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This Memorial Day, We Honor Those Who Courageously Gave Their Lives By: Dana Atkins Photo by Elizabeth Fraser/Arlington National Cemetery Last year, many Memorial Day messages echoed now-familiar themes of “uncertain times” – passages of hope in the face of uncertainty, of national pride in a time of crisis.   This year, I want to share with you other stories – those of MOAA members who have honored their brothers and sisters in arms.   Stories like that of Col. Frank Plummer, USA (Ret), who served in three wars and in reti...

Dawn Davis/Oregon State Parks Night camping under the stars at Prineville Reservoir State Park It's Oregon's first state park with that designation; Sunriver was first in the state PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Oregon Chapter of the International Dark-Sky Association announced Friday that Prineville Reservoir State Park is now a certified International Dark Sky Park, making it the newest addition to the association's Dark Sky Places Program. Prineville Reservoir is the first Oregon state park and the second place in Oregon to be honored with t...

May 7, 2021 GMT PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Prineville Reservoir State Park has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park and is the first Oregon park to make the list of the places around the world with the least nighttime light pollution. The certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies as well as efforts to install environmentally responsible lighting and educate the public about light pollution. Prineville Reservoir joins only 174 locations worldwide to have followed the rigorous application program. The park’s location in central Oregon, which is...

Prineville Reservoir first Oregon park to get "dark sky" nod May 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) — Prineville Reservoir State Park has been certified as an International Dark Sky Park and is the first Oregon park to make the list of the places around the world with the least nighttime light pollution. The certification recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies as well as efforts to install environmentally responsible lighting and educate the public about light pollution. Prineville Reservoir joins only 174 locations worldwide to have followed the rigo...

Updated March 18 at 9:58 PM Facebook couldn't finish connecting a trans-Pacific telecommunications cable before a key permit was set to expire. The company ran smack into a state-imposed March 26 deadline as it sought to connect the cable to on-shore facilities on a residential lot it owns in Tierra del Mar. The social media giant originally hoped to finish the project last spring, but its effort to drill a horizontal shaft to a "punch-out" spot half a mile offshore met with failure. Facebook's contractor belatedly told state permitting agencies it had left 1,100 feet of drill pipe, 6...