County commissioners from the six counties in Senate District 16 appointed Rachel Armitage to fill the remaining year of former State Senator Betsy Johnson’s empty seat.Armitage, a former legislative assistant in 2016 and 2017, according to her campaign website, is a Warren Ore. resident. She currently works at Reed College. Johnson resigned December 15 to focus on her non-affiliated run for governor after serving in the state senate since her appointment in 2004. The counties in Senate District 16 include all or parts of Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, Washington Counties and a tiny sliver of Yamhill County.In fact, just one registered voter was listed in Senate District 16 for Yamhill Co., but it still entitled the county to a single vote.
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Armitage, a member of the Democratic Party, will have little time to get used to her position once she is sworn in; the Oregon State Legislature meets in just over two weeks to begin the “short session,” a 35 day legislative session beginning February 1. During her closing remarks prior to the vote, Armitage noted that she had no plans to run for public office in 2022, and endorsed fellow seat-seeker Melissa Busch for the Democratic Party nomination to Senate District 16. Busch was the second-place vote-getter in today’s tally of votes. Nadia Gardner came in third in the vote count, and also endorsed Busch prior to the vote.
A recent rulemaking process from the Department of Land and Conservation Development could have limited what can be sold at farm stands, but an outsized public response to the potential rules put the process on an indefinite pause.
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management is urging Oregonians to be vigilant in the face of a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin warning of a heightened threat environment amid the Israel-Iran war and U.S. airstrikes on Iran.
While most of the changes are only for Portland, some of the changes are statewide: Retailers will now only have to accept returns between the hours of 8 am and 8 pm, instead of all hours they are open, for instance. And as of July 1, canned wine, cider over 8.5% alcohol by volume, sake and mead con
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
