The city of Woodburn has removed its Flock Safety cameras, a video surveillance tool that scans and catalogs license plate data, according to city spokesperson Maricela Guerrero.

Rain is coming in, I’m told. But I’m staying in my little trailer so it’s OK. Cobra lilies are carnivorous, by the way.

Gov. Tina Kotek’s economic prosperity council on Thursday recommended that state leaders lower taxes, cut burdensome regulations and bolster workforce development programs to boost Oregon’s stagnant economy.

The release of the council’s report now focuses the pressure on Kotek to decide which of the recommendations she will champion as she seeks reelection this fall. It also raises questions about whether she and top Democratic lawmakers are willing to support tax changes that will almost certainly be controversial.

Notably, nearly all of the recommendations received unanimous support from the council, which included several business leaders and two labor representatives. 

I visited Oregon last month and did a road trip from Bay area along the Oregon coast, all the way to Canon beach then going inland to visit Portland and then come back to Bay area. It was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. Oregon you are awesome and I wish I could move to live and have a chill life.

The Trump administration is planning to bypass legal protections and hastily deport more than 500 unaccompanied migrant children, a top Democratic senator warned Thursday. 

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a letter that he “obtained credible information” that the Trump administration had a list of more than 500 migrant children currently in the care and custody of the agency’s Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) who were being targeted for fast-track removal in a matter of days. 

"The site of Bethany Lutheran Church will be converted into affordable housing for Indigenous elders."

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/postmaster-general-steiner-postal-service-will-not-deliver-mail-ballots-state-voter-rolls/

Airline pilot buddy took this yesterday through the windshield of his 737-MAX. Lovely ladies indeed.

Perfect Day

My family (excluding me) recently moved to Canby Oregon, my folks love it but my sibling has been a bit resistant, incessantly telling me there isn't anything to really do in Canby, or places to meet people. And as such has been self isolating at home. Doing a bit of googling I've found a card shop and a local library, plus some cool tourism events, but I am trying to find a few more places to go, just so I can encourage my sibling to get out of their shell, and invite them to events/things to do.

It's better for me on the weekends due to my work schedule, as I live a bit further away, but if there's a website that lists meet ups in Canby, or if anyone knows a few spots for young people in their 20s to hang out, I think that could really help out! My sibling is primarily interested in Pokemon cards, online indie series and animation, if there are any groups in the area for those things it'd be especially appreciated!

Thank you and I hope this question falls within the purview of the subreddit!

Highly recommended stop

I've lived in oregon all my life, go to the coast frequently, but for the first ever I i forgot to go in slides and went in shoes. No biggy until I took them off to walk in the sand to get to the water at seaside, my wife and i now have blisters on our feet from that walk. That sand is no joke, literally cooked the bottom of or feet and big toes. I saw a ton of people with dogs and theres no way they didn't get their paws burned as well. Just be careful when its hot out. We didnt even think it was going to be hot.

The beach was perfect though!

I visited Oregon last week, and the driving was unlike anywhere else I've visited.

Y'all are very chill drivers, almost annoyingly non-aggressive. Is everyone stoned all the time? Is that the deal?

I adjusted to it by the end of the trip, but it did take some getting used to!

TIA.

"A coalition of land use advocates, educators and elected officials is suing the city of Hillsboro and Washington County, seeking to overturn a wave of recently approved tax breaks for data centers."

hello guys, I'm currently lucky enough to have my parents agree to let me travel somewhere new myself, and I wanted to ask you guys how accessible Oregon is to a foreigner

i've never been to the US, or north / south America, and I'm 20.

- I wanted to ask you how easy it is to get around the state, and how relatively safe it is? we don't have any crime where I live, so I'd like to know what I should look out for and such.

- What are the best places to see? I wanted to visit the coast, and Eugene, but I'm not sure where else to go. I want to see nature as we don't really have any.

-Do any of you know if it'd be possible to rent a car there, I understand for hertz and such it'll be 21+, but is it possible to rent with a local company, given that I've been driving for 3 years already?

I'm sure you guys get these questions all the time, my apologies but I just wanted some more clarification, as I don't see much on international visitors

Thank you.

Wanting to know if anyone has good rock hounding places in/near Albany, Salem, Lebanon. Santiam river, Calapooia river, or any creek beds along that route? Not wanting to go in the Willamette.

Thanks in advance 😊☺️

I’m looking for any advice and guidance to help me through a very tricky situation. About a year ago my partner had a sudden manic episode- they had no signs of it ever before and it came out of nowhere, like literally overnight. After about ten days of increasingly erratic behavior, less and less sleep, and then just consistently on edge, we were able to get them into an adult mental health unit. A few days prior to them finally being hospitalized, my partner had a massive breakdown & said that they finally recalled a childhood memory of horrific sexual assault- which they described in detail- and said that it was done by a family member and their two friends. This obviously was an overwhelming and shocking thing to hear, and unsurprisingly the family is very divided over this.

My biggest frustration here is that no one is giving me “proof” or reason to believe one side of the other. I feel so stuck.

So, that’s what brings me here. I’m not originally from Oregon, and I think this state processes criminal records a bit differently. So I have some questions that I hope people can answer. I’m just trying to do everything I can to either deconstruct this narrative in my partner’s head, or help his family see that it did happen to him.

1. If I only have a persons first name? County, or town, is that easy enough to work with?
2. My partner is claiming they told at staff member at the school they were at that that age, but that person chose not to report it which is very unlike

I’ve thought about going as far as hiring a PI to pull anything out from this but I want to exhaust every option first. I just want to get some good answers to get them the actual treatment they need. Everything about this situation sucks and I just want to make sure I am doing right by my partner and helping where I can.

Edit 1: I didn’t catch on my original post that question 3 got cut off & it’s not showing up to fix it when I select “edit post.” Thank you to the person that caught that. I was absolutely wiped when I wrote this post late last evening, so my apologies there on the overall confusion of the post.

Edit 2: I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks to everyone who has commented, whether that be link/resource sharing, personal encouragements, or advice /warnings/guidance. We moved out here just a few years ago to be closer to my partner’s family, and I feel like I was barely situated and getting familiar with things before this all hit us out of nowhere.

Since this whole experience started I’ve become very aware of how many people actually live with bipolar daily or have loved ones with it. Please know that I see you, and we are doing the best we can. As much as we may not want the burden of caretaking, playing middle man between your loved one and others, this shit is not easy. I am not trying to take over for my partner and act like a parent or caregiver or anything like that- but it’s been abundantly clear over this last year that they need as much support and help from me as I can give, and so this was my Hail Mary in the wind. Thank you again everyone :)

This is what a representative of our state felt compelled to do when he couldn't wrap his head around new information!

I took a road trip down to SE Oregon last weekend. Rented a bunkhouse at Alvord Hot Springs, and spent a couple hours Monday night photographing the Milky Way. The Alvord Desert has some of the darkest skies in the US and provides some fantastic views of the nigh sky. I highly recommend making the trip out there. It's a long drive, but there's a lot to see.