Oregon
Literary Arts announces 2024 Oregon Book Awards finalists | Oregon ArtsWatch
Literary Arts released the names of finalists for the 2024 Oregon Book Awards on Tuesday, and the bookshelf of nominees contains volumes ranging from nonfiction takes on backyard chickens and the temperate rainforest, to a novel in which a retired librarian finds a community of peers in a senior center, to a young adult story about a wild horse trying to find his way home.
The winners will be announced April 8 at the Oregon Book Awards Ceremony, to be held in the Portland Center Stage Armory. Poet and children’s author Kwame Alexander will host. Tickets range from $12 to $65, and are available here.
Ellen Waterston of Bend will be honored for her contributions to the Oregon literary scene with the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award. Waterston is the founder of the Writing Ranch retreat and workshops and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, given annually to a nonfiction book proposal that examines the role of deserts in the human narrative.
In addition, Literary Arts will present the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award, and the C.E.S. Wood Award at the April ceremony.
Finalists announced Tuesday are:
KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION
- Patrick deWitt of Portland, The Librarianist
- Marcelle Heath of Portland, Is That All There Is?
- Lydia Kiesling of Portland, Mobility
- Rachel King of Portland, Bratwurst Haven: Stories
- Jen Wheeler of Portland, The Light on Farallon Island
STAFFORD/HALL AWARD FOR POETRY
- Stephanie Adams-Santos of Hillsboro, Dream of Xibalba
- Jessica E. Johnson of Portland, Metabolics
- Daniela Naomi Molnar of Portland, CHORUS
- Sara Quinn Rivara of Portland, Little Beast
- Rebecca Wadlinger of Portland, Terror, Terrible, Terrific
FRANCES FULLER VICTOR AWARD FOR GENERAL NONFICTION
- Jessica Applegate and Paul Koberstein of Portland, Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest
- Steven C. Beda of Eugene, Strong Winds & Widow Makers: Workers, Nature, and Environmental Conflict in Pacific Northwest Timber Country
- Tove Danovich of Milwaukie, Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them
- Jacob Mikanowski of Portland, Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land
- Josephine Woolington of Portland, Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest
SARAH WINNEMUCCA AWARD FOR CREATIVE NONFICTION
- Erica Berry of Portland, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear
- Erika Bolstad of Portland, Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her
- Lauren Fleshman of Bend, Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man’s World
- Alyssa Graybeal of Astoria, Floppy: Tales of a Genetic Freak of Nature at the End of the World
- Steven Moore of Portland, The Distance From Slaughter County: Lessons From Flyover Country
ELOISE JARVIS McGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
- Valerie Coulman of Medford, Dragons on the Inside (And Other Big Feelings)
- Nora Ericson of Portland, Too Early
- Linda Meanus of Warm Springs, My Name is Lamoosh
- Stephanie Shaw of McMinnville, All By Myself
- C. E. Winters of Hillsboro, Cut!: How Lotte Reiniger and a Pair of Scissors Revolutionized Animation
LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
- Cindy Baldwin of Hillsboro, No Matter the Distance
- Waka T. Brown of West Linn, The Very Unfortunate Wish of Melony Yoshimura
- Courtney Gould of Salem, Where Echoes Die
- April Henry of Portland, Girl Forgotten
- Rosanne Parry of Portland, A Horse Named Sky
AWARD FOR GRAPHIC LITERATURE (BIENNIAL)
- Matthew Bogart and Jesse Holden of Portland, Incredible Doom: Volume 2
- Kelly Sue DeConnick of Portland, Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons
- Greg Means of Lake Oswego, Asylum
- David F. Walker of Portland, Bitter Root Omnibus
- Kerilynn Wilson of Oregon City, The Faint of Heart
Oregon
Oregon Lands Commitment From Massive Transfer OL Isaiah World
Nevada offensive line transfer Isaiah World has committed to Oregon. The 6-foot-8, 309-pounder was was on campus in Eugene for a visit with the Ducks that started on Monday evening.
World is the latest transfer portal commitment for Dan Lanning and the Ducks, who add the No. 7 offensive tackle in the transfer portal according to the On3 rankings.
The San Diego native entered the transfer portal earlier this month after spending the last four seasons in Reno. As a redshirt junior World has one year of eligibility remaining for the 2025 season.
