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NORTHWEST NEWS

A Conservative Quest to Limit Diversity Programs Gains Momentum in States

In support of DEI, Oregon and Washington have forged ahead with legislation to expand their emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion in government and education.

Epiphanny Prince Hired by Liberty in Front Office Job Day After Retiring

A day after announcing her retirement, Epiphanny Prince has a new job working with the New York Liberty as director of player and community engagement. Prince will serve on the basketball operations and business staffs, bringing her 14 years of WNBA experience to the franchise. 

The Drug War Devastated Black and Other Minority Communities. Is Marijuana Legalization Helping?

A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities. But efforts to help those most affected participate in the newly legal sector have been halting. 

Lessons for Cities from Seattle’s Racial and Social Justice Law 

 Seattle is marking the first anniversary of its landmark Race and Social Justice Initiative ordinance. Signed into law in April 2023, the ordinance highlights race and racism because of the pervasive inequities experienced by people of color

NEWS BRIEFS

Mt. Tabor Park Selected for National Initiative

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OHCS, BuildUp Oregon Launch Program to Expand Early Childhood Education Access Statewide

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Governor Kotek Announces Chief of Staff, New Office Leadership

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Governor Kotek Announces Investment in New CHIPS Child Care Fund

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Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company

Boeing said Wednesday that it lost 5 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. ...

Authorities confirm 2nd victim of ex-Washington officer was 17-year-old with whom he had a baby

WEST RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a body found at the home of a former Washington state police officer who killed his ex-wife before fleeing to Oregon, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was that of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a baby. ...

Missouri hires Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch for the same role with the Tigers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director on Tuesday, bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis. Veatch...

KC Current owners announce plans for stadium district along the Kansas City riverfront

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The ownership group of the Kansas City Current announced plans Monday for the development of the Missouri River waterfront, where the club recently opened a purpose-built stadium for the National Women's Soccer League team. CPKC Stadium will serve as the hub...

OPINION

Op-Ed: Why MAGA Policies Are Detrimental to Black Communities

NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these...

Loving and Embracing the Differences in Our Youngest Learners

Yet our responsibility to all parents and society at large means we must do more to share insights, especially with underserved and under-resourced communities. ...

Gallup Finds Black Generational Divide on Affirmative Action

Each spring, many aspiring students and their families begin receiving college acceptance letters and offers of financial aid packages. This year’s college decisions will add yet another consideration: the effects of a 2023 Supreme Court, 6-3 ruling that...

OP-ED: Embracing Black Men’s Voices: Rebuilding Trust and Unity in the Democratic Party

The decision of many Black men to disengage from the Democratic Party is rooted in a complex interplay of historical disenchantment, unmet promises, and a sense of disillusionment with the political establishment. ...

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights

MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration sent about 50 Haitians back to their country on Thursday, authorities said, marking the first deportation flight in several months to the Caribbean nation struggling with surging gang violence. The Homeland Security Department said in a...

Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai producing. An election coming. ‘Suffs’ has timing on its side

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Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist

VENICE, Italy (AP) — Jeffrey Gibson’s takeover of the U.S. pavilion for this year’s Venice Biennale contemporary art show is a celebration of color, pattern and craft, which is immediately evident on approaching the bright red facade decorated by a colorful clash of geometry and a foreground...

ENTERTAINMENT

Music Review: Jazz pianist Fred Hersch creates subdued, lovely colors on 'Silent, Listening'

Jazz pianist Fred Hersch fully embraces the freedom that comes with improvisation on his solo album “Silent, Listening,” spontaneously composing and performing tunes that are often without melody, meter or form. Listening to them can be challenging and rewarding. The many-time...

Book Review: 'Nothing But the Bones' is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace

Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it. We first meet him as a boy reading a superhero comic on the banks of a river in his backcountry hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia....

Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots to headline the BET Experience concerts in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B, Queen Latifah and The Roots will headline concerts to celebrate the return of the BET Experience in Los Angeles just days before the 2024 BET Awards. BET announced Monday the star-studded lineup of the concert series, which makes a return after a...

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by...

Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn...

Relatives of those who died waiting for livers at now halted Houston transplant program seek answers

DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to...

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in...

European leaders laud tougher migration policies but more people die on treacherous sea crossings

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Children dead in the English Channel. Morgues full of migrants reaching capacity in...

Ethnic Karen guerrillas in Myanmar leave a town that army lost 2 weeks ago as rival group holds sway

BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military...

Lisa Loving of The Skanner News


Search The Skanner News interactive map of clues sought in Kyron Horman's disappearance

 

More than two and a half months after 7-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from his school in rural Northwest Portland, investigators insist there is "no evidence" that he is dead.
At a press conference today Assistant District Attorney Rod Underhill and detective Bob O'Donnell called for more witnesses who can confirm sightings of the car Kyron's stepmother Terri Moulton Horman was driving the morning he disappeared.
That car, a white F-250 Ford pickup truck, may have been seen at various locations the morning of June 4, 2010, in the hours after the child went missing.
Specifically, investigators want you to call the Kyron tipline at 503-261-2847 if:
-- You saw Kaine Horman's white Ford F-250 pickup truck in the school parking lot between 8:15 and 8:45 a.m. on June 4, where Terri Moulton Horman reportedly parked it that morning;
-- You saw any one else "either in or in the immediate vicinity" of the truck;
-- You saw the Hormans' white Ford F-250 truck at the Hillsboro Fred Meyer or the Beaverton Fred Meyer; or if you saw the truck along Northwest Skyline Boulevard between Springville and Newberry Roads, or on Germantown or Old Germantown Roads at about 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. June 4, 2010;
-- You parked your car at the south end of the Skyline Elementary School parking lot before 8:45 a.m. on June 4; specifically law enforcement wants you to call the tipline with your name; phone number; year, make and model number of your car; and its color and license plate number.

Check The Skanner News interactive Kyron Horman Disappearance map to see photos of the truck and a searchable satellite view of the locations police are seeking information here.
Meanwhile, reporters aggressively confronted Underhill, O'Donnell and Sheriff's Captain Jason Gates about the lack of hard information in the investigation and their refusal to answer questions about the Grand Jury investigation in the case expected to wrap up tomorrow.
After his refusal to answer repeated questions about Moulton Horman and the lack of charges against her in the case, a reporter asked Gates, "Do you feel any closer to closing this case?"


Moulton Horman has not
been charged with any crime.

He responded that investigators are "working full time seven days a week." He said the investigation is "certainly productive" but that the solution wouldn't "fall into our laps."
Gates went a step further in placing some blame for the lack of more witness tips on the media.
"I don't want to offend the media, but residents want to cooperate but they don't want to see their property on the news," he said.
Gates said investigators have "done several searches" since the suspension of the official search for the missing second-grader; he firmly rebuffed all questions about Moulton Horman, who has not been charged with any crime in the case.
"We have no evidence that Kyron's not alive," Gates said, touching off a flood of follow-up questions from reporters – most of which went unanswered.
However Underhill stressed that an unnamed witness has placed the white truck along the rural roads between Kyron's school and the two suburban Fred Meyer stores at the times noted above, and that investigators are looking for confirmation of that.
News reports this week are speculating on the possible role Moulton Horman's friend DeDe Spicher may have played in the case, after flyers were handed out along those rural roads last week that reportedly contained photos of the two women.
Moulton Horman remains in Roseburg, living with her parents. A court order has barred media from recording or photographing any witnesses arriving or leaving the Grand Jury hearings on the disappearance.
The Kyron Horman tipline is 503-261-2847.

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