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Oregon Cannabis Edibles Potency Increases

New amounts means recreation consumers need to learn their limits

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Recreation cannabis consumers in Oregon shopping for THC infused edibles can now find some products available for purchase that are more potent than previously allowed.

The change aligns with the potency allowances of most other states allowing the sale of adult-use cannabis.

Beachcomber in Lincoln City Finds Body Near Canyon Drive Park

The dead body of an unknown male was found on the beach.

(LINCOLN CITY, Ore.) - At about 7:37 a.m. Thursday, April 7th, a caller contacted the Lincoln City Police Dispatch Center and reported they were walking on the beach and found what they believed to be a body in the sand.

The nature and cause of the death was not determined at the scene.

How to Buy the Right Restaurant Furniture

Some simple tips can save you time and money, both better spent on your restaurant venture!

(SALEM, Ore.) - If you are already a successful restaurant owner or working to become one, you will know that you have to look for ways in which you can make tasks as simple for yourself as possible.

The more time you waste making decisions, the less chance you will have to boost profitability in the future as you will, instead, be busy struggling to manage your many responsibilities.

Goddess Power to the Rescue

The Nine Days of Mother Divine from April 2-11 can help humanity out of its current crisis.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Humanity is now in disaster mode, trapped in three double binds: a choice between war or national decline if we don’t fight, between climate catastrophe or economic collapse if we make changes, between COVID 19 or drastic measures that are supposed to stop it.

Threats surround us; chaos and confusion reign on all levels.

OSP Grief-Stricken by Loss of Sergeant Marcus McDowell

The manner of death has been determined to be suicide.

(WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore.) - On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Sergeant Marcus McDowell, who works out of our La Grande Patrol Office, was found deceased in his patrol car.

Sergeant McDowell was a seventeen-year veteran of this agency.

House Lawmakers Approve Legislation to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

This historic vote is the second time in more than 50 years that Congress has acted to repeal federal cannabis prohibition.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A majority of the US House of Representatives approved the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act, or H.R. 3617, in a floor vote on Friday.

The MORE Act removes marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act.

$1,000,000 in Prop/Movie Money Stolen on Oregon Coast

Prop/movie money has created issues for local businesses in the past.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - On Thursday March 31st, 2022 Newport Police Officers were dispatch to a report of a car break-in at the north end of Newport. The owner of the vehicle reported, among other things, that approximately $1,000,000 (one million) dollars in fake prop/movie money was taken.

The prop/movie money was in $10, $20 and $100 denominations.

On Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson`s Confirmation Hearings

History cannot be taught without the history of racism and the civil rights movement.

(SAN FRANCISCO, CA.) - The confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson concluded on March 24. A vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for April 4. Then it goes to the full Senate for a vote.

The Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee did Trump “proud" in their badgering of Judge Jackson.

Second Booster Available for Ages 50+ in Oregon

Availability of second COVID-19 booster starts this week for ages 50+

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon has plenty of COVID-19 vaccine supply to meet increased demand that may occur after federal agencies this week authorized second booster doses for people older than 50 and certain immunocompromised individuals, health officials say.

Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today updated and distributed its standing immunization protocols for vaccine providers.

Oregon has Sixth-Highest Number of Domestic Violent Extremism Incidents in the Nation

Oregon enacted legislation in 2021 that may help with risk mitigation efforts, but improvements are still needed

(SALEM, Ore.) - Over the past decade, Oregon witnessed the sixth-highest number of domestic violent extremism incidents in the nation. The troubling increase of domestic violent extremism in recent years, both in Oregon and nationwide, indicates a clear risk to Oregonians that requires a strategic, informed response.

Today, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and the Oregon Audits Division released an advisory report that addresses this risk and identifies efforts Oregon state agencies can undertake to thwart it.