The submission will likely ensure a gas tax increase approved by Oregon lawmakers this year doesn’t take effect.

The owner of the Alsi Resort Hotel in Bayshore has agreed not to sign a contract to house Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents after an hour-long negotiation Thursday with the Waldport city manager.

More than 100 people packed a Waldport City Council meeting Wednesday night to express opposition to even the possibility of an ICE detention facility in the city.

The airport hopes to avoid the lengthy process of bonding by using funding from various levels of government and help from benefactors.

The garbage hauler that handles Springfield’s trash, Sanipac, has not paid millions of dollars in fees it owes to Lane County, according to the county.

Memos and court records indicate staffing issues, maintenance problems have stretched Coast Guard’s helicopter fleet thin.

When U.S. Department of Justice attorneys appear in federal court Monday in Eugene, they will argue that Newport Fishermen’s Wives, Lincoln County and the state of Oregon shouldn’t be allowed to interfere in routine and temporary operations as to when, where and how the Coast Guard deploys its rescue helicopters.

Lincoln County Commissioner Claire Hall announced Thursday she intends to fight her removal from office, two days after opponents were told they had collected enough signatures to force a recall election in January.

On this edition we talk with Ellen Dymit, an OSU researcher on a new study which explains how cats in the rainforest avoid each and competition for food. Plus, we talk with Esther Tishman of Liberty Walks who has completed her walk across America to promote civility.

This comes after a judge last month ordered the Coast Guard to return the helicopter immediately while a lawsuit challenging its abrupt removal proceeds.