Gillian Flaccus, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this May 24 image provided by Portland General Electric, windmills and solar panels line a renewable energy facility in Lexington, Ore.

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Tiny Oregon town hosts first solar-wind ‘hybrid’ power plant

by Gillian Flaccus Associated PressSeptember 28, 2022

PORTLAND, Ore. — A renewable energy plant being commissioned in Oregon on Wednesday that combines solar power, wind power and massive batteries to store the energy generated there is the first utility-scale plant of its kind in North America. The…

The Forum Shopping Center in Bend, Ore. remained closed Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 as police investigated a shooting at the Safeway there that left two people and the suspected gunman dead Sunday night. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP)

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Ex-classmates recall Ore. grocery gunman as combative

by Gillian Flaccus Associated Press, and Claire Rush Associated PressAugust 30, 2022

Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at the Forum shopping center in east Bend, Ore., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. (Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin via AP)

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Ore. Safeway employee who tackled gunman hailed as hero

by Gillian Flaccus Associated PressAugust 29, 2022

George, right, and Carolyn Spaulding hold an old family photo showing their son, Brian, in Portland, Ore., July 20.

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In Portland, Ore., cops confront crime spike as ranks dwindle

by Gillian Flaccus Associated Press, Claudia Lauer Associated Press, and Stefanie Dazio Associated PressAugust 8, 2022

Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II Navy veteran David Russell, 101, reads a birthday card while talking about his time aboard the USS Oklahoma and his life after the war on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, in Albany, Ore.

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101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost

by Audrey Mcavoy Associated Press, and Gillian Flaccus Associated PressDecember 7, 2021

The Bonanza Creek Film Ranch is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. An assistant director unwittingly handed actor Alec Baldwin a loaded weapon and told him it was safe to use in the moments before the actor fatally shot a cinematographer, court records released Friday show. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Prior complaint filed against assistant director who gave Baldwin gun

by Gillian Flaccus Associated Press, and Susan Montoya Bryan Associated PressOctober 24, 2021

December Snedecor, a homeless woman who lives in a tent in Portland, Ore., helps set up snacks at a cooling center established to help vulnerable residents ride out the second dangerous heat wave to grip the Pacific Northwest this summer on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Snedecor, 46, spent two nights at the same cooling center in June when temperatures in the city soared to 116 degrees Fahrenheit and she plans to spend the night there again this week as temperatures are forecast to hit 100...

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Heat wave hits Northwest again

by Gillian Flaccus Associated PressAugust 11, 2021

Operations Section Chief Bert Thayer examines a map of the Bootleg Fire, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Chiloquin, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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Fires threaten Indigenous lands

by Gillian Flaccus Associated Press, and Nathan Howard Associated PressJuly 14, 2021

Jamie Holt, lead fisheries technician for the Yurok Tribe, maneuvers a boat near a fish trap in the lower Klamath River on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Weitchpec, Calif. A historic drought and low water levels are threatening the existence of fish species along the 257-mile long river. "When I first started this job 23 years ago, extinction was never a part of the conversation," she said of the salmon. "If we have another year like we're seeing now, extinction is what we're talking about." (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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‘Nobody’s winning’ as drought upends life in Western basin

by Gillian Flaccus Associated PressJuly 2, 2021

In this handout photo released by the Yurok Tribe shows 70 dead juvenile salmon captured by the Yurok Tribe that are presumed to have died from deadly pathogen, Ceratonova shasta, in the Klamath River water flows. On May 4, 2021, the most recent date for which data is available, 97 percent of the juvenile salmon captured between the Shasta River and Scott River stretch of the Klamath were infected with C. Shasta and will be dead within days, according to the Yurok Tribe. The U.S. Bureau...

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Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border

by Gillian Flaccus Associated PressMay 24, 2021