A Trump campaign flag hangs above Highway 26 between Buxton and the Dennis L. Edwards Tunnel on a Port of Tillamook Bay trestle on Thursday, September 3, 2020. Photo: Chas Hundley The Oregon Department of Transportation is asking people to stop putting election-related signs in state owned right of ways. [Read More…]
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DMV launches additional online services
Photo courtesy of ODOT OREGON – The Oregon DMV says they have completed a multi-year computer replacement project on Monday, July 6, enabling the agency to offer more services online than before. It’s a timely upgrade, with Oregonians facing difficulties in getting service at DMV due to measures set in[Read More…]
Studded tire season extended to May 15
A studded tire. File photo: Chas Hundley OREGON – Studded tire season has once again been extended in light of social distancing orders as the state grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, the Oregon Department of Transportation had extended the usual end date for the road-damaging traction devices of March[Read More…]
Oregon temporarily lifts prohibition on self-service gas in response to coronavirus
The Chevron station in Forest Grove. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. This article was originally published by the Oregonian/OregonLive, one of more than a dozen news organizations throughout the[Read More…]
State dispatch: DMV (mostly) closes, studded tire season extended, Republican legislators promise bipartisanship
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley Coronavirus resources: CDC on the coronavirus, Oregon Health Authority resources, Washington County resources, Oregonian reporting on the coronavirus, OPB glossary of coronavirus terms, NYTimes free reporting on the coronavirus. Coronavirus in Oregon: the numbers With more and more testing coming to Oregon, more and more positive cases[Read More…]
Utility companies could charge Oregon ratepayers for electric vehicle infrastructure improvements under proposed HB 4066
The Oregon Capitol building in Salem. Photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – House Bill 4066, a prospective law that passed on a 7-2 vote that would allow the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) to provide electric companies with the ability to recover costs for electric vehicle investments from ratepayers, passed the[Read More…]
Gas taxes will rise January 1
Gas prices in Forest Grove. File photo: Chas Hundley SALEM – Oregon’s gas tax is about to increase again under legislation passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2017. Prices will rise 2 cents on January 1, 2020. The last increase of 4 cents came in 2018, and two cents will[Read More…]
Vehicle registration fees going up in 2020
A vehicle drives near Gales Creek on Highway 6. Photo: Brenda Schaffer SALEM – Starting January 1, 2020, some fees to register a new vehicle, title a vehicle and purchase a trip permit will increase. According to an Oregon Department of Transportation press release, the fee increases were passed by[Read More…]
Current Highway Division admin. chosen to lead Oregon Department of Transportation
Kris Strickler, current Oregon Highway Division administrator (right). Photo: ODOT SALEM – After a six month search, the Oregon Transportation Commission offered the position of Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director to Kris Strickler, ODOT’s current Highway Division Administrator at their Tuesday, September 10 meeting. Pending contract negotiations and Oregon[Read More…]
Oregon Department of Transportation names Paul Mather to Interim Deputy Director
Photo: ODOT SALEM – The Oregon Transportation Commission named retired Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Highway Division Administrator Paul Mather as ODOT Interim Deputy Director at a special meeting of the Commission in Salem. His tenure began Monday, July 1. The Oregon Transportation Commission is the governing board of the[Read More…]
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