Gov. Tina Kotek didn’t catch the Democratic “blue wave” that rolled over Oregon and the nation last week.

Gov. Tina Kotek didn’t catch the Democratic “blue wave” that rolled over Oregon and the nation last week.

Newly obtained financial records from the Alfalfa Fire District spanning 2023 through 2025 are raising additional questions about former board president Nathan "Nate" Starr, including thousands of dollars in apparently unpaid facility usage fees involving a legally dissolved church, meals purchased with district funds, and financial transactions involving a family member.

Watt and Jennifer Childress are law-abiding residents of Nehalem, but both have had recent run-ins with the “food police.” Earlier this year, the couple learned that potlucks open to the public are illegal in Oregon.