By BEN OLSON/for The Herald — This column, much like my movement for the last 3 and a half weeks, will be all over the map. Today my son and I dined on Maine lobster only a few miles from the coast. We will get easter before we go souther-[Read More…]
Month: September 2022
The coming elections
That time is here again when we are privileged to cast our vote for those who will represent us, locally as well as nationally. I am going to think carefully about how our city is governed. We, at the grass roots level have much to gain, or lose, as we[Read More…]
Oregon DEQ gets new interim director
By GEORGE PLAVEN Oregon Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is undergoing a change of leadership quicker than anticipated. Leah Feldon, DEQ deputy director since 2016, was appointed interim director of the agency at a meeting of the Environmental Quality Commission on Sept. 23, following the[Read More…]
OSU research discovers probiotic combination drastically improves oyster larvae survival
By Molly Rosbach, [email protected] Source: Carla Schubiger, [email protected] NEWPORT, Ore. — Oyster larvae survival rates were significantly boosted by treating them with specific combinations of probiotics, Oregon State University researchers found in a recent study. With only a one-time application, the probiotics also boosted larval growth, metamorphosis and settlement, meaning that in[Read More…]
Oregon seeks $920 million in federal public works grants
By PETER WONG Oregon Capital Bureau Oregon has begun in earnest seeking federal grants from the $1 trillion public works spending plan that Congress approved and President Joe Biden signed last year. The 14 grant applications that lawmakers on the Emergency Board cleared on Friday, Sept. 23, range from $200,000[Read More…]