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 …
Today, Donald Trump introduced his surprise guest Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at his packed Glendale, Arizona rally. In his introduction, Trump said he would establish a new independent commission to release the remaining documents regarding the assassination of Kennedy’s uncle and former president John F. Kennedy. “Soon after I was nearly assassinated in PA last month, Bobby called me to …
(The Center Square) – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped his presidential bid Friday to endorse Republican nominee Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election. Kennedy, his voice hoarse, called it quits during a speech Friday in Phoenix. “In an honest system, I believe I would have won the election,” he said. Kennedy said Friday that the Democratic …
Because multiple credible reports say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be ending his independent presidential campaign and endorsing Republican Donald Trump for President. Kennedy’s announcement is scheduled for 11AM Pacific Time. These reports also say Kennedy will be selected for a high level position in the next Trump administration such as Attorney General, a role his father had under his …
(The Center Square) – An Oregon-based drug trafficking cell leader with ties to a large Mexico-based drug trafficking organization received a federal prison sentence this week after an investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Horacio Luna-Perez, 42, of Hillsboro, Oregon, got a 97-month federal prison sentence and five years’ supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District …