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An Open Letter to City Attorney Nancy Kerns and City Manager Robb Corbett

In Oregon Department of Justice opinion 8291, dated April 18, 2016, former attorney general Ellen Rosenblum and former assistant attorney general Frederick Boss answer questions from the Oregon Government Ethics Commission regarding media access to executive sessions. According to the opinion, Oregon Public Meetings Law requires that members of the news media must be permitted […]

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“Officer Friendly” Alleged to Have Covered up Sexual Misconduct

According to an email obtained by Pendletonian Times from Pendleton Police Department Chief Charles Byram, retired Officer James “Jim” Schweigart was in charge of a 2004 rape investigation that included an interview with a 16 year old male known as CEH. According to CEH, Schweigart knew that the victim had been sexually fondled by a […]