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$2.1M Penalty for Roofing Company Over Emission Violations
Malarkey Roofing Products was penalized after the company disclosed it may have been emitting a large amount of formaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen, since 2009.
Tool for Police Reform Rarely Used by Local Prosecutors
Brady Lists flag officers whose credibility is in question due to misconduct – a designation that must be shared with defense attorneys. Defense attorneys, public defenders, civil rights groups and some prosecutors are calling for an increased use of the lists.
Feasibility Study for community-led vision moving forward thanks to Parks Local Option Levy
Oregon Housing and Community Services Makes Progress on Federal Emergency Rental Assistance
Agency stresses importance of applying for the program and works with partners to prevent evictions from moving forward
Bootcamp for Prep Cooks Supplies Ingredients for Entry Into Food Service Career
Individuals interested in starting a career in food service have an exciting new choice – Prep Cook Bootcamp ...
WA BLM Demands Resignation of Criminally-charged Sheriff Troyer
"He is being charged with two crimes: false reporting and making a false statement when he said that newspaper deliverer Sedrick...
'A Dangerous Time': Portland Sees Record Homicides
Unlike previous years, more bystanders are being caught in the crossfire — from people mourning at vigils and sitting in cars to...
State Agency Inadvertently Releases Employees Vaccine Status
Oregon’s central administrative agency inadvertently released the COVID-19 vaccination status of more than 40,000 state employees to...
Simple Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treating After Fauci Greenlighted Halloween 2021
Halloween 2020 brought creative ways to trick or treat while minimizing the spread of infection (
Big tech data centers spark worry over scarce Western water
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — Conflicts over water are as old as history itself, but the massive Google data centers on the edge of this Oregon town on the Columbia River represent an emerging 21st century concern. Now a critical part of modern computing, data centers help people...
No arrests yet in Tacoma shooting that killed 4
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Gunshots rang out across several streets during a fatal shooting that killed four people in a neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington, authorities said. A search for a suspect or suspects continued Friday and investigators have not yet said what led to the...
No. 21 Texas A&M runs over Missouri, 35-14
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher warned his team all week that it couldn’t afford a letdown after its upset of top-ranked Alabama. His message got through, as the 21st-ranked Aggies buried Missouri early in a 35-14 victory Saturday. “We preached it,...
No. 21 Texas A&M heads to Mizzou after 'Bama upset win
No. 21 Texas A&M (4-2, 1-2 SEC) at Missouri (3-3, 0-2), Saturday at noon EDT (SEC Network). Line: Texas A&M by 9 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: Texas A&M leads 8-7. WHAT’S AT STAKE? ...
How Food Became the Perfect Beachhead for Gentrification
What could be the downside of fresh veggies, homemade empanadas and a pop-up restaurant specializing in banh mis? ...
Homelessness, Houselessness in the Richest Country in the World: An Uncommon Logic
When and why did the United States of America chose the wealth of a few over the health, wealth, and well-being of so many ...
American Business Leaders Step Up to Fight Inequities in the South
With COVID-19 still an omnipresent concern and the country’s recovery still very much in jeopardy, individuals, families, and communities are struggling to deal with issues that have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. ...
Waters Statement on 20th Anniversary of September 11 Attacks
Twenty years ago today, our nation suffered devastating terrorist attacks on our soil and against our people that wholly and completely changed the world as we knew it. ...
Justice Department to expand redlining investigation efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced Friday a cross-government effort to investigate and prosecute redlining, the practice of banks discriminating against racial minorities or certain neighborhoods. It is the first major expansion of redlining investigations since the Obama...
Debut of Huey Newton bust spotlights an influential figure
It was the first time in decades that she’d seen his glow. At the California foundry that fired a bust of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Percy Newton, his widow supervised as a bronze caster put finishing touches on what is to become the first permanent public art piece...
Free community college expected to be cut from spending bill
President Joe Biden's long-sought goal of free community college appears to be a victim of cost-cutting in his social spending plan, dealing a major blow to his vision for a historic expansion of educational opportunity to all Americans. Biden acknowledged as much in a televised...
Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Canadian winner of what is arguably the piano world’s most important competition says the coronavirus pandemic lockdown helped him concentrate on music, and now he'll have to try to retain the sense of inner peace he gained. Bruce Xiaoyu Liu of...
Jerry Pinkney, award-winning illustrator, dies at 81
NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Pinkney, a prize-winning children's book illustrator known for his richly textured images of Black life, fables and fairy tales in works ranging from “The Lion and the Mouse” to “The Sunday Outing,” has died. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers...
In memoir, Katie Couric writes of feeling betrayed by Lauer
NEW YORK (AP) — On a summer day in the Hamptons last year, Katie Couric and her husband, John Molner, went out for a walk and saw a familiar white jeep drive by with Matt Lauer at the wheel. No waves, no hellos. Couric writes in her new memoir, “Going There,” that she...
What is the 'delta plus' variant of the coronavirus?
What is the “delta plus” variant? It’s a relative of the delta variant, identified by...
Caro exhibit 'Turn the Page' is a window into his world
NEW YORK (AP) — Days shy of his 86th birthday, Robert A. Caro has reached the point where his own life is a...
Limbo in a blue tent: African asylum-seekers stuck on Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — It seems a strange place to pitch a tent. Plump in the middle of the...
6 Rohingya die in clashes between two groups in Bangladesh
DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — Two groups of Rohingya refugees clashed Friday in a camp in southern Bangladesh, leaving...
Violence erupts at Islamists rally in Pakistan, killing 2
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes erupted between Pakistan's security forces and Islamists in the eastern...
EU to keep fighting Belarus's "weaponization" of migrants
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders pledged on Friday to “keep up the pressure" on Belarus President...
