The owners of ConsoliDebt Solutions, LLC, a debt consolidation service that operated in Oregon and other locations between April 2019 and April 2024, have been indicted in federal court for knowingly and intentionally defrauding their customers. Javier Antonio Banuelas Urueta, 54, and Dalia Castilleja Saucedo, 38, both residents of Oregon[Read More…]
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Supporting Families To Prevent Child Abuse
This year’s Child Abuse Prevention Month theme, Doing Things Differently: Moving from the Challenge to the Change, emphasizes the importance of innovative prevention-based approaches to supporting children and families. The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) is committed to advancing programs that address poverty and other challenges families face that[Read More…]
Southwest Oregon Construction Report For The Week Of April 14-20
JACKSON COUNTY • INTERSTATE 5 (Pacific Highway), MP 11-19, North and south Ashland paving ($9 million) Watch for intermittent nighttime lane closures, Sunday through Thursday nights, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., as workers replace pavement markings. The nighttime speed limit through the work zone will be 50 mph. The project[Read More…]
Headlines & Highlights for April 17, 2024
APR. 17, 2019 Gold Hill citizens concerned about former neo-Nazi and convicted felon’s connection with the local neighborhood watch took their case to the April 15th city council meeting. Resident Jessie Kinney – and a member of the Rogue Action Council, a social justice group – spoke and expressed her[Read More…]
EVFD Board Agrees To Chief’s Two-Year Contract
The Evans Valley Fire District Board of Directors tentatively agreed to approve a new two-year contract for Chief Tom Davidson, who is nearing his first anniversary as the Fire Chief, at the board’s Thurs., April 12, meeting. After a brief executive session, board chair Larry Tuttle said that a few[Read More…]
Grants To Boost Staffing Ahead Of Wildfire Season
To boost the number of firefighters across Oregon before wildfire season, the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) announced it has awarded $6 million in grants to 191 local fire agencies across the state. The 2024 Wildfire Season Staffing Grant program is in its third year. Local agencies in the Oregon[Read More…]
New Draft Plan For Managing Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Draft Monument Plan Protects Region’s Exceptional Biodiversity, Responds To Fire Risk The Bureau of Land Management released a draft update to the management plan for the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The Monument, which sits at the intersection of the Cascade, Klamath, and Siskiyou mountain ranges in Southwest Oregon and Northern California,[Read More…]
Tax Guidance For 2024
(Family Features) For some, tax season represents the opportunity for a return and some much-needed relief for their bank accounts. Yet for others, it’s time to write a check to Uncle Sam. Ensure you’re up to date on all things 2024 taxes with this guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection[Read More…]
3 Tips To Take Control Of Car Maintenance
(Family Features) Economic factors made 2023 a record year for motorists, but not in ways that helped most families’ household budgets. The average price of a new car peaked at nearly $50,000 while the average age of cars on the road surpassed 12 years, a record, according to S&P. Rising[Read More…]
Scientific Illustrator Selected As Artist-In-Residence
Bureau of Land Management leaders are thrilled to introduce Serena Richelle as the 2024 Artist-in-Residence at Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Richelle is a gifted scientific illustrator. She combines science and art to raise awareness about the relationships that exist between species, their importance, their endangerment, and what we can do to[Read More…]