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Portland Mayor Bans Homeless Camps on School Walking Routes
The declaration bans camping along “priority routes to and from schools” and within 150 feet of school buildings
GOP Lawmaker Arrested, Accused of Disorderly Conduct at Fair
The incident happened after the rodeo when he had four beers and then lit a cigarette. A woman asked him to put it out.
Prosecutor Asks for Probe Into Seattle Mayor's Deleted Texts
Guidelines for preserving public records require that texts and other communications by local elected officials about public business be kept for at least two years before being transferred to the state’s archives “for appraisal and selective retention.”
Head of Oregon’s Troubled Public Defense System Is Fired
The executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services, Stephen Singer, was fired by an oversight panel. Critics cited an abrasive, combative style Singer brought to his job.
Reduced Costs for Parks Programs
Portland Parks & Recreation announces new Parks Levy-funded Access Pass to reduce cost as a barrier for Recreation and...
Measure on Portland Government to Appear as-Is on Ballot
Politicians, business leaders and civic activists have called for reshaping Portland’s form of government, which they say...
The Regional Arts & Culture Council Rolls Out New Grant Program
The Arts3C grant program is designed to be fully responsive to what artists and art makers in the community need funding to support ...
OHA Introduces New Monkeypox (hMPXV) Website
As of Aug. 10, 95 people have tested positive for monkeypox in Oregon ...
“There are decades of research showing inaccurate results when pulse oximeters are used to monitor people of color” ...
Public health emergency declared over monkeypox in WA county
SEATTLE (AP) — King County, which includes Seattle, on Friday officially declared the local monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as infections continue to increase in the city and other parts of the state. “We are fortunate to have one of the best public health...
Hiker dies in fall at Oregon's Multnomah Falls
MULTNOMAH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A hiker fell and died near Multnomah Falls in Oregon on Friday, officials said. Corbett Fire Chief Rick Wunsch said in a written statement that firefighters were sent to a call of a fallen hiker at about 1:20 p.m. Friday. Four...
Mizzou full of optimism with new QB, defensive coordinator
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his third defensive coordinator in three years at Missouri, and the Tigers are about to start their fifth different quarterback in the season opener in the last five years. Sounds like a program that should be on shaky ground. ...
Hoosiers looking for a turnaround after dismal 2021 season
Indiana linebacker Cam Jones and quarterback Jack Tuttle took matters into their own hands this offseason. They called their teammates together to discuss the goals and aspirations of the program, the need to always play with an edge and to break down precisely why things went wrong...
No One Ever Told You About Black August?
Black America lives in a series of deserts. Many of us live in food deserts, financial deserts, employment deserts, and most of us live in information deserts. ...
Betsy Johnson Fails to Condemn Confederate Flags at Her Rally
The majority of Oregonians, including our rural communities, value inclusion and unity, not racism and bigotry. ...
Monkeypox, Covid, and Your Vote
We must start a voter registration drive right here where we live. This effort must become as important to us as putting food on the table and a roof over our heads. ...
To many Americans, “reparations” is a dirty word when applied to Black folks. ...
Federal court rejects Mississippi student's racial bias suit
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A lawsuit alleging a school district in a small Mississippi Delta town discriminated against a Black student and stripped her of an academic award has been dismissed by a panel of federal judges. Olecia James filed the federal lawsuit in 2019 against the...
Court opens door to voiding N. Carolina Voter ID amendment
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court opened the door Friday to nullifying a voter ID mandate approved by citizens in 2018 because the lawmakers who put it on the ballot were elected from districts tainted by illegal racial bias. However, the North Carolina Supreme...
Georgia PSC elections again delayed after high court ruling
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia Public Service Commission elections will not occur this November, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday, reversing an earlier appeals court ruling that allowed them to proceed. Instead, the high court reverted to the original decision by a federal judge in...
LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow to emcee MTV Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards later this month will have not one emcee but three, with rap stars LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow all set to anchor the ceremony. They’ll introduce and present the famous Moon Person trophies alongside performers including Lizzo,...
Defective sex toys get a 2nd chance — as fashionable shoes
NEW YORK (AP) — Sex toys and shoes? Try, sex toys IN shoes. A little streetwear label has partnered with a giant in the adult toy industry to create a shoe derived in part from unused, defective amusements that come off the manufacturing line as misfits. Looking a lot...
Wainwright's new music takes inspiration from turning 75
NEW YORK (AP) — Loudon Wainwright III points out that the first line of the first song on his first album, released when he was 23, is about aging: “In Delaware when I was younger.” So it's no stretch that the folk singer's first album of new compositions in eight years,...
Kobe Bryant's widow says crash photos turned grief to horror
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vanessa Bryant testified Friday that she was only beginning to grieve the loss of her...
Large fire consumes boats, buildings, vehicles at boatyard
MATTAPOISETT, Mass. (AP) — A huge fire at a Massachusetts marina turned several boats, buildings and vehicles...
See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly
When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in...
Yangtze shrinks as China's drought disrupts industry
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after China's driest summer in six...
Weather warning in Germany after Europe storms kill 12
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south Friday and put air rescue services on...
Bomb threats put tiny Moldova, Ukraine's neighbor, on edge
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — For tiny Moldova, an impoverished, landlocked nation that borders war-torn Ukraine but...
