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Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment

  CHILD DEAD-MOTHER CHARGED Oregon mom indicted on additional charges after son’s death (Information from: Statesman Journal, http://www.statesmanjournal.com) SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon woman charged in the strangulation death of her 12-year-old son has been indicted on additional charges of murder by abuse and criminal mistreatment for the alleged […]

LCC President search; New city hall design begins; Eugene woman dies in crash; Murder for hire guilty plea; bienneial budgeting; History of the Hoedads

LCC Presidential search nearing an end Three finalists for the President of Lane Community College were on campus in Eugene last week to meet with the Board of Education, community members and staff.  LCC Board Chair Sharon Stiles says she thinks one of those three could be the one to […]

Latest Oregon news, sports, business and entertainment

  PORTLAND SCHOOLS-RESIGNATION Portland Public Schools chief of staff resigns (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The chief of staff at Portland Public Schools has resigned, leaving another high-level opening in a district trying to make a comeback from a lead crisis. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Amanda Whalen […]

City hall upgrade coming on heels of public works expansion; Women (and men) march; 126 crash claims life; Highway 36 closed by 2nd slide

After a half-century, City Hall to be upgraded Florence City Councilors are expected to sign off on an agreement Monday evening with a Coos Bay architectural firm for design and supervision services of a $1.5-million renovation and expansion of City Hall. Additional costs, including those involved in temporarily locating City […]