Oregon Revenue Surplus
Oregon’s latest state revenue forecast far exceeded expectations Wednesday, giving lawmakers more money for a two-year budget that’s due in June. State economists said Wednesday that they were increasing earlier revenue estimates owing to an unexpected surge in tax payments. A lot of the money will be returned to Oregon taxpayers through credits on next […]
Read MoreFish 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 […]
Read MoreOregon Farmers Getting Grant Money
11 Oregon farmers will receive a combined $2.1 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand their influence and market new products. The money is aimed at helping to kick-start efforts for family farms to innovate and continue to compete in a global marketplace. The funds have been made available through USDA […]
Read MoreMushrooms May Soon Become Licensed
The Oregon Health Authority issued the first licenses for manufacturers of psychedelic mushrooms last week. The licenses are seen as the next step in a program that the state has been building from the ground up since voters passed a framework for their legal use in the state in 2020, under a law that allows […]
Read MoreGovernor Submits List
On Tuesday, Governor Tina Kotek submitted a list of state board and commission appointments to the Oregon Senate for confirmation. The Senate Committee on Rules is scheduled to consider the nominations on April 18th. The full list of nominees is available online.
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