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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A group of hikers started a long trek on Friday all to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Trailblaze Challenge is a 26.3-mile hike where participants tackle the terrain through Silver Falls State Park All in one day. Every dollar raised supports kids in our community who are waiting for their wish […]
In the face of a debilitating shortage of nurses and other caregivers, area hospital systems are offering hefty incentives and bonuses in hopes of attracting new employees and retaining existing ones. Kaiser Permanente is paying $8,000 signing bonuses to newly hired emergency department nurses willing to work nights. Oregon Health…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Officers removed some unwelcome guests from a park in Oregon on Thursday. The Camas Police Department said eight python snakes ranging in size from 3 feet to over 6 feet in length were taken out of Lacamas Park. Police worked with animal control officials to safely capture and remove the creatures […]
(Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images) (PORTLAND, Ore.) The Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday that the delta variant has become the dominant variant in the state, as daily COVID-19 cases have increased over the past week, KGW reports.
A rooster might be the last thing you’d expect to hear when there’s a scientific experiment underway, but at David Blunck’s farm near Albany, Oregon, the soundtrack is positively pastoral. His roosters crow, his dog barks, birds fill the air with their song. Soon, those sounds will be joined by…
OREGON– Oregon State Police have announced the death of Retired K-9 Charger. On Friday, Oregon State Police, OSP, say Charger passed away Monday. K9 Charger served with OSP for about ten years before retiring. Chargers’ final six-years were spent with his handler, Sr. Trooper Ledbetter, and his family, “consisting of…
OREGON– Oregon State Police have announced the death of Retired K-9 Charger. On Friday, Oregon State Police, OSP, say Charger passed away Monday. K9 Charger served with OSP for about ten years before retiring. Chargers’ final six-years were spent with his handler, Sr. Trooper Ledbetter, and his family, “consisting of…
HERMISTON — Two former employees of a home manufacturing company in eastern Oregon have filed a lawsuit saying they endured anti-Black racism and discrimination, and then were fired after reporting the incidents to managers. The lawsuit was filed in federal court by two Black women who worked for Marlette Homes…
Favorable weather on Thursday again helped firefighters tighten their grip on the Bootleg fire, which passed 400,000 acres overnight and became Oregon’s third largest fire since 1900. The blaze, the largest of more than 80 wildfires burning in the nation, added 1,030 acres between Thursday and Friday mornings, the smallest…
Polk County marine patrol deputy Tommy Hutchison points out a river feature to reserve deputy Derrick Angelus while the two patrol on the Willamette River on Sunday, July 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter) Polk County marine patrol deputy Tommy Hutchison and reserve deputy Derrick Angelus assist two distressed kayakers on the…
