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Steven Craig Johnson, a fugitive who escaped from Oregon’s Mill Creek Correctional Facility in 1994, was apprehended in Macon, Georgia, after 30 years on the run. Johnson, now 70, had been serving a state prison sentence for three counts of sex abuse and one count of attempted sodomy. He fled during a prison work detail […]
A man from Oregon decided to bless others with his family life savings. The man identified as Colin McCarthy had thrown out $200k from his family’s shared account on the freeway. The family is now saying they’re broke and is asking the bystanders that picked the cash to return the money. The man said he […]
A new proposed bill in Oregon would give low-income people and homeless people 12 payments of $1,000 a month for a year. People eligible for these monthly payments will have to meet the requirements of being homeless or at the risk of being severely homeless or earning below 60% area median income. There was a […]
Driving in Oregon anytime soon? Well, if for some reason you find yourself looking for American flags in the overpasses, they have been removed. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the American flags that have been popping up on multiple overpasses from Cottage Grove to Woodburn, have been removed due to safety concerns. ODOT’s […]
In Oregon the popular travel rental company Airbnb will no longer post the full names of guest that try to reserve a place to stay to avoid discrimination against black renters. This a 2 year experiment and starts at the end of January. Landlords of the Airbnb won’t see guests full names only their initials once the […]
Yesterday, seven new wildfires were reported, making the total fire count 91 in the US. According to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), more than 1.8 million acres have burned since these fires began and more than 22,300 wildland firefighters and incident management teams are involved in stopping the fires. So far this year, 37,803 […]
Large fires have been actively burning for weeks across the Western U.S, such as California and Oregon, and in Canada. The largest fire in Oregon has now burned more than 600 square miles of land. The fire has become so large that it has created its own weather. Smoke has drifted over major cities nearly […]
The state’s legislature has decided that Juneteenth will be an official state holiday in Oregon, making Oregon the fourth state to make the event an official celebration. This will be in effect next year. In a statement released by Oregon Senate Democrats; “With House Bill 2168, we can learn from another time. We can change […]
A mom from Oregon got chastised by a man who stole car with her toddler inside the vehicle she while she went inside a grocery store. Police are still searching for the thief and they said he drove off with the car about a half a block turned around to drop the kid back off and when […]
As Americans cast their ballot for the next President, many voters had their say on fighting the war on drugs. In an effort to reform the criminal justice system, lawmakers have suggested a public health focused approach to substance use. After Tuesday’s election Oregon became the first U.S. State to decriminalize the possession of hard […]