Trending / Decisions Pending: Hospital feasibility study nearing completion | News

The study is being conducted by California-based Jensen Partners, a strategic, operations, and facilities healthcare planning and project and construction management firm. The market analysis will provide insight into the viability, future capacity, utilization, correct distribution of services, and growth potential of a new hospital in Columbia County, according to the Jensen Partners CCPH Feasibility […]

Trending / Park Damage: Report of truck erratically driving inside McCormick Park, 1 arrest

Helens, after receiving a report of a Ram truck driving erratically inside the park. The caller stated that the truck was doing cookies in the park’s parking lot and almost hit the caller and other individuals. Police took Ethan Anthony Goss, 19, into custody. Evidence indicates that the truck drove behind the Veterans Memorial, near […]

Trending / Constitution Change: Right to Fish, Hunt, Harvest and Gather resolution | News

An amendment to the Oregon Constitution to protect the right of the people to fish, hunt, harvest and gather has been introduced at the Oregon Legislature by Oregon Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chair Sen. If passed by the legislature, HJR 5 would be referred to voters to consider on the 2024 November ballot. “Oregonians, who have […]

Trending / Public Safety: Attacks on power substations mark a troubling trend | News

While Johnson said that the rise in attacks may not be a “trend” yet, the current volume of incidents is a departure from the norm. “When people are able to turn off the lights and stop the electricity from flowing when this happens, people in the general public are affected,” Johnson said. “We have security […]