Board requests return to local control over COVID-19 pandemic-related safety measures
By DEAN REA/correspondent/The Herald—The Lowell School Board passed a resolution Monday night requesting that the district be granted control over COVID-19 pandemic-related safety measures. Citing a number of instances when masking and vaccine requirements imposed by Gov. Kate Brown and Oregon health authorities have unnecessarily ignored “local conditions,” the board unanimously passed the resolution, an […]
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