Scott Stoddard

Retired former journalist now roaming the PNW. Once editor of the Grants Pass Daily Courier, an independent, locally owned newspaper established in 1885.

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Josephine County Commissioner Herman Baertschiger said last week that he never made the false claim that the presidential election was stolen and that a Daily Courier editorial saying he did was not accurate.

Baertschiger on Jan. 8:

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@seanrobinson1e4 When I pitched the hed that night, I wasn’t sure it would fly, but it flew.

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Public records requests to the rescue.

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State of the collection

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"Beginning July 11, the Roseburg News-Review will transition from printing five days a week to one print edition every Friday." https://t.co/GKS3XVKuv3

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Adventures in newspapering:
• Parade starts at 10 am
• Reporter and photogs back in the newsroom by 10:30 am
• Story flowed onto pages at 11 am
• Final page sent at 11:17 am
• Press starts rolling at 11:32 am; copies start hitting the streets as *parade is still going on*!

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It’s a great day to be a p.m. paper on the West Coast.

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A Grants Pass connection in today’s Kentucky Derby: Dutch Bros Coffee co-founder Travis Boersma owns one of the horses in the field, Owen Almighty (named after one of his kids).

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People who have lived here 50 years are telling me this is the biggest protest they’ve ever seen in Grants Pass.

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Southern Oregon snow

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Grants Pass ordinances regulating camping on public property suspended for two weeks by Circuit Court judge this morning in latest homeless lawsuit against city.
https://t.co/EplOUR3ig2

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Hot off the press

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Today’s front page

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Hot chased the black plate on A1 this morning.

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Adirondack chair on its way to Gold Beach

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The Rogue is angry this morning.

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36th consecutive year of being a newsprint journalist is in the books. Year 37 underway.

[NWS Tsunami Alerts @NWS_NTWC]

The tsunami Warning is canceled for the coastal areas of California and Oregon. No tsunami danger presently exists for this area. This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center message for this event. Refer to https://t.co/npoUHxX900 for more information.

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Boats are heading for open water at Brookings.

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Per National Tsunami Warning Center, estimated tsunami start times are:

Crescent City 1120 AM
Port Orford 1120 AM
Brookings 1125 AM
Charleston 1140 AM

https://t.co/KYjMHvy5uE

[NWS Tsunami Alerts @NWS_NTWC]

Tsunami Warning 1 for areas of OR & N. CA: See https://t.co/npoUHxX900 for alert areas. M7.3 045mi SW Eureka, California 1044PST Dec 5