Oregon
Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace helps you shop for coverage
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace, a part of state government, on Friday launched a window shopping website for people who need insurance or to re-enroll in insurance. The site shows what plans are available in your area and estimates how much you are likely to pay for that plan, including whether you qualify …
Kids’ healthy eating habits: Don’t ‘yuck’ someone’s ‘yum’
© Brandpoint © Brandpoint PORTLAND, Ore. – To combat rising obesity rates among children, experts say healthy eating habits are key. One program aiming to put kids on track for healthier food choices is Food Roots in Tillamook County, which partners with six schools in the area. Its farm-to-school program manager, Rachel Pettit, said one approach …
Breaking: QB K.J. Costello ruled out vs Oregon State
Stanford Football’s twitter account broke the news about 10:35am PT that their starting quarterback, K.J. Costello, will not play against Oregon State this weekend in Corvallis. Backup QB Davis Mills will start in his place against the Beavs. K.J. Costello has been ruled out for Saturday’s game at Oregon State, per David Shaw. Davis Mills …
College football scores, schedule, games today: Clemson and Oregon in action, Ohio State cruises again
Week 4 of the college football season does not wait for primetime to get the action going. No. 2 Alabama got the day started with a very dominant win over Southern Miss at home. In Big Ten play, No. 11 Michigan was absolutely manhandled by No. 13 Wisconsin as the Badgers rode running back Jonathan …
OHA lifts health advisory for three beaches near Newport
NEWPORT, Ore. (AP) — Health officials have lifted a public health advisory because bacteria levels have decreased near three Oregon coast beaches near Newport. Oregon Health Authority officials lifted the advisory Friday after saying that water contact no longer poses a higher-than-normal risk at Beverly Beach State Park and Agate Beach and Seal Rock state …
In Oregon, academic pressures, existential fears help explain rising rates of suicide, mental health conditions
This is part one of a 10-part Oregonian/OregonLive series on youth mental health. Return to OregonLive throughout the week for more stories on the topic. Portland teen Sheherazade Weyland, 18, answers young people’s crisis calls and texts at a crisis hotline for children and teens. Calls to the Oregon YouthLine range in severity from distress …
Auburn vs. Oregon score, takeaways: No. 16 Tigers, Bo Nix stun with late TD to beat No. 11 Ducks
The Legend of Bo Nix began in Arlington, Texas on Saturday night, as the freshman quarterback led No. 16 Auburn to an incredible comeback win over No. 11 Oregon. The Tigers beat the Ducks 27-21 after trailing for nearly the entire game, including a 21-6 deficit with five minutes left in the third quarter. While …
Police: Idaho man arrested for breaking skull and jaw of transgender woman at Oregon beach
NEWPORT, Oregon — Authorities say a transgender woman in Oregon was violently assaulted by another beachgoer after she used the women’s restroom at a coastal park. Court documents say Fred Costanza walked more than 100 yards across Agate Beach State Park in Newport, Oregon to reach the woman after she used the restroom and struck …
Professional driver and TV host Jessi Combs dies attempting to break land speed record in Oregon desert
Professional driver and TV host Jessica “Jessi” Combs died in a jet car while attempting to break a land speed record in Oregon, officials said. Combs, 36, who held the title of “fastest woman on 4-wheels,” was attempting to break her own record she set in 2013 with a top speed of 440 mph, according …
Southern Oregon technology may help astronauts breathe easier
MYRTLE CREEK — Bill Michalek’s morning hello comes with an offer of a cup of coffee. “We have delicious Folger’s instant because that’s what I drink, and the guy who drinks real coffee is not here this morning,” Michalek says. He’s wearing a blue polo with a silver dollar-sized NASA insignia on it. Michalek is …
