State Library eClips
* Most area property tax bills rising as market values fall
* Health Share of Oregon advisory council meets Nov. 2 at Providence St. Vincent
* ODOT plans to use salt for first time to clear snow from two Oregon highways
* Just whistle: Glitches in high-tech security system at Oregon State Hospital force low-tech backup
* States don’t often share child-abuse records. And sometimes kids like Jeanette Maples die.
* Oregon prison puzzle: Cut costs but keep public safe
* Wheat growers nervously watch Northwest grain talks, hoping to avoid longshore lockout
* Draw water from the Columbia River to pump up Oregon’s economy — Guest Opinion
* Lessons from this year’s set of legislative hopefuls — Opinion
* The trouble with Measure 79: We should focus on our real housing problems — Guest Opinion
* Barry Point wildfire highlights shortfalls of forest management — Guest Opinion
* Oregon National Guard holds demobilization ceremony in Salem after a year in Afghanistan
* Number of boating deaths in Oregon in 2012 may be highest in 15 years
* Public comment on long-term care plans sought this week
* State Rep. Thompson to meet with DUI panel
* E-government panel to meet Wednesday
* Library lecture to discuss crimesolving
* Oregon’s health care workforce still is growing
* Wong: Control of Oregon House, Senate hangs in balance — Opinion
* Attorney General race has differing views of position
* Oregon Supreme Court hopefuls have varied backgrounds
* Walkers aim to get driver’s licenses back for undocumented immigrants
* Motive differs for appeals court candidates
* New state senator, Betsy Close, is familiar face at Capitol
* Voters should support end of inheritance tax — Opinion
* State environment panel rejects pesticide-free zones
* Regulators reject pesticide-free zones near Oregon waterways
* New Dogs Help State Police Find Drugs
* State Won’t Pursue Sheriff’s Complaint In Grant County
* Prepping For The Big One
* Proposal For 2014 Would Change Oregon’s Energy Standards
* Pot Measures Would Widen Legal Chasm Between Northwest States
* LNG Tanker Safety Sparks Appeal
* Ore. rail line sees rebirth after 4 years
* Undocumented Immigrants in Oregon Walk For Driver’s Licenses
* Tribes Oppose Oregons Measure 81 Banning Commercial Gill-Net Fishing
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MOST AREA PROPERTY TAX BILLS RISING AS MARKET VALUES FALL (Portland Oregonian)
In many cases, the property tax bills landing in Oregonians’ mailboxes this fall contain bad news twice over: Lower home values, but tax bills that have gone up anyway.
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HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS NOV. 2 AT PROVIDENCE ST. VINCENT (Portland Oregonian)
A provider network set up for Oregon Health Plan members in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties has scheduled a Nov. 2 meeting of its community advisory council.
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ODOT PLANS TO USE SALT FOR FIRST TIME TO CLEAR SNOW FROM TWO OREGON HIGHWAYS (Portland Oregonian)
For the first time, Oregon transportation workers are planning to use rock salt for snow removal on two routes that get blasted by winter storms.
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JUST WHISTLE: GLITCHES IN HIGH-TECH SECURITY SYSTEM AT OREGON STATE HOSPITAL FORCE LOW-TECH BACKUP (Portland Oregonian)
Oregon spent $1 million on a high-tech security system for the new state mental hospital that includes infrared ceiling sensors that look like black billiard balls in the sky and personal mobile transmitters resembling chunky beepers with a red panic button that staffers wear clipped at the hip.
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STATES DON’T OFTEN SHARE CHILD-ABUSE RECORDS. AND SOMETIMES KIDS LIKE JEANETTE MAPLES DIE. (Portland Oregonian)
A 10-year-old girl is found dead in a footlocker in Arizona and police learn her family had been under investigation by child welfare authorities in Utah.
