Aging couple on a Hike

Aging in Place May 2026

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As you’ve probably figured out, I’m always on the lookout for helpful resources for seniors. Recently, I came across one I hadn’t heard of...
A dog in a stream at Ibach Park

Tualatin CIO President’s Report May 2026

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Do you live in the Ibach CIO? The Community Involvement Organization has an important neighborhood meeting coming up. If you live in the Ibach...
Tualatin's Hayden Camacho slides into second for a stolen base.

Highly-ranked Tualatin baseball, softball teams cruise into league play

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As the Tualatin baseball and softball teams enter into Three Rivers League play, both look prime for deep playoff runs.  The baseball team sits at...
Tualatin's Paige Estes races around the corner trying to out-run a defender.

Flag football continues to grow at Tualatin and around the state

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For the second straight year, Tualatin is fielding a girls flag football team, and for the second straight year, the girls have taken to...
Norm Parker (left) and Larry McClure discuss the history of the Tualatin Heritage building, which used to be a Methodist Church, with Tualatin Life.

Tualatin Historical Society Celebrates 100 Years of Heritage Center Building

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On April 1, the Tualatin Historical Society hosted the first entry in their Tualatin Heritage Center 100th Anniversary series. Hosted by Larry McClure, the first...
A second grader at Brooklyn Primary School in Baker City raises his hand during a phonics lesson. Elementary school students in Baker City will get 147 days in school this year, according to data from ECOnorthwest, about 33 days less than kids in most other states, where laws mandate a 180-day school year.

Some Oregon students get years more in school than peers, study finds

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Because Oregon mandates only a minimum number of instructional hours, not days, school year lengths vary dramatically across the state, ECOnorthwest study finds By the...
Health insurance forms

Fewer Oregonians are enrolling in marketplace plans because of federal uncertainty

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Reduced subsidies and tighter eligibility requirements are leading to less Oregonians enrolling in Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace plans About 21,000 fewer people enrolled in health...
School board members meet in the Salem-Keizer School District.

Kotek vetoes bill changing Oregon public meetings law criticized by journalists, ethics officials

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The bill, meant to create clarity about what public officials can call and text about outside of public meetings, will be Gov. Kotek’s only...
Chiloquin Elementary School is part of the Klamath County School District in southern Oregon, which is experiencing budget constraints due in part to a dramatic drop in federal student poverty estimates for the district that the state relies on for its school funding formula.

Oregon school leaders call for funding formula changes after federal poverty data leads to...

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Some districts will lose millions in funding because of the Oregon Department of Education’s reliance on poverty rates in a subset of 2024 Census...
Roger Averbeck addresses his neighbors at a meeting of the Wallowa County Commission on Aug. 23, 2023. A new law meant to clarify what Oregon's public officials can discuss in serial communications to one another, such as calls and texts, is concerning to journalists and ethics watchdogs who say it erodes public meetings laws and allows important decisions to be made in private. (Photo by Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline)

Gov. Kotek signals she’ll veto bill changing Oregon public meetings law criticized by journalists

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The bill, meant to create clarity about what public officials can call and text about outside of public meetings, would be Gov. Kotek’s only...