Regional News

article placeholder

New Year’s resolutions for a healthy 2019, Dec. 31

Oregon Health Authority shares health resources - PORTLAND, Ore.—Everyone has goals for the new year—things they want to accomplish for themselves or their loved ones. The Oregon Health Authority is encouraging...
article placeholder

Oregon Flu Report, Dec. 31

Just Posted: Flu Bites Report for Week 51, December 16-22, 2018 - Summary: During Week 51, 1.7% of all emergency department visits in Oregon were due to influenza-like illness (ILI). Among Oregon labs reporting...
article placeholder

Hwy. 22W Fatal, Dec. 28

On Thursday, December 27, 2018 at approximately 12:58 pm, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a motor vehicle crash on Hwy 22W near milepost 8. Preliminary investigat...
article placeholder

Hazelnut Farmer Honored, Dec. 28

Tiffany Harper, hazelnut farmer and president of Lane County Farm Bureau, was the winner of the Oregon Farm Bureau 2018 Young Farmers & Ranchers’ (YF&R) Discussion Meet. The event took place on Dec. 4 d...
article placeholder

OFB Top Hand Award, Dec. 28

Shelley Wetherell of Douglas County Farm Bureau was honored with a Farm Bureau Top Hand Award by Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) President Sharon Waterman and OFB Executive Vice President Dave Dillon during the 86th O...
article placeholder

OFB 3rd VP, Dec. 28

Cattle rancher and hay farmer Shane Otley of Harney County Farm Bureau was elected to serve a two-year term as Oregon Farm Bureau’s (OFB) Third Vice President. Otley was voted into the position by the OFB House...
article placeholder

OFB 1st VP, Dec. 28

Barb Iverson of Clackamas County Farm Bureau was elected to serve a two-year term as Oregon Farm Bureau’s (OFB) First Vice President. Iverson was voted into the position by the OFB House of Delegates, a grassro...
article placeholder

Fatal East of Sisters, Dec. 27

On December 25, 2018, at approximately 1:15 pm, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a two-vehicle rear end collision on Highway 126 and Cloverdale Road just east of S...
article placeholder

Douglas Co. Kruse Family Honored, Dec. 27

At the 86th Oregon Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Salem, OFB President Sharon Waterman honored the memory of Don and Sally Kruse of Douglas County Farm Bureau with an OFB Memorial Award. “In the Farm Bureau fami...