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OREGON PRISON PUZZLE: CUT COSTS BUT KEEP PUBLIC SAFE (Portland Oregonian)
For months, 12 Oregonians have been wrestling with the mathematics of justice in Oregon — who’s going to prison, who’s falling off probation, what percentage of new inmates are “low risk” or “nonviolent.”
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WHEAT GROWERS NERVOUSLY WATCH NORTHWEST GRAIN TALKS, HOPING TO AVOID LONGSHORE LOCKOUT (Portland Oregonian)
Fourth generation farmer Darren Padget wrestled with a whirling grain auger last week that loaded wheat seed into a truck driven by his father.
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DRAW WATER FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO PUMP UP OREGON’S ECONOMY — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
The front page of The Oregonian a few weeks ago had a fantastic article outlining the need for more water in eastern Oregon, “New arguments in old water battle” Oct. 15.
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LESSONS FROM THIS YEAR’S SET OF LEGISLATIVE HOPEFULS — OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
On the wall of the room where we interviewed dozens of candidates for the Oregon Legislature this fall is a blown-up photo taken at the end of last year’s legislative session.
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THE TROUBLE WITH MEASURE 79: WE SHOULD FOCUS ON OUR REAL HOUSING PROBLEMS — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
For the first time in recent memory, we’re seeing two-parent families losing their housing. These are families with adults who have jobs, but they can’t make the rent. Families who have never asked for help before are going to homeless shelters or calling 211 Info for services.
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BARRY POINT WILDFIRE HIGHLIGHTS SHORTFALLS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT — GUEST OPINION (Portland Oregonian)
The devastation is incredible.
Ignited by a lightning strike on the Fremont-Winema National Forest, the Barry Point wildfire near Lakeview ran for about 30 miles, burning more than 10 miles into California.
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OREGON NATIONAL GUARD HOLDS DEMOBILIZATION CEREMONY IN SALEM AFTER A YEAR IN AFGHANISTAN (Portland Oregonian)
Spc. Dawayne Telkamp of Klamath Falls heard his daughter say her first word, saw her take her first steps and watched her grow from a 4-month-old baby to a 1 1/2-year-old toddler — all via Skype.
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NUMBER OF BOATING DEATHS IN OREGON IN 2012 MAY BE HIGHEST IN 15 YEARS (Salem Statesman Journal)
Even though the weather has turned cold and many Oregonians have tucked away their boats for the season, state officials are still worried about river and lake safety.
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PUBLIC COMMENT ON LONG-TERM CARE PLANS SOUGHT THIS WEEK (Salem Statesman Journal)
The public is invited to comment on the future of long term care services at a series of public meetings.
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STATE REP. THOMPSON TO MEET WITH DUI PANEL (Salem Statesman Journal)
State Rep. Jim Thompson, R-Dallas, will discuss enforcement of laws against drunken driving with the governors advisory committee on the issue.
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E-GOVERNMENT PANEL TO MEET WEDNESDAY (Salem Statesman Journal)
The Electronic Government Portal Advisory Committee will meet to consider aspects of how state agencies do business with the public electronically.
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LIBRARY LECTURE TO DISCUSS CRIMESOLVING (Salem Statesman Journal)
Diane Goeres-Gardner will talk about how police solved crimes in the 19th century without the aid of modern scientific techniques at the next lecture in the fall series of the Oregon State Library.
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OREGON’S HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE STILL IS GROWING (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Some people are leaving other jobs to join medical ranks-
The health care industry remained a stalwart bastion of employment growth, even through the rough patch called the Great Recession.
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WONG: CONTROL OF OREGON HOUSE, SENATE HANGS IN BALANCE — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
The dogfight between Democrats and Republicans over which party will have a majority in the evenly split Oregon House and the Senate, where Democrats lead by a single vote is going down to the wire.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE HAS DIFFERING VIEWS OF POSITION (Salem Statesman Journal)
The campaign for Oregon attorney general pits a Democratic insider, and the first woman to hold the job, against a Republican outsider.
