LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska has flipped a key recruiting target from Oregon, receiving a pledge from four-star wide receiver Isaiah Mozee of Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Mozee is the son of Jamar Mozee, the former Lee’s Summit (Mo.) North High coach who took a job at Nebraska in July as a senior offensive analyst on coach Matt Rhule’s staff.
Isaiah Mozee, 6 feet and 190 pounds, ranks as the No. 2 prospect in the state of Missouri in the 2025 class and the No. 223 player nationally, according to the On3 industry average.
He is the highest-rated recruit in Nebraska’s recruiting class, which now sits at 18 commitments. The Huskers’ class ranks 27th nationally.
Mozee committed to Oregon in April but took an official visit to Lincoln in June and returned last month after his father joined the coaching staff. In three seasons at Lee’s Summit North, Mozee has accumulated 2,388 receiving yards and 33 touchdowns on 173 catches.
Nebraska’s wide receiver talent has jumped in the past year with the additions of transfers Jahmal Banks and Isaiah Neyor and freshmen Jacory Barney and Carter Nelson. All four are expected to factor heavily in the Huskers’ playing rotation in 2024 — with Banks and Neyor as the likely top two pass-catching targets for five-star freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola, the expected starter.
Raiola’s presence has aided in the upgrade of a group that did not produce a receiver with more than 310 yards in 2023.
A house in Cannon Beach that sold for $2.6 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales on the northern Oregon coast in the past week.
In total, 51 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $607,837. The average price per square foot ended up at $373.
The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of July 29 even if the property may have been sold earlier.
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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – Oregon’s unemployment system got an upgrade this year. But for many people using it, the technology is more of a pain than a gain.
We’ve heard from dozens of you about long hold times and an inability to reach anyone on the phone to discuss a claim.
FOX 12 investigative reporter Ezra Kaplan looked into the issues with the system and found the problems go back years.
The Oregon Employment Department’s new software was supposed to make it easier to file for unemployment claims. When a claim is simple, the system works great. But getting a problem resolved can mean a serious headache.
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Over the past two months Makela Karisa developed a weekend routine.
“So every Sunday we’re to go online and file a weekly claim, which is what jobs we’ve look for,” said Karisa. “Well, that link to do that has never worked. So if you missed filing on Sunday you have to call.”
But getting someone to pick up a phone call? Good luck.
“So calling looks like this,” explained Karisa. “You dial redial for 30 minutes because the whole day minus queue is full. Then you wait another three to seven hours.”
One time she made it through to a manager.
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“She’s the one that said, ‘I’ll call you back at 2:30 with a solution to your website issues,’ and it’s been six days. I have not heard back from her,” said Karisa.
Oregon’s unemployment insurance has been going through a major technology upgrade over the past few years.
During the pandemic, the seriously outdated software the agency used couldn’t keep up with the volume of claims or the various new federal programs.
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That’s where Frances comes in.
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With a price tag of $106 million and more than a decade overdue, the new software program is the same system used by the new Paid Leave Oregon program.
The promise to tax payers is an easier experience.
“So basically I’m stuck in a reoccurring loop or I can’t get any closure or any help and there’s no way to escalate and I kind of would like my money,” said Karisa.
Employers in Oregon pay into the unemployment insurance trust fund on their workers’ behalf.
“How does that feel, knowing that this is money that you’ve paid into?” we asked.
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“It feels like theft. It feels like fraud. Because they won’t let me talk to anybody higher up to get resolution, what is my hope? I’m just going to go up the government food chain until I can find somebody that will help me,” said Karisa.
We decided to take her complaints all the way up the food chain to David Gerstenfeld, the director at the Oregon Employment Department. With about 450 employees, the agency handles a huge volume of claims.
“We’re getting, depending on the time of year, maybe, and even with pretty low unemployment, 30 to 35,000 people a week that are claiming benefits,” said Gerstenfeld.
What’s clear is that they need more human beings to process complex claims and labor costs money.
During the 2023 legislative session, Gerstenfeld asked the state legislature to increase funding for the agency. But even with the prospect of losing pandemic-era federal funding, legislators balked.
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They finally approved funding this year for about 70 new hires.
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As of June 30, 75% of all claims were paid out within three weeks. That’s a significant improvement from April, when only half of those who applied got their payment in a timely manner.
But Gerstenfeld acknowledges, his agency has fallen short this year.
“I am very sorry, and our employees are sorry, the people work here I mentioned before, because we’re here to help people, and we know that it’s frustrating and it’s really frustrating and painful for us to know that we’re not able to meet the need,” said Gerstenfeld.
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There are a lot of folks out there wanting more than just an apology.
From Reddit threads to Facebook groups, thousands of people are trying to navigate the system that’s supposed to support them while they look for a new job.
This story does have a happy ending, at least for Michaela.
One day after I interviewed the head of the department of employment and asked about her case, she suddenly had her benefits paid out.
They even said that they would be calling on Monday to make sure she was able to file.
The Oregon Ducks have lost a recruiting battle to a former Pac-12 Conference foe now in the Big 12.
Four-star offensive tackle Aaron Dunn made his decision on 247Sports LIVE. The Spanish Fork, Utah, product picked the Utah Utes over his other home state school in the BYU Cougars as well as the Big Ten Conference schools of Oregon, UCLA, and USC. Only three hats made the table for his announcement: Oregon, Utah, and USC.
“Staying close to home was definitely important for me,” Dunn said. “Coach (Kyle) Whittingham, coach (Jazz) Harding, they did a good job at recruiting me, making me feel part of their family. The players out there… its really a special group of guys. I feel like I bonded them really well.”
Dunn is ranked as the No. 20 offensive tackle in the country and No. 2 player in Utah by the 247Sports Composite. He’s ranked as the 193rd best player in the country.
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247Sports scouting analyst Gabe Brooks described Dunn as a “tall, athletic” prospect with “elite height” at 6-7, 290 pounds.
“Possesses ample bulking capacity as desired,” Brooks said. “Narrower through the torso, but long-armed to allow for high pass-pro upside. Shows relatively good knee-bending ability and generally does not get caught off balance.”
Without the addition of Dunn, Oregon sits at 15 commits for the class of 2025. That’s good for a 247Sports ranking of No. 7 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten Conference. The class includes a pair of offensive tackles: four-star Alai Kalaniuvalu out of Las Vegas, Nevada, and three-star Demetri Manning out of Bellevue, Washington.
