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The ocean views are so expansive, visually-dramatic and smile-evoking that I don’t even notice or feel the burn in my leg muscles as I slowly grind up another roller-coaster hill on my road bicycle along Pacific Coast Highway route 101 along the Oregon coastline.
It’s the best artwork in the world, natural scenery of an amazing array of landscape features from oceans and large trees to beaches and dunes.
They’re all knitted together in a wonderfully aesthetic way.
And the sunny, 70-degree temperature doesn’t hurt either. Click on images two and four to share the visual road scenes of the Pacific.
I’m cherry-picking the most gorgeous natural segments along the Pacific Ocean on Oregon’s coast to bike.
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The PCH is a north-south road with lots of bends and turns and a healthy number of uphills (and downhills).
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My favorite under-the-radar Oregon ocean town is the small community of Port Orford, which has a working port anchoring a genuine and scrappy town of about 1,200 or so.
If you zipped through this town on Highway 101, you might not think there are many residential homes.
But I spent Saturday evening bicycling around some legit neighborhoods that even have an official bike route running through them.
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On Saturday, a local bookshop in Port Orford had its door open. So as I biked on Rt 101, I poked my nose in the open store and there was a poetry reading in action.
I was invited in and even offered pie and water.
I stayed in a motel attached to an eatery and it had a nice kitchenette, too.
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On Sunday I arrived in the Coos Bay-North Bend area to anchor myself for eight nights at an AirBNB at a lovely guesthouse tucked on a steep, forested hill overlooking a river, bay and even dunes where quads are flying through the sand at a national dunes preserve.
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In 1989 during a cross-country solo bicycle ride and bike tour down the Pacific from Seattle to San Francisco, I crossed the Conde B. McCullough Memorial Bridge.
It was a ridiculously narrow bridge with zero bike lane, a short wall on the sidewalk section and a sidewalk that was also very narrow.
This is Highway 101, so you had mammoth RVs, giant 18-wheelers and logging trucks rumbling literally inches from you as you crossed this bridge.
And 35 years later in July 2024, not one iota was different from this bridge that offered a terrifying experience for bicyclists.
Coos Bay has a funky Empire District that I biked through to reach a small fishing village named Charleston.
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I thought Bill Walton would have loved this tie-dye store. RIP Big Man.
Back off Highway 101 were those dunes and I enjoyed biking on the federal dunes road that had access points for campers and their sand-eating quads.
One camp area even had space and corrals for horses.
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On Monday, it was off to Newport, home of two of my favorite businesses — the Rogue brewery and a fun, author-themed hotel called, Sylvia Beach Hotel.
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Rogue serves up my favorite beer by far — the hazelnut brown ale. It’s a world champion beer. That’s not my opinion. The hazelnut brown ale nectar really is a world champion beer. The sign says so.
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The drive to Newport included a visit and stop at Cape Perpetua, a dramatic section of the land along Highway 101.
The University of Oregon’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve a $1.55 billion operating budget for the next fiscal year.
But they asked university leadership to return with an amended proposal by Dec. 15, when more details about future budget cuts will be known.
FILE — The Board of Trustees recently approved next year’s budget for the University of Oregon. The vote comes several weeks after the school’s president announced that he wants the university to reduce its annual budget as revenues and out-of-state enrollment decline.
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The vote comes several weeks after University of Oregon President Karl Scholz announced that he wants the school to reduce its annual budget by around $65 million.
At a trustees meeting Monday, Scholz said the estimated budget shortfall for next year is just around $23 million. But he said out-of-state enrollment is below historical norms for the second year in a row, and it’s unlikely to bounce back.
“One year can be an aberration. Two years is a pattern,” said Scholz. “And I believe we have to treat it as a new reality.”
Scholz said in May that discussions about the budget would happen over a six-month period. He said no final decisions about cuts would be made over this summer.
On Monday, UO Senate President Dyana Mason told trustees that the Senate had approved a new process to allow for community feedback in the cost-cutting process.
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Mason said the provost will work with the deans on budget proposals, finding “clear rationale” for why programs are considered for elimination.
The provost would then bring those proposals to the Senate Committee for Academic Modifications—which includes staff, faculty and students—for feedback.
