Today is Wednesday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2022. There are 17 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 14, 2020, the Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, ratifying his November victory in a state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump’s refusal to[Read More…]
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Tribal, federal leaders cheer Klamath River dam removals
THORNBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Tribal, state and federal officials on Thursday cheered a plan for the largest dam removal in U.S. history along the Klamath River near the California-Oregon line as a major step toward restoring a once-thriving watershed that tribal communities have long relied on.“Clean water, healthy forests and[Read More…]
How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California’s coast
Matthew LacknerUMass Amherst Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it also has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines directly on the seafloor costly if not impossible.Once water gets more[Read More…]
Crawlies with Cri: Fairy moth (Adela trigrapha)
“When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies” ~James M. BarrieDid you know those laughter-born fairies still live in the Upper Rogue? Meet the fairy moth (Adela trigrapha). No[Read More…]
Crawlies with Cri: Pileated Woodpeckers
This week we’re going to meet a rare bird and learn what made her so unique. Warning: science content ahead!Both birds in our collage photo are juvenile pileated woodpeckers who were born in 2015 (they may or may not be siblings). The one on the right is a female; the[Read More…]
County extends hemp moratorium
Board of Josephine County Commissioners Chair Herman Baertschiger brought a “reasonably short” weekly business session to order Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the Anne G. Basker Auditorium in Grants Pass.In what has become an unfortunate routine occurrence, the board declared a local state of emergency related to cannabis, in anticipation of[Read More…]
Oregon Department of Justice asks court to postpone some firearm controls
Ben BotkinOregon Capital Chronicle Measure 114 is set to go into effect on Thursday, but the state says the requirements for in-person training aren’t ready The Oregon Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to postpone until February some parts of the voter-approved firearms measure scheduled to kick in[Read More…]
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Magic mushrooms are voter approved legal, now what?
Anita Savio, IVN contributing writer The fate of psilocybin-related businesses in Josephine County was decided by the voters this last election round. But some confusion remains. In 2020 the Oregon Legislature passed Measure 109, authorizing the Oregon Health Authority to create a program to permit licensed service providers to administer[Read More…]
US judge gives initial victory to Oregon’s tough new gun law
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge in Portland delivered an initial victory Tuesday to proponents of a sweeping gun-control measure approved by Oregon voters, allowing a ban on the sale and transfer of new high-capacity magazines to take effect this week[Read More…]