The OHRA Center in Ashland is open while going through renovations. A proposal to convert an Ontario hotel into a shelter was rejected by city officials last year. (Rep. Pam Marsh) An Oregon project to turn hotels into temporary housing is getting a second infusion…
Terry Lundgren, retired CEO of Macy’s, greets Gerry Frank at the dedication on Friday, July 23, of the new The Gerry Frank | Salem Rotary Amphitheater in Riverfront Park. (Ron Cooper/Salem Reporter) UPDATE Sunday 6:30 p.m.: A statement from the family has been added. Gerry…
(Enterprise/FILE) Soaring energy prices are hammering Oregon’s farmers and ranchers, and the war in Ukraine is likely to only make that worse, experts say. The turmoil comes at a bad time, too. The state’s $5 billion agricultural industry has endured two tough years during the…
Masked volunteers provide masks and other Covid prevention items to people in an event last year in Ontario. (Enterprise file photo) The last of the pandemic limits Oregonians have endured for two years are ending, with state authorities lifting mask requirements Friday, March 19, and…
(Enterprise file photo) Secretary of State Shemia Fagan was right to keep former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof off the ballot for governor, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 33-page unanimous opinion, the court affirmed Fagan’s early January decision that Kristof hadn’t lived…
State Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, says he focuses on good ideas and people who will work with him in a session where Democrats have the numbers to dominate. (Enterprise file photo) Two weeks into Oregon’s legislative session, Democrats are moving forward with plans to pay…
Blaine Williams of 1st Battalion, 186th Infantry Regiment of the Oregon National Guard, helps health care technician Heather Smith change patient bedding at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg in August 2021. (Maj. W. Chris Clyne, Oregon National Guard Public Affairs) The Oregon National Guard is…
A nurse works tends to a Covid patient receiving monoclonal antibody treatment recently at Salem Hospital. State officials warned Friday that the Omicron variant is likely to put more than 3,000 people in the hospital in Oregon by February. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Oregon is facing…
Is your vehicle ready for these conditions? Here, an Oregon Department of Transportation plow clears a Vale street during a late-season storm in 2020. (Enterprise file photo) As colder weather and shorter days arrive, highway officials urge drivers to be prepared with traction tires or…