The Port of Morrow settles DEQ violations with deal to put nearly $2 million into clean water efforts. Local water wells have long been contaminated, state officials have found.
Author: By Alex Baumhardt – Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon suspends requirement for grads to meet proficiency in basic skills
The Oregon Board of Education voted Thursday to continue to suspend the requirement to prove basic skills, saying its been misapplied and is ineffective. The change drew sharp criticism from GOP legislators.
Kotek appoints longtime Oregon Department of Ag deputy to lead agency
Lisa Charpilloz Hanson, who spent nearly 16 years as deputy director of the state agriculture agency, has been appointed to the post.
State seeks $27.6 million from southern Oregon dam operators for massive fish kill
AROUND OREGON: Oregon Fish and Wildlife seeks to recover damages from the Winchester Water Control District over repairs that left 550,000 lamprey dead.
Burns Paiute Tribe to receive federal disaster aid after for floods, mudslides
The Burns Paiute Tribe is getting help digging out from heavy spring rains that caused flash flooding, mudslides and major damage to its Jonesboro ranch, a 6,380-acre property in eastern Oregon. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, announced this week that the tribe would receive federal disaster assistance to[Read More…]
Oregon’s new education leader wants to add teachers to catch up from pandemic learning losses
Oregon school children have some catching up to do after the disruption of the pandemic. Charlene Williams, the new director of the Oregon Department of Education, wants to grow and diversity the teacher workforce to improve student outcomes.
Billions spent on hatcheries, habitat fail to help Columbia River salmon, study finds
OREGON NEWS: A Oregon State University professor and U.S. Geological Survey biologist reviewed 50 years of data on fish survival and hatchery costs. The findings question results of $9 billion spent.
No compliance issues with farmworker overtime law, but reports could be delayed
STATE NEWS: Oregon state officials haven’t received wage complaints about overtime pay from farmworkers this summer, but advocates say many delay reporting for fear of retaliation.
SPECIAL REPORT: Oregon fails to turn page on reading, districts will remain in charge
Part 3: With districts, not the state, responsible for improving the teaching of reading, some students will be left behind.
SPECIAL REPORT: Oregon fails to turn page on reading: Using flawed teaching methods
Part 2: Oregon’s 15 educator preparation programs offer vastly different reading instruction methods to future teachers, and some teach flawed methods.