In legal filings, Greg Smith, a state representative from Heppner, argued a lawsuit accusing him of illegally destroying and withholding public records as part of his economic development work in Malheur County should be dismissed.
In the first part of a series on the Oregon governor's race, candidates take up the challenges facing Oregon schools. See what Tina Kotek, Christine Drazan and Betsy Johnson want to do in the education arena.
The Malheur Enterprise is suing Greg Smith, former economic development director for Malheur County, and others over disclosure of public documents. The suit alleges public records were improperly destroyed.
Incident reports from Oregon State Hospital provide a window into some of the chaos at the institution. (Salem Reporter graphic) SALEM – Raph can’t remember how many times the patient punched him in the head. It was just before 1…
Gov. Kate Brown in her Portland office (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Teachers in Oregon will be able to get a Covid vaccine starting Jan. 25, but seniors will have to wait at least three weeks after expected additional vaccine doses from…
Gov. Kate Brown in her Portland office (FILE/Salem Reporter) SALEM – Gov. Kate Brown said Friday that Oregon stands “on the brink of a full-blown crisis” with its pandemic and warned the number of daily Covid infections could double by…
Pat Allen, Oregon Health Authority director, participates in a daily briefing for congressional staff via phone on Monday, April 20. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) An estimated 30,000 frontline health care workers will be vaccinated against Covid by the end of the…
All workers in Oregon are now required to wear masks indoors even if they stay 6 feet away from others, the Oregon Health Authority announced Monday. The new rules require anyone in a public or private workplace to wear a…
A Covid-19 test swab is packaged up to be tested during a free drive-through testing clinic in Woodburn in August. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon will soon receive tens of thousands of additional coronavirus tests weekly from the federal government, allowing…
Andrea Davila, a nurse at the Kaiser Permanente North Lancaster clinic in Salem administers a test for COVID-19 at the clinic’s drive-thru testing site on Wednesday, April 29. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) The existing health conditions of Oregonians play a significant…