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Stabbin’ Wagon holds regular outreach events at Medford’s Hawthorne Park, which has seen issues with drug use and camping among unsheltered people. Melissa Jones, the group’s leader, was arrested at the park during sweeps of homeless encampments in 2020. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

Facing backlash over $1.5 million state grant, Stabbin’ Wagon speaks out

New friction surfaces in Medford as Oregon tries to set up respite centers for people in mental health crisis
Sep 12
During a rally at PeaceHealth's University District hospital in Eugene on Sept. 11, 2023, Oregon Nurses Association executive director Anne Tan Piazza addresses the crowd. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Pressure grows on PeaceHealth to keep Eugene hospital open

Despite outcry from community leaders and workers, the health system shows no sign of changing course, and officials may have scant authority to prevent closure
Sep 12
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Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Nan Waller in her office on Thursday, February 9th, 2023. | JORDAN GALE/OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

Multnomah County judge in center of Oregon’s mental health crisis

Nan Waller, a homegrown judge, helps suspects find mental health treatment while also overseeing hundreds of competency hearings a year
Sep 12
A Fred Meyer store in Tigard, Oregon. Kroger owns the Fred Meyer brand. | TADA IMAGES/SHUTTERSTOCK

Kroger-Albertson merger could harm Oregon pharmacy access

With rural access to health care and pharmacies a hot topic, a national deal is getting closer scrutiny from the state’s relatively new health care merger review program
Sep 7
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