Foster Youth Achieving Better Outcomes With Special Program
by Hevenn Vanhelsdingen | Treatment Foster Care Oregon (TFCO) is improving chances for children considered “at-risk” of criminal activity and incarceration.
How to Care: Lane County is launching a new program to aid victims of tragedy
by Ella Hutcherson | Now that TIP has been funded in Lane County, volunteers will be available locally 24/7, and Isaacson expects that they will begin responding to calls from the emergency system in March 2023.
Eastern Oregon voters voice opinions for change
by Hannah Seibold and Zachary Jones Neuray | Oregon’s gubernatorial race has thrust the state into the national spotlight. With three candidates, Republican Christine Drazan, Democrat Tina Kotek and Betsy Johnson, unaffiliated, it’s a tight race.
Faces Behind the Words: Youth and rural voters speak out
by Hannah Seibold and Zachary Jones Neuray | To capture the least heard voter voices — youth and rural voters from Central Oregon speak out.
Central Oregon voters voice opinions for change
by Hannah Seibold and Zachary Jones Neuray | To capture the least heard voter voices — youth and those living in rural areas — EO Media Group partnered with students from the University of Oregon’s Catalyst Journalism Project to provide…
Water contamination worsened as DEQ went easy on Port of Morrow
by Alex Baumhardt, Cole Sinanian and Jael Calloway | SPECIAL REPORT: State officials rarely intervened and never stopped the port as it dumped hundreds of tons of excess nitrogen over a critical groundwater area.
Powerful port pollutes water for years with little state action: Drinking water of thousands increasingly impaired by excessive nitrogen dumps
by Alex Baumhardt, Cole Sinanian and Jael Calloway | Thousands of Oregonians near the town of Boardman in the northeast corner of the state live atop an aquifer so tainted with farming chemicals that it’s not safe to drink.
Oregon’s Climate Leader: 16-year-old climate activist Adah Crandall says she ‘had a lot of hope for the future.’ Then Gov. Kate Brown ‘let us down.’
by Nika Bartoo-Smith | At 16, Crandall has been called the Greta Thunberg of Oregon, a comparison she is not fond of.
After millions spent on hotel purchases, shelter owners in Oregon face steep renovation costs
by Jael Calloway | The hotels are part of Project Turnkey, which just got $50 million in a new round of funding by the Legislature.
Preventing Second Injury: The Trauma Intervention Program provides emotional support during sudden tragedies
by Ella Hutcherson | TIP is a nonprofit program that is deployed by first responders after a traumatic incident such as a sudden death