Fish Passage Projects Funded
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding Oregon a little over $2 Million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to support fish passage projects in Benton, Crook, Douglas, and Lane Counties. The money will pay for removing barriers to Oregon rivers and streams and is part of a $35 million investment for 39 fish passage […]
Read MoreMushroom Permits Available
The USDA says now… as the snow recedes, mushrooms will begin returning to the forest floor. Personal-use mushroom picking is free and does not require a permit or payment under the legal limits, which authorizes an individual to harvest, possess, or transport less than a gallon of them in Oregon and less than five gallons […]
Read MoreExpanded Workers’ Compensation Bill Gains Senate Approval
The Oregon Senate has passed Senate Bill 418…. the Expanded Workers’ Compensation Bill. It means injured workers will get paid for time spent at medical appointments and will no longer need to dip into vacation and sick time to get treated for their injuries. The state Senate unanimously passed the bill late Monday. The measure […]
Read MoreLocal Man Headed to Federal Prison
A resident of the Umatilla Indian Reservation was sentenced on Tuesday and now is headed to federal prison. 23 year old Tom Redhawk Tias was ordered to spend 48 months in federal prison, plus another three years of supervised release, for repeatedly striking a fellow resident of the reservation with his fists. Tias admitted to […]
Read MoreFishing Regs Changing
If you still want to do a little spring chinook salmon fishing in the mainstem of the Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam, you still have some time left… but not much. Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington now say Tuesday is the final day of a brief extension. The season upstream of Bonneville Dam, […]
Read MoreNew Principal Named
The Baker School District has announced that Heidi Stocks, the Assistant Principal of South Baker Intermediate School and Coordinator of Auxiliary Programming for the current school year, will replace Phil Anderson as the Principal of South Baker Intermediate beginning July 1. Stocks grew up attending schools in Baker School District, and she is a graduate […]
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