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Rugby · MonmouthBoth men’s and women’s rugby clubs of Western Oregon University have qualified for the Rugby 7s Collegiate National Championships which take place this week in Maryland.This is the first time both teams qualified in the same year and the first time Western’s women’s team has made it to the national championships.OPB’s Paul Marshall spoke with WOU’s women’s Head Coach Nicole Smith and men’s Head Coach Ben Barlow about the season and the tournamen…See the Story
Western Oregon University’s rugby teams rally together for national championships
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Portland, Oregon · PortlandLast year, city officials decided to end Portland’s contract with the independent Regional Arts and Culture Council. The organization was previously responsible for doling out grants and providing art advocacy for the city. Now, Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture has taken shape and has found organizations, including RACC and MusicOregon, to help administer grants to artists and creators. The city itself will be working on arts advocacy and edu…See the Story
Portland launches the Office of Arts & Culture
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Tina Kotek · SalemGov. Tina Kotek’s behavioral health director is resigning, making her the sixth staffer to leave the administration in the past five months.Juliana Wallace, who was hired last August to oversee the governor’s behavioral health initiatives, regularly met with Kotek’s spouse, Aimee Kotek Wilson.In Wallace’s resignation letter, first reported by Willamette Week, she said it was a long journey for her to realize her “skills and impact lies with the …See the Story
Gov. Tina Kotek’s behavioral health director resigns; marking sixth departure in five months
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Multnomah County · Multnomah CountyStaffing changes won’t immediately be coming to Multnomah County’s beleaguered ambulance system. But a solution appears to be on the horizon.County commissioners rejected a proposal Thursday that would have put pressure on Chair Jessica Vega Pederson to adjust ambulance staffing requirements as 911 response times continue to lag countywide.Currently, the county requires American Medical Response, or AMR, to staff vehicles with two paramedics. Co…See the Story
Multnomah County officials reject vote on ambulance staffing as AMR mediation comes to an end
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Salem, Oregon · SalemIn the last few years, the state has come under intense criticism from civil rights advocates for its failure to provide constitutionally mandated defense attorneys to people charged with crimes if they cannot afford them. A 2022 report by the American Bar Association found the state had barely a third of the lawyers it needed to represent defendants who qualified for a public defender. Since then, lawakers and state officials have significantly…See the Story
Oregon Public Defense Commission details multi-pronged efforts to stem public defender crisis
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Baker City · Baker CityDespite high winds and lightning from back-to-back thunderstorms on Thursday, firefighters made some progress in their efforts to slow the spread of the Durkee Fire with the help of some rainfall.In some areas, as much as an inch of rain fell, though on the northern edge of the fire only 0.2 inches of rain fell. The rain did, however, bring flood warnings with it. And near Unity, Oregon, winds gusted as high as 66 mph.Baker County Sheriff Travis…See the Story
Rain helps firefighters at Durkee Fire, now 20% contained but still unpredictable
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Kamala Harris · OregonOregon Democrats swiftly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris this week.On the new episode of “OPB Politics Now,” OPB political reporters Lauren Dake and Bryce Dole take a look at the remade presidential race and how it might impact down ballot campaigns this fall.See the Story
‘OPB Politics Now’: Oregon and the remade presidential race
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Dallas, Oregon · DallasBrian Dalton is the former mayor of Dallas in Polk County, Oregon. For more than 70 years, his family owned a furniture store downtown. Dalton says he grew up in the downtown district which he and other city leaders have been working for more than two decades to reinvigorate.And now, those efforts have paid off. Downtown Dallas was added to the National Register of Historic Places in May. The Salem Statesman Journal reported on the historic desi…See the Story
Downtown Dallas earns national historic designation
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