Co-chairs of the legislative budget-writing committee on Thursday shared the broad strokes of their�$31.6 billion spending plan�for the two years beginning July 1. It starts with 2.5% reductions to current agency spending, cuts that would primarily be achieved by not filling vacancies.�
Spring may have sprung, but the weather didn't get the memo. The Portland office of the National Weather Service issued several notices, warning of incoming adverse weather overnight and into Saturday.
"The level of integrity and just effectiveness of their organization has always impressed me," Vosburg said of the Columbia Riverkeeper. Vosburg now serves on the board of the nonprofit that was among the people and groups who beat back the proposed placement of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipelin
Oregon drivers who for decades have been banned from touching gas pumps could soon have the right to fuel their own cars, under a bill the state House overwhelmingly approved Monday.�
An electric charging station somewhere between Seaside and Mountaindale, perhaps in Manning or Buxton. New guardrails in Glenwood and Gales Creek. Better lighting and (another) new crosswalk in Banks.
The Tillamook Forest Center is scheduled to reopen Friday, March 17, ending a three-year closure spurred by the onset of the pandemic, then extended due to staffing issues.
