blog Archive

Oregon gets a D on public education report card

News

The state of Oregon landed a failing grade in valuing public education, according to the Network for Public Education's 50 state report card, released Feb. 2.  The Network for Public Education, a national advocacy group in support of public education, rated each state based on six distinct criteria. Oregon received separate grades for each of the six categories, and then those grades were averaged together to come up with Oregon's D grade. Continue reading →

Water rescue at Cape Kiwanda

News

In the search for a missing teenage girl who fell into the water at Cape Kiwanda last weekend, two local fire and rescue workers got into trouble when their personal watercraft capsized in the surf. A Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter rescued them in this video shot by a State Police officer's body camera. The search for the 17-year-old, Megan Owens of Marysville, Washington,  continues. Continue reading →

Eyewitness Accounts of Malheur Traffic Stop and Finicum Shooting

News

An eyewitness is contradicting the account put out by the Bundy Bunch that LaVoy Finicum was on his knees with his hands up when shot by law enforcement.  McConnell who says he had been personal security for Ammon Bundy says he was following the pickup truck driven by LaVoy Finicum and seeks to put rumors to rest about Finicum's death, saying he was not on his knees and he charged at law enforcement. Finicum had tried to drive away from law enforcement then ran the truck into a snowbank, according to several accounts.  Continue reading →

RIP Hershel D. Bloom

News

The iconic Eugenean Hershel Bloom died Jan. 25 in New Philadelphia, Ohio. He was an accomplished artist and musician and worked 30 years at White Bird Clinic.  More about him in EW next week. Meanwhile, here's a rare video from an earlier time. Continue reading →