KMED NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 04, 2026 \
WE’LL SUE! SAYS STATE REP. ED DIEHL, A DAY AFTER DEMOCRATS PASSED THE BILL MOVING THE PEOPLE’S GAS TAX AND TRANSPORTATION BILL VOTE FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY. DIEHL IS A CO-PETITIONER ON THE CITIZEN REFERENDUM AND ARGUES THAT LAWMAKERS CAN’T CHANGE THE DATE OF A REFERENDUM AFTER IT HAS BEEN PLACED ON A BALLOT. THE LAWSUIT WILL ASK THAT THE VOTE REMAIN ON THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.
A NUMBER OF OAKDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WALKED OUT OF SCHOOL CLASSES TUESDAY IN PROTEST OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. IT WAS SAID TO BE A STUDENT ORGANIZED PROTEST, ALTHOUGH SOME PARENTS WERE PRESENT.
THE OREGON LEGISLATURE PASSES HOUSE BILL 4160, WHICH REQUIRES K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS TO HAVE CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANS, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE FIRST AID TO PEOPLE HAVING HEART ATTACKS OR HEART PROBLEMS. THE BILL SPONSORED BY STATE REP. DWAYNE YUNKER WHO WAS SPURRED TO ACTION BY A YOUNG CONSTITUENT NAMED KALEB, WHO LIVES WITH SERIOUS CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE.
LOCAL FILM AND TELEVISION SERIES STAR BRUCE CAMPBELL ANNOUNCES HE HAS A “TREATABLE” BUT NOT “CURABLE CANCER. IN AN X POST THIS WEEK CAMPBELL SAYS HE PLANS TO SCALE BACK HIS WORK AND CONCENTRATE ON GETTING BETTER THIS SUMMER IN ORDER TO TOUR WITH HIS NEW FILM ERNIE AND EMMA THIS FALL.
THE GRANTS PASS CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO HIRE A NEW CONSULTANT TO COME UP WITH NEW PROPOSED SALARIES FOR THE NON-UNION WORKERS. THE DAILY COURIER REPORTS COUNCILOR ROB PELL SAYS THE PAY FIGURES FROM THE OLD CONSULTANT, VICTORIA MCGRATH, WERE GROSSLY INFLATED. THE CITY PAID ALMOST 18 GRAND FOR MCGRATH’S PLAN. THE CITY WILL OPEN A BIDDING PROCESS TO FIND SOMEONE NEW.