Once the plans are nearly finalized, the Senate could then hold a period for public comment.
Mason told trustees that a six-month timeline is better than the three months that frustrated some staff last year, but she recommended taking however much time is necessary.
“The worst situation would be rushing forward to make decisions without appropriate evidence, data, feedback from the people that are most in the know about the impact on our students,” said Mason.
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UO’s Board of Trustees Chair Steve Holwerda said that every week that university delays the decisions could cost them millions of dollars.
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Oregon’s juvenile justice system has been reshaped in recent years by a sweeping reform law that changed how the state handles minors accused of serious crimes.
Senate Bill 1008, which took effect in 2020, ended automatic transfers of juveniles into adult court and eliminated life without parole sentences for juveniles. The law also created “second-look” hearings and established parole eligibility after 15 years for certain offenders who committed crimes before turning 18.
To help explain the law and its impact, KVAL’s Frannie Pedersen put together a timeline video tracing the history of Senate Bill 1008, from the passage of Measure 11 in 1994 to the reforms that later reshaped Oregon’s juvenile justice system.
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The video breaks down how the law changed, why lawmakers pushed for reform, and how SB 1008 continues to influence Oregon’s justice system today. Viewers can watch the full video for a detailed timeline and explanation of the changes.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A New Jersey man was sentenced to federal prison last Friday for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, announced U.S. Attorney Scott E. Bradford for the District of Oregon.
Mark T. Eager, 34, was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release.
“This defendant showed a blatant disregard for human life by trafficking fentanyl across the United States,” said U.S. Attorney Bradford. “My office will continue to pursue those who profit from poisoning our communities, and we will use every available resource and partnership to combat fentanyl trafficking and keep Oregonians safe.”
“This investigation brought together law enforcement agencies from across the nation,” said Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Seattle acting Special Agent in Charge April Miller. “Homeland Security Investigations special agents from Portland, Newark, and Houston contributed to the case, along with the Portland Police Bureau and HIDTA HIT officers, who were instrumental in identifying Eager. His 11-year sentence sends a clear message: no matter where you are in the country or the world, if you attempt to sell narcotics online to Americans, we will find you.”
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“Fentanyl trafficking poses a grave threat to communities across the United States, and Homeland Security Investigations is committed to working with our partners to disrupt and dismantle the criminal networks responsible,” said HSI Houston Special Agent in Charge Lucia Cabral-DeArmas. “This case demonstrates the power of interagency collaboration under the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, leveraging resources from across the country to hold traffickers accountable and protect the American people. We will continue to pursue those who endanger lives through the distribution of dangerous synthetic opioids, and we remain steadfast in our mission to safeguard our communities from the violence and instability caused by transnational criminal organizations.”
“By following this offender’s digital trail, Homeland Security Investigations and our law enforcement partners nationwide executed federal search warrants, dismantled an active dark web fentanyl packaging operation and recovered deadly amounts of fentanyl, thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency, and a trove of electronic devices and packaging materials,” said HSI Newark Acting Special Agent in Charge Spiros Karabinas. “This case is a powerful example of how coordinated, data-driven investigations can disrupt dangerous networks and help protect our communities from lethal synthetic opioids.”
According to court documents, from November 2023 through June 2024, Eager and his co-conspirator sold fentanyl on the Dark Net and Telegram. Eager operated as the vendor WRSEH10 and marketed the fentanyl as “China White Synthetic Heroin.”
In June 2024, HSI agents executed search warrants on two residences associated with Eager in Kearny, New Jersey, and seized over 360 grams of powdered fentanyl, counterfeit M30 pills, drug ledgers, cellular phones, two computers, and drug packaging consistent with three deliveries that were sent to Oregon.
On September 4, 2024, a federal grand jury in Portland returned a four-count indictment charging Eager with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl.
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On February 4, 2026, Eager pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl.
HSI Portland and HSI Houston investigated this case with assistance from HSI Newark, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Interdiction Task Force (HIT). Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Kerin prosecuted the case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey assisted the U.S. Attorney’s in Oregon in obtaining the search warrants that were executed in Kearny.
