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Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Friday, November 07, 2025

Small-town America gets economic boost from data centers

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Photo by İsmail Enes Ayhan, Unsplash Umatilla, Oregon, was once a place “known for a former chemical-weapons depot nearby, a state pri...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Oregon implements different minimum wages for urban, suburban and rural areas

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Oregon now has a minimum wage that divides the state into urban, standard, and rural areas, with different minimum wages for each area. The...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Oregon may end ban of self-serve gas in rural areas

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Oregon and New Jersey are the only two states in the U.S. that do not allow self-serve gas stations, but Oregon may begin to allow them—but ...
Friday, June 01, 2012

Oregon county lets 39 jail inmates go free when timber revenue and subsequent subsidies run out

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The sheriff's office of Josephine County, Ore., released 39 of its jail inmates this week because the county just couldn't pay for t...
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Monday, April 30, 2012

City folk look for fresh air and cage-free living on rural retirement farms for their backyard chickens

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If you own backyard chickens and have ever wondered what to do with them when they stopped producing eggs, other than eating them, Oregon m...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Oregon governor champions rural job creation as key to reviving economy

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To solve Oregon's economic crisis, the state must help its rural areas as much as it does the Portland metropolitan area, says the state...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Mule deer poaching a problem in Oregon

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As the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife surveyed the state's population of mule deer, the researchers discovered a "shocking...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Northwest loggers adadpting to greener economy

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Harold Jones, right, has always made his money cutting trees, usually big ones, in the Pacific Northwest. Now, he illustrates changed circum...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Kentucky special: Memo to journalists on primary

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Last night’s results in North Carolina and Indiana leave Kentucky as the largest state yet to vote in the presidential primaries, with the D...
Friday, April 18, 2008

Small-town officials are resigning in Oregon rather than disclose financial info under new ethics rules

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In 2007, Oregon passed new ethics rules that required all public officials — from local to the state level — to disclose financial and other...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Indiana looking more pivotal in primaries, perhaps latest signal of increasing rural influence

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We reported last week that Hillary and Bill Clinton were turning Indiana into a presidential battleground with Barack Obama, and today Anne ...
Friday, March 21, 2008

Cockfighting probe accuses 63 people of taking part in contests in rural Oregon and Washington

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A sting operation that involved 500 law enforcement officers has led to 63 people being accused of taking part in a dozen cockfight derbies ...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Oregon town gradually accepts immigrant influx

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Immigration, legal and otherwise, is transforming the look of America's small- and medium-sized communities. Lise Nelson, a University o...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Rural homeless people face unique challenges

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While homelessness is considered an urban concern, it also occurs in rural areas. The story of Barbara Trivitt and her children Eric, 13, an...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Community newspapers still strong, especially if they have interactive Web sites, Calif. editor says

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"The death of newspapers has been greatly exaggerated," and that's especially true when it comes to community papers, writes ...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Oregon paper doing big series on invasive species

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For an excellent example of environmental reporting, check out the work being done by The Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore. In September, th...