5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (308+ words) Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read asked legislators Sept. 8 for $1.25 million in funds ahead of the Nov. 3 election. Read spoke to lawmakers in the Joint Interim Subcommittee on Human Services about the request, which he said would provide Oregonians with…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (418+ words) A federal judge on Sept. 4 extended a block of U.S. Postal Service limitations on mail-in ballots at the request of Oregon and several other states. The states sued over USPS rule changes that would implement parts of an executive order from…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (195+ words) The Oregon Health Authority issued a health advisory on Sept. 2 for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in the ocean at Oceanside Beach in Tillamook County. The health advisory includes nearby creeks, pools of water on the beach, and water runoff…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (207+ words) Salem Health Hospitals completed its merger with Stayton-based Santiam Hospital on Aug. 31, the two hospitals announced in a release. The merged Salem Health will have 710 licensed beds and about 7,000 employees. The move also will keep Santiam Hospital in operation after…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (408+ words) A Woodburn pastor was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is detained in Louisiana, according to his family. Fidel Cordero was detained by ICE on Aug. 24 in Newberg and was later transferred to the ICE detention facility in Tacoma,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (168+ words) A Scio man died from a head injury Aug. 29 that Linn County Sheriff Michelle Duncan said he sustained in his jail cell one week earlier. Sheriff's office deputies found Ronald Rambo, 57, unresponsive but breathing in his cell at approximately 5:33 a.m. on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (295+ words) Oregon, 20 other states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration Sept. 2 over new restrictions preventing federal funds from being spent on gender-affirming care for young people. The lawsuit targets a rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and seeks…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (97+ words) Statesman Journal Police identify 26-year-old man killed in shooting in West Salem Salem Police on Sept 1. identified the victim in a fatal shooting near Circle K in West Salem. Police found Jeremiah Elijah Rojas, 26, of Salem, dead at the scene…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) Oregon environmental groups are worried that dropping the so-called Roadless Rule, recently proposed by the Trump Administration, will increase fire risk and harm wildlife, drinking water and the recreation economy. The proof, they say, is in the documents produced by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (22+ words) Statesman Journal Key dates for the upcoming Nov. 3 election in Oregon...