Medford Moves to Take Control of Former Wildfire Shelter as Safety Problems Mount
Medford has authorized a court effort to acquire The Loring, a former wildfire shelter on Biddle Road where water damage, fires and unauthorized occupancy have persisted despite fines and repeated attempts to secure the building. The City Council voted October 7 to permit eminent domain proceedings against the privately owned...
Wildlife Safari’s 40-Year Accreditation Record Interrupted by Denial in Portland
Wildlife Safari’s bid to retain its national zoo accreditation was rejected in Portland last month, interrupting a record dating to 1986 and leaving the Southern Oregon attraction awaiting a public explanation of why its application failed. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums identified the Winston facility among three applicants...
PBOT weighs $8 event parking rate in Eliot neighborhood to ease congestion
What is the proposed event parking rate increase in the Eliot neighborhood?. How have increased parking rates affected local businesses in the Eliot neighborhood?. Why is Portland considering higher event parking rates in the Eliot neighborhood?. Portland is considering raising event parking rates on select streets in the Eliot neighborhood,...
Oregon Cut $42 Million From Rail, Airport and Port Grants to Prevent 470 ODOT...
The ‘Connect Oregon’ program has been curtailed after forfeiting $42 million to help soften the impact of the Department of Transportation’s 2025-27 funding gap. Curtailment Impacts Two Rail Facility Projects in Willamette Valley and Nyssa. This has impacted progress at two rail facilities – the Mid-Willamette Valley...
2 Carriers Are Leaving Oregon’s Health Insurance Market – The Ones Staying Are Raising...
Oregon’s insurance regulator has approved an average increase of nearly 22% for individual marketplace health plans in 2027. The official weighted average is 21.6%, per the Oregon Department of Financial Regulation. Small-group plans are going up 15.5%. This follows a 9.7% increase in 2026. Two years of above-average hikes...
Tualatin’s West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta set to cast off
It’s almost here. The 2026 West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta comes ashore Sunday, Oct. 18, at the Tualatin Lake at the Commons, 8325 S.W. Nyberg St. This year’s noon to […]
Oregon Zoo alum Nora the polar bear shows promising signs of pregnancy
WISCONSIN (KATU) — Zookeepers at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Wisconsin cannot confirm whether Nora the polar bear is pregnant but said on social media this week that they see several promising signs. Nora left the Oregon Zoo last year as part of a plan to help grow the...
Cryptocurrency kidnapping plot left Oregon man naked, tied to post
One of the four men who prosecutors say flew from Florida to Portland in 2023 to kidnap a local man and steal his cryptocurrency, ultimately binding the man naked to a post in a rural Washington County field, pleaded guilty Friday. Billy Shane Cordova, 26, of Jacksonville, Florida, entered the...
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Portland Victim for $128K Crypto Ransom
A 26-year-old Jacksonville, Florida man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a Portland resident in a scheme that left the victim duct-taped to a post in a rural field, badly beaten, and stripped of roughly $128,000 in cryptocurrency. Billy Shane Cordova entered his plea to one count of kidnapping before U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You.
Oregon Coach Dan Lanning Drops Honest Response to Benching Dylan Raiola
Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning sent in quarterback Brock Thomas to replace Dylan Raiola after offensive struggles in the loss to the UCLA Bruins.
