Oregon
Fentanyl State of Emergency Declared in Portland, Oregon
Several elected leaders in Oregon declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for downtown Portland over the public health and public safety crisis fueled by fentanyl. Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, and Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson made the declaration for a 90-day period during which collaboration and response will come from a command center downtown, the AP reports. The three governments are directing their agencies to work with first responders in connecting people addicted to the synthetic opioid with resources including drug treatment programs and to crack down on drug sales.
“Our country and our state have never seen a drug this deadly addictive, and all are grappling with how to respond,” Kotek said in a statement. The declaration is a recommendation from a governor-established task force that met for several months last year to determine ways to rejuvenate downtown Portland. People addicted to fentanyl who interact with first responders in Portland’s downtown in the next 90 days will be triaged by this new command center. Staff can connect people with various resources from a bed in a drug treatment center to meeting with a behavioral health clinician to help with registering for food stamps.
The effort also extends the Portland Police Bureau’s partnership with Oregon State Police to jointly patrol downtown streets for fentanyl sales. It additionally kicks off information campaigns centered on drug use prevention and recovery programs across the region. The county will expand outreach and training on how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversal drug. The program doesn’t establish any goals to measure success. Kotek said the next 90 days will provide a road map for the next steps.
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White House says partial SNAP benefits will go forward
The White House is cooperating with a court order and says partial SNAP benefits will go forward despite the government shutdown.
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Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes will receive a combined $1 million to combat food instability from delays to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program disbursements, Gov. Tina Kotek said Nov. 6.
The funding will come from the Oregon Department of Human Service’s Office of Resilience and Emergency Management.
Grant agreements were to be shared with the tribes by Nov. 7.
It was not immediately clear how much of the $1 million each tribe would receive.
“The refusal of the Trump Administration to maintain SNAP benefits during the federal shutdown is creating instability for families and communities that rely on this critical help to buy food,” Kotek said in a statement. “We are moving quickly to ensure that Tribal governments and local partners have the resources they need to meet immediate food security needs.”
Kotek put $5 million toward Oregon’s food banks on Oct. 29 from prior years’ excess Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds.
The distributions come as more than 750,000 Oregonians, about 90,000 of whom are residents of Marion and Polk counties, did not receive SNAP benefits beginning Nov. 1.
Food stamps were not distributed due to the federal government shutdown, now the longest in history.
The Trump administration must fund November SNAP benefits by Nov. 7, a judge ordered on Nov. 6. Recipients had been expected to get some of the funds for November this month, potentially up to 65%, after earlier court orders called for benefits be disbursed. When and how those funds would be sent out was unclear.
USA Today reporter Sarah D. Wire contributed to this story.
Anastasia Mason covers state government for the Statesman Journal. Reach her at acmason@statesmanjournal.com or 971-208-5615.
Ralph Ambrose Whitefoot often begins his day with an incredible view from the Washington side of the Columbia River in the Fort Rains area. A member of the Yakima Nation, he’s a caterer and a fisher who catches salmon and other fish similar to how his ancestors did thousands of years ago.
Read online: https://www.koin.com/northwest-grown/scaffold-fishing-on-the-columbia-honors-native-american-culture/
EUGENE — Jackson Shelstad may be able to begin non-contact practice in the coming days.
The Oregon point guard, who broke his hand last month, was officially listed as questionable but did not play in Tuesday’s season opener against Hawaii.
Shelstad, who was not wearing a split while on the bench, visited with doctors earlier Tuesday and got positive feedback.
“Everything looks good,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said. “I think they’re going to talk with his parents and talk with the doctors again. Maybe start doing some non-contact stuff.
“We obviously need him. He runs our stuff. He knows our stuff. I think he can get us organized and we can start running some stuff.”
Oregon committed 21 turnovers, its most since 2013, in the 60-59 win over Hawaii. Wei Lin committed four of those turnovers while starting at point guard in place of Shelstad, who averaged 13.7 points and 2.7 assists in 35 starts last season.
Altman said the Ducks will have to rely on walk-on Drew Carter, who was the only UO player not to commit a turnover against Hawaii, while Shelstad is out.
Oregon hosts Rice on Friday and South Dakota State on Nov. 12 with Oregon State on Nov. 17.
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