Oregon’s House Bill Shields Manufactured and Floating Home Residents from Soaring Rent Hikes
Oregonians living in manufactured park homes and moored homes on marinas will receive protection from rental increases if House Bill 3054 is passed by the Senate. Oregon Has 3,500 Park Homes and 1,500 Floating Home Residents. Last year, about 3,500 people were living in manufactured home parks. This figure includes...
Bill to Crack Down on Illicit Massage Businesses Passes the Oregon House
The Oregon House today passed a bill by a 51–2 vote aimed at cracking down on illicit massage businesses. House Bill 3189-A, sponsored by state Rep. Thuy Tran (D-Portland) and Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D-Portland), would increase the fine for operating such a business from $1,000 to $5,000 per violation; allow the Oregon...
Oregon woman searching for her lost dog in Marin County
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Signs about a lost dog were posted around a San Rafael neighborhood, asking residents to help reunite the pet with its family in Oregon. What we know: — The dog's owner, Rebekah Whittaker, lives in Eugene, Oregon. She has been traveling to the Bay Area every weekend this month, trying to find...
Avelo Airlines faces backlash in Eugene over contract with ICE to facilitate deportation flights
EUGENE, Ore. -- Avelo Airlines is under fire nationwide -- and here in Oregon -- after signing a new contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate long-term deportation flights. Although the airline’s ICE-related flights will be based in Mesa, Arizona, the partnership has ignited protests and calls for...
1 adult, 4 children hospitalized after hit-and-run crash in Mohawk, police say
One adult and four children were hospitalized with injuries April 16 after a multivehicle hit-and-run crash near the intersection of Marcola and Hill roads in Mohawk, according to the Lane County Sheriff's Office. A 28-year-old male suspect is in custody after he was located by law enforcement officials in the area...
Lane County warns of rise in Shigella bacterial infections
Lane County health officials are warning of an increase in an uncommon infectious bacteria. The county has reported 18 Shigella infections so far this year, as of Thursday. That's already higher than the case count for all of last year, which was 12. Shigella spreads through fecal matter, as well...
Top doctor at Oregon Department of Corrections outlines major prisoner treatment change
The Oregon Department of Corrections has significantly overhauled the longstanding and notoriously powerful panels that decide whether prisoners get off-site specialty medical care, the agency’s chief medical officer said Thursday. Dr. Michael Seale oversees the delivery of medical care to Oregon’s roughly 12,000...
4/16/25 – LCSO CASE #25-1811 – LANE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE WANTED...
On April 16th, a Lane County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to the McKenzie Patrol District spotted Jared Lee Moe, 35, of Oakridge, several miles up Horse Creek Road, southeast of McKenzie Bridge. Moe has a felony warrant, and Oakridge Police are also looking for Moe after he fled a traffic stop a few days before.
Name released of missing kayaker who went over Willamette falls
CLACKAMAS COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - On Thursday, authorities released the name of a kayaker who went missing on the Willamette River almost a week ago. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, the 20-year-old California man who disappeared over the falls on April 12 was Marcelus Angelo Rodriguez. Over...
Deadly, highly contagious virus afflicts domestic rabbits in southern Oregon
A highly contagious and deadly virus has been found in domestic rabbits in southern Oregon, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture. The agency identified the virus, known as Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, after the owner of a Douglas County rabbitry reported multiple sudden rabbit deaths to a...