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OREGON SUPREME COURT HOPEFULS HAVE VARIED BACKGROUNDS (Salem Statesman Journal)
-Two finalists for court offer different qualities for the job-
The two finalists for an open seat on the Oregon Supreme Court are talking about the qualities they would bring to a court where only one current member has served more than 10 years.
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WALKERS AIM TO GET DRIVER’S LICENSES BACK FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS (Salem Statesman Journal)
A small group began a four-day walk Friday from Portland to Salem to seek reinstatement of driver licenses for undocumented immigrants.
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MOTIVE DIFFERS FOR APPEALS COURT CANDIDATES (Salem Statesman Journal)
For differing reasons, Jim Egan and Tim Volpert want to win an open seat on the Oregon Court of Appeals, one of the nations busiest intermediate-level courts.
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NEW STATE SENATOR, BETSY CLOSE, IS FAMILIAR FACE AT CAPITOL (Salem Statesman Journal)
Republican Betsy Close of Albany returned to the Oregon Legislature on Friday as the newest state senator.
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VOTERS SHOULD SUPPORT END OF INHERITANCE TAX — OPINION (Salem Statesman Journal)
Voters should resist the temptation to rewrite both tax policy and the Oregon Constitution at the Nov. 6 election. Instead, they should simply end a grossly unfair tax the inheritance tax.
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STATE ENVIRONMENT PANEL REJECTS PESTICIDE-FREE ZONES (Eugene Register-Guard)
-Buffer zones would hamper agriculture and reforestation, the state contends-
State regulators have rejected the idea of requiring pesticide-free buffers around rivers and streams to protect threatened fish from chemical runoff.
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REGULATORS REJECT PESTICIDE-FREE ZONES NEAR OREGON WATERWAYS (Bend Bulletin)
SALEM Oregon state regulators have rejected the idea of requiring pesticide-free buffers around rivers and streams to protect threatened fish from chemical runoff.
The state Environmental Quality Commissions vote Thursday was unanimous, the agricultural publication Capital Press reported.
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NEW DOGS HELP STATE POLICE FIND DRUGS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Oregon State Police announced the addition of two new members to the department.
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STATE WON’T PURSUE SHERIFF’S COMPLAINT IN GRANT COUNTY (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
The state wont investigate Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmers complaint against his political opponent, John Day Police Sgt. Richard Gray.
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PREPPING FOR THE BIG ONE (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
When the big one hits, county residents shouldnt depend on any agency for what to do.
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PROPOSAL FOR 2014 WOULD CHANGE OREGON’S ENERGY STANDARDS (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Even as voters decide this years ballot measures, initiative activists are already preparing for 2014. One new measure filed in Oregon would allow more power from hydroelectric dams to be part of the states renewable energy requirements.
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POT MEASURES WOULD WIDEN LEGAL CHASM BETWEEN NORTHWEST STATES (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Voters in both Oregon and Washington are considering measures this November that would legalize marijuana for recreational use.
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LNG TANKER SAFETY SPARKS APPEAL (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Citizen groups have filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the safety of proposed liquefied natural gas tankers on the Columbia River.
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ORE. RAIL LINE SEES REBIRTH AFTER 4 YEARS (San Francisco Chronicle)
COOS BAY, Ore. AP When the railroad closed, hundreds of jobs vanished. Engineers had to find other rail companies. Business that relied on rail to transport goods contracted, some considered closing.
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UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS IN OREGON WALK FOR DRIVER’S LICENSES (ABC News)
A five-day walk kicked off today in Oregon to demand that Gov. John Kitzhaber issue an executive order to return driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants in the state.
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TRIBES OPPOSE OREGONS MEASURE 81 BANNING COMMERCIAL GILL-NET FISHING (Indian Country Today Media Network)
Environmental issues are a major concern for tribes this election in the Pacific Northwest, and in Oregon, the Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission CRITFC and its four member tribes are opposing a politically compromised ballot measure that would ban non-tribal commercial gill-net fishing in the lower Columbia River.
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