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Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley Denounces Senate Amendment
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley gathered with women’s health advocates yesterday to denounce a Senate amendment that would deny health insurance coverage to women for birth control and any essential, preventive health care service if their employer has a religious or moral objection. Merkley emphasized the proposed Blunt amendment would jeopardize health care coverage for millions [...]
ODOT Re-Opens Highway 42 After Two Day Closure
The Oregon Department of Transportation has announced that one lane of highway 42 re-opened to traffic at 1:20am this morning, following a two-day, full closure to excavate loose rock and material from the County line slide. Rock removal is expected to continue for several weeks. Drivers should expect 20-minute delays as flaggers provide traffic control [...]
ODOT To Close One Mile Section of Highway 42 This Weekend
Oregon Department of Transportation crews and contractors will make repairs to Highway 42 near the Coos/Douglas County line this weekend. The highway was damaged by slides during last month’s storms and has been narrowed to a single lane since January 19th. A one-mile stretch of the highway, approximately ten miles west of Camas Valley, will [...]
OSP Traffic Stop Leads To Heroin Seizure
A traffic stop by Oregon State Police on Interstate 5 last week has led to drug charges for two men after troopers discovered drugs concealed in a vehicle. On February 10th, OSP stopped a vehicle that was displaying Washington license plates northbound on Interstate 5 south of Ashland for a traffic violation. The vehicle contained [...]
Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Off Oregon Coast-No Warnings/Watches/Advisories
There was a magnitude 6.0 earthquake off the coast of Oregon last night. The West Coast And Alaska Tsunami Warning Center reports the earthquake occurred at about 7:30 last night—159 miles west of Coos Bay. The event, which was reviewed by a seismologist, happened at a depth of over 6 miles. There were no watches, [...]
Health & Social Services Meeting Scheduled For Today In Reedsport
Douglas County Health and Social Services, in partnership with the Senior Services Advisory council, will be holding regional town hall meetings to solicit input on the development of it’s four year Area Agency on Aging Plan. The plan will be used to help determine priorities for funding, service development and community partnerships to assist seniors [...]
Junction City Man Dies In Head On Collision
Oregon State Police continue their investigation into the cause of yesterday afternoon’s two-vehicle fatal traffic crash south of Junction City. According to OSP, a Volkswagen driven by 60-year-old Jack Ray Franks from Junction City man was northbound on Highway 99 south of Meadow View Road when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with [...]
Search Continues For Missing North Bend Man
The Coos County Sheriff’s office and Coos County Search and Rescue members are still searching for a missing North Bend man. Early Wednesday morning, police found a vehicle parked off the Transpacific Parkway in the North Spit area, north of North Bend. The vehicle is registered to 59-year-old Wyman Wade Weathersby, who was last seen [...]
Closure of Sturgeon Retention in Columbia River
Oregon and Washington fishery managers have announced the closure of sturgeon retention in the Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam, effective at 12:01 am on Saturday, February 18th. Catch-and-release angling will remain open. This mid-February closure is projected to leave about 900 white sturgeon from the 2,000 harvest guideline [...]
Grant Funding For SCINT Discontinued By Oregon CJC
On Tuesday, January 31st, the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team learned that the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission convened on January 20th, and voted to discontinue further grant funding for multijurisdictional drug task forces statewide. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant has provided funds for drug task forces for over two decades nationwide. The CJC [...]
- The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a high surf advisory...which is in effect from 4 am Saturday... http://t.co/sNd4C9bH 5 days ago
- Cold, wind and rain on the way! Big oceans too! What do you have planned this weekend? 6 days ago
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