(The Center Square) – A man from Washington County, Oregon, received a federal prison sentence last week after he sold counterfeit pills containing fentanyl to a young woman that killed her. Robert Lamart James McCollum, 35, received a 125-month federal prison sentence plus five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon. “This defendant …
The National Republican Congressional Committee on Friday named Mike Erickson, the Republican challenging first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, as one of its top candidates to flip House seats. Erickson’s addition to the committee’s “Young Guns” list means three of Oregon’s six congressional districts are top priorities for both parties, and candidates in those districts will receive extra help from …
A Democratic congressional candidate’s first televised ad has drawn criticism from Republicans and a police group for featuring stock footage of a Ukrainian actor and touting a public safety message. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Clackamas County Democrat challenging first-term Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, released the 30-second ad last week. It features a voiceover from Bynum and footage …
The Biden administration will seek bids on developing two wind energy sites off Oregon’s southern coast in October. The announcement on Thursday followed an environmental assessment of the sites off Coos Bay and Brookings by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The analysis found the sites would pose “no significant” impact on people or the environment. “The advancement of the …
The Grants Pass City Council is holding a special meeting tonight to discuss services for homeless in Grants Pass. Following the city’s triumph at the U.S. Supreme Court, the mayor and council have grappled with what to do with the homeless campers who have occupied most of the city parks since 2018. The council earlier had identified four city-owned locations …
As the Oregon Eagle has reported, a class action lawsuit has been filed against WaterWatch of Oregon for the destruction of the Pomeroy Dam on the Illinois River near Cave Junction, Oregon. The plaintiff, David White, informed the Oregon Eagle that “The Illinois river is a Wild and Scenic river as shown at rivers.com. Therefore, defendants had to have a …
The Josephine County Commissioners hosted a meeting today in the Anne Basker Auditorium to allow county commissioners across Oregon to question representatives from the Oregon State University and Oregon Department of Forestry about the draft Wildfire Hazard Map. There were 100 local residents in the meeting which heard comments from commissioners from half of Oregon’s 36 counties which are negatively …
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation The two billion dollar remodel of the Portland International airport has begun to open up to the public. For beauty, aesthetic and scale this is impressive. This remodel fulfilled one of our chief taxpayer concerns, which is installing the new high-tech luggage scanners. These new high-tech scanners mean Portlanders will not have to remove their …
The general rule in Oregon is that no one can do anything in Oregon without a permit. This is particularly true when it comes to land development or anything to do with building homes and apartment buildings. This is triply true for anything which might harm trees or fish. In the past week, questions have been raised whether WaterWatch of …
Questions have been raised regarding the state and federal permits required to destroy and remove the Pomeroy Dam located on the Illinois River in Cave Junction. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service provided a $1.2 million federal taxpayer-funded grant to WaterWatch of Oregon to manage the removal of the Pomeroy Dam. The dam was built in the 1940s to provide …