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Former Senator Margaret Carter Receives Honorary Doctorate of Public Service
Margaret Carter was the commencement speaker for Willamette University's Salem undergraduate commencement ceremony
Two Months In, Lil’ America Providing ‘Safe Space’ for BIPOC- and LGBTQ+-Owned Food Trucks to Thrive
Seven food carts offer up unusual, high-quality fare in southeast.
Ex-Seattle Man Gets 8 Years for Stealing $1M in Pandemic Benefits
Bryan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in January. He was also ordered on Tuesday to pay more than jumi million in restitution.
Boycotting Oregon GOP Senators Vow to Stay Away Until Last Day of Session
The walkout, which began on May 3 ostensibly because bill summaries weren't written at an eighth grade level as required by a long-forgotten law, has derailed progress on hundreds of bills
Oregon and Washington Memorial Day Events
Check out a listing of ceremonies and other community Memorial Day events in Oregon and Washington. A full list of all US events,...
Communities Invited to Interstate Bridge Replacement Neighborhood Forums in Vancouver and Portland
May 31 and June 6 forums allow community members to learn about the program’s environmental review process ...
Bonamici, Salinas Introduce Bill to Prevent Senior Hunger
Senior Hunger Prevention Act will address challenges older adults, grandparent and kinship caregivers, and adults with disabilities...
Urgent action is needed to combat the maternal health crisis in America and cardiologists have a vital role to play. ...
New Skateboarding Area Planned for Southeast Portland’s Creston Park
Area has largest number of overall youth and of people of color out of locations studied ...
Oregon, awash in treatment funds after decriminalizing drugs, now must follow the money
Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes. That need for oversight was demonstrated Wednesday when...
Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a judge ruled Friday. Halting the use of the red slurry material...
Foster, Ware homer, Auburn eliminates Mizzou 10-4 in SEC
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Cole Foster hit a three-run homer, Bryson Ware added a two-run shot and fifth-seeded Auburn wrapped up the first day of the SEC Tournament with a 10-4 win over ninth-seeded Missouri on Tuesday night. Auburn (34-9), which has won nine-straight, moved into the...
Small Missouri college adds football programs to boost enrollment
FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A small college in central Missouri has announced it will add football and women's flag football programs as part of its plan to grow enrollment. William Woods University will add about 140 students between the two new sports, athletic director Steve Wilson said...
Significant Workforce Investments Needed to Stem Public Defense Crisis
We have a responsibility to ensure our state government is protecting the constitutional rights of all Oregonians, including people accused of a crime ...
Over 80 Groups Tell Federal Regulators Key Bank Broke $16.5 Billion Promise
Cross-country redlining aided wealthy white communities while excluding Black areas ...
America: where all attempts to curb access to guns are shot down. Should we raise a glass to that? ...
Op-Ed: Ballot Measure Creates New Barriers to Success for Black-owned Businesses
Measure 26-238, a proposed local capital gains tax, is unfair and a burden on Black business owners in an already-challenging economic environment. ...
5 things to know about Memorial Day including its controversies
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. Auto club AAA said in a travel forecast that...
Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during...
New Black Lives Matter tax documents show foundation is tightening its belt, has M in assets
NEW YORK (AP) — A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show. That’s significantly less than the...
CBS is television's most popular network for 15th straight year
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS claimed the distinction of most-watched television network for the 15th straight year, even as those bragging rights don't mean what they used to. The network averaged just under 6 million viewers on a typical moment in prime time for the season that just...
Country singer Tyler Hubbard's growth expands beyond Florida Georgia Line
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Tyler Hubbard was fully prepared to hang up his boots so to speak when his duo partner in Florida Georgia Line, Brian Kelley, said he wanted to go solo. The pair had been together more than a decade, and whether you were a fan of their bro...
Movie review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus reteams with Nicole Holofcener in 'You Hurt My Feelings'
If I didn’t like Nicole Holofcener’s latest film, would I tell her? OK, sure, it wouldn’t be so odd for a critic to give an unvarnished opinion. But what about a sibling? Or a spouse? If they didn’t care for Holofcener’s movie, what’s more important: Being honest or making...
New Mexico shooting victims mourned by their children, 64 grandchildren
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gwendolyn Dean Schofield hoped to live to 100, and she was nearly there. But...
Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student...
Man who opened emergency door on South Korea flight told police he felt suffocated
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea told...
As Turkey heads to runoff presidential race, domestic issues loom large
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has parlayed his country’s NATO membership...
From ashes and debris, iconic Beirut museum reopens 3 years after massive damage from port blast
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in...
Clashes between Senegal's police and supporters of opposition leader leave one dead, others hurt
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Clashes between police and supporters of the opposition leader in Senegal left one person...
