On May 12, 1999, Ward, then a Curry County sheriff’s patrol deputy, responded to a call about a man who had fatally shot himself in an RV in Brookings, the county’s largest city. An Oregon state ...

Oregon was the first state to make Labor Day an official holiday in 1887. Oddly, lawmakers selected the first Saturday in June. Four other states created the holiday later that year. Labor Day was ...

Since 2020, only 1% of the land damaged by wildfire in Oregon is owned by the state. The bulk of the land that burns every year is federal, managed by either the federal Bureau of Land Management or ...

At an Aug. 13 summary judgment hearing, SEIU and the Oregon Department of Justice, which represented DHS, argued the names of background-check applicants should be a public record. The trade ...

In an extraordinary development, the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association voted 28–0 on Aug. 24 to expel Curry County Sheriff John Ward. Seven sheriffs missed the vote due to scheduling conflicts. Ward ...

On Aug. 17, Gov. Tina Kotek made a bold claim about housing production in Oregon in a news release titled “Oregon Reverses Statewide Decline in New Housing with Two Years of Growth.” “I’m fighting to ...

Curry County Sheriff John Ward faces allegations of misconduct, including mismanagement, potential financial fraud, and failure to supervise his deputies. Ward has defied a court order to release ...

Thirteen former Oregon Youth Authority staff have submitted sworn statements describing years of sexual abuse by a longtime agency physician and accusing OYA leaders of knowing about the abuse and ...