He fills a major need for Oregon, who could lose both of their starting tackles following the 2024 season in Ajani Cornelius and Josh Conerly Jr. Oregon will also lose Marcus Harper II, who will exhaust his college eligibility following this year. World is the second offensive tackle commitment from the transfer portal for coach A’lique Terry, who also landed a commitment from former Texas State offensive tackle Alex Harkey on Wednesday.
Matthew Bedford, a former Indiana offensive lineman who transferred to Oregon last offseason, could have a potential to return after missing much of 2024 with an injury and appearing in just one regular season game.
World brings a strong track record with him to Eugene, having earned All-Mountain West honorable mention honors in the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
Prior to playing for the Wolfpack, World was a three-star (80.92 per On3 Industry) prospect from Lincoln High School in the 2021 recruiting class.
Fans should expect the Ducks to continue weighing their options along the offensive line in the transfer portal, as they’ve been linked to Vanderbilt transfer Gunnar Hansen and Texas State transfer Alex Harkey.
Oregon transfer portal tracker
Departures
-OL JacQawn McRoy (Arkansas)
-OLB Jaxson Jones (Utah)
-OLB Emar’rion Winston
-OLB Jaeden Moore
-DB Khamari Terrell
-DB Tyler Turner
Additions
–S Dillon Thieneman (Purdue)
-CB Theran Johnson (Northwestern)
-TE Jamari Johnson (Louisville)
-OT Alex Harkey (Texas State)
-OT Isaiah World (Nevada)
Oregon
Oregon man pleads guilty to stalking UConn basketball star Paige Bueckers
An Oregon man pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Connecticut superior court to stalking and harassing University of Connecticut basketball star guard Paige Bueckers, ESPN reported.
Robert Cole Parmalee, 40, of Grants Pass, was arrested in September on charges of breach of peace, stalking and second-degree harassment of Bueckers.
A protective order will remain in place until 2064, according to court records.
Parmalee received a one-year suspended sentence and three years probation, during which time he is barred from Connecticut and any arenas, hotels or practice facilities where the UConn basketball team is present, according to ESPN.
UConn campus police became aware of Parmalee in June after he allegedly sent “rambling” emails to university staff that said he was trying to marry a member of the basketball team, according to ESPN. Parmalee also is identified as “Parmelee.”
Parmalee also posted on social media about wanting to marry Bueckers, including sharing a post with a fake wedding invitation and posting pictures of him with an engagement ring on his tongue. In an August TikTok post, Parmalee wrote, “I’m coming to UCONN Paige Madison Bueckers, I’ll be in Hartford tomorrow morning,” shared photos of himself at an airport with tickets.
Oregon court records show Parmalee has a history of criminal charges going back to 2002, including sexual abuse, harassment, driving under the influence and possession of methamphetamines.
In 2023, he was arrested after his roommates alleged he set the house on fire in Josephine County in order to get money for a bigger house, court records show. The case was dismissed after a certified mental health evaluator found him unable to aid and assist in his own defense.
The evaluator reported Parmalee appeared to be displaying a psychotic disorder and likely a schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
Isabel Funk covers breaking news and public safety for the Statesman Journal. Funk can be reached at ifunk@statesmanjournal.com or on X at @isabeldfunk
Oregon
Strong winds knock out power to thousands on Oregon coast
CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KPTV) – Strong winds overnight caused power outages throughout northwest Oregon and southwest Washington.
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning along the Oregon coastline and a Wind Advisory in the I-5 corridor. The winds began to calm by 4 a.m. Wednesday.
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As of 6:35 a.m., Pacific Power was reporting about 16,632 customers without power from Cannon Beach to Astoria. About 235 customers were without power in the Lincoln City area.
Pacific Power confirmed the outages were due to storm damage. Crews are working to make repairs and restore service.
The Jewell School District, the Neah-Kah-Nie School District and the Warrenton-Hammond School District will all be starting on a two-hour delay due to power outages on the coast.
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Portland General Electric was reporting about 1,860 customers without power throughout their service area Wednesday morning.
Due to power outages, the Colton School District in Clackamas County is starting three hours late Wednesday.
Welches School (K-8) and Firwood Elementary in the Oregon Trail School District will be closed due to no power.
Vancouver police responded to a downed tree on Northwest Lincoln Avenue between Northwest 59th Street and Northwest 62nd Street. Crews quickly cleaned up the debris and reopened the roadway.
Clark PUD was reporting about 667 customers were without power just before 7 a.m.
View the latest weather forecast from the FOX 12 Weather team here.
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