BUTTER CREEK — The crick, as it’s called, tumbles out of the Blue Mountains, carrying snowmelt and spring rain to the Umatilla River. Water is scarce here, eight to 12 inches of precipitation annually on the flats, but Butter Creek grows enough in its 57 mile run to become a rushing stream for a couple … Read more
MEDFORD, Ore. – About 30% of the water in Jackson County seeps into the ground before it has a chance to reach your faucet. More than a dozen organizations came to an agreement that will improve both water quality and quantity in the Rogue Valley. The impacts of this agreement will be felt from Bear … Read more
BEAVERTON — Health care providers are planning Beaverton’s first one-stop shop of services for disease prevention and general wellness, funded in part by a $1.6 million federal grant. Many of those services already exist, but are scattered throughout the city, health care leaders said at a press conference this week. Services instead should be combined … Read more
MEDFORD, Ore. — Farmers, conservationists, lawmakers and others ratified an agreement Sept. 26 proclaiming their commitment to improve water delivery systems in the upper Rogue River Valley…
The outcome and next steps for the Oregon Solutions Green Modular Classroom project get’s highlighted on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB).
The city of Beaverton announced Friday that it received a $1.6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control to fight health problems such as obesity and develop a health and wellness center. The money will support the Beaverton Community Health Partnership, a group of about 10 health care providers. They include Community Action, Lifeworks … Read more
Over the last 10 years, Oregon Solutions has worked with nearly 100 community leaders as conveners of projects. Conveners are appointed by the governor to provide impartial leadership for community projects based on their status and reputation in their regions. On Friday September 7th, Governor Kitzhaber and Oregon Solutions hosted a thank you lunch for … Read more
GERVAIS, Ore. — This tiny farm-country community is having a back-to-school sale, on the schools themselves…Three of the five school buildings in the district — all six miles or more from town, holdovers from a time when rural districts like this built a little school every few miles — were put on the market…This summer, Gervais … Read more
Oregon’s Western Juniper gets a bad rap. Although it’s a native species, juniper forests have spread uncontrollably in the central and eastern parts of the state, threatening sage grouse habitat and sucking the water table dry…
There were some quite rational people who openly wondered why Vernonia wouldn’t call it quits and just leave the sodden place in ruin. It had happened before, in 1996, but never this badly, in 2007: The Nehalem River, pushed by torrential rains 14 vertical feet above its banks, ate the tiny timber town by inundating … Read more