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With New Affordable Housing Development, Organization for African Refugees Forced to Relocate
African Youth & Community Organization’s proposal for Montavilla headquarters rejected
Report Faults WA Sheriff Over Confrontation With Black Man
An investigation has found a sheriff in Washington state violated policies against bias-free policing and other standards during a controversial encounter with a Black newspaper carrier.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Gets COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown received a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot and encouraged other eligible Oregonians to discuss booster shots with doctors.
King County's Proof of COVID Vaccine Policy Starts Monday
Beginning Monday proof of vaccination or a negative test for COVID-19 will be required to enter restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters or entertainment venues in Washington state's most populous county.
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) Re-Launches Emergency Assistance Hotline
Community members can call the hotline if they or a family member has been detained by immigration authorities or if they witness a...
WA BLM Demands Sheriff Troyer be Suspended, Added to ‘Brady List’ of Bad Cops
Charges were filed against Troyer last week for false reporting and making a false statement in January when he said newspaper...
First Residents Move in at North Seattle Health Through Housing Hotel
Repurposed hotel to house approximately 100 people experiencing chronic homelessness ...
Black Future Co-op Fund Seeks Black Washingtonians to Shape the State’s Future Through New Survey
The survey is intended to reach Black Washingtonians across income, language, age, gender, religion, and sexuality and solicit input...
De La Salle Opens New NE Campus
Five years in the making, the new De La Salle North Catholic High School campus is located at 4300 NE Killingsworth St. ...
Washington: 89% of public school employees get COVID vaccine
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state education department says nearly nine out of 10 public school employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Washington state. The vaccination rate announced by officials Thursday, 89%, is slightly lower than that of other state...
Senators urge emergency protections for wolves in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Biden administration to enact emergency protections for gray wolves in the U.S. West in response to Republican-backed state laws that make it easier to kill the predators. Twenty-one U.S. senators led...
Vanderbilt's next chance to end SEC skid comes vs Missouri
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The last Southeastern Conference team Vanderbilt beat is coming to Nashville Saturday and the Commodores are looking to end their 17-game skid against league opponents. Not that Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea is looking at the Missouri Tigers just an...
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,...
Letter to the Editor: About the UN Climate Change Conference
Global leaders have failed to take the action necessary to avert climate disaster and Oregon leadership is scant better. ...
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. ...
Jury hears opening statements in 'Unite the Right" trial
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Jurors heard opening statements Thursday in a civil lawsuit that accuses white nationalists of conspiring to commit violence at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. Karen Dunn, a lead attorney for nine people who are suing...
County botches Spanish-language ballot instructions
Some Spanish-speaking voters in a Pennsylvania city where Hispanics account for nearly 70% of the population are at risk of being disenfranchised in next week’s general election because of an error in Spanish-language instructions that accompanied 17,000 mail-in ballots, activists and elected...
Schools debate: Gifted and talented, or racist and elitist?
NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across the United States are reconsidering their approach to gifted and talented programs in schools as vocal parents blame such elite programs for worsening racial segregation and inequities in the country’s education system. A plan announced by...
William Jackson Harper's 'Love Life' drives show's season 2
NEW YORK (AP) — His new project may be as the lead in HBO Max's “ Love Life,” but William Jackson Harper will be the first to tell you he doesn't usually seek out relationship stories. “Rom-coms are not the thing that I gravitate to,” said the actor. “I like a lot of...
Review: Plush are the future of rock on debut album
“Plush," Plush (Pavement Entertainment) I no longer fear for the future of rock 'n' roll: It is in the capable hands of the four young ladies of Plush, perhaps the heaviest all-female rock group ever to put pick to string, and whose debut album could be the best album of...
Gordon Ramsay's social media project culminates in cookbook
NEW YORK (AP) — How did Gordon Ramsay spend his pandemic lockdown? Getting frenetic in a kitchen, of course. The chef with a dizzying number of books, restaurants and TV shows was home in Cornwall, England, with mouths to feed last year when he did a series of lives on...
AP PHOTOS: Summer days at the beach, in Israel and Gaza
Though the beaches in Tel Aviv and Gaza City look out on the same cresting waves of the Mediterranean Sea, they...
How it happened: Inside movie set where Baldwin's gun fired
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Light from a high afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of the weathered wooden...
US to pay M to families, victims of SC church massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have...
Bulgarian restaurant workers protest new COVID-19 pass rule
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of restaurant owners, chefs, waiters and bartenders took to the streets...
France fines British boats as fishing dispute escalates
LONDON (AP) — Britain said Thursday it would summon the French ambassador for a dressing-down, the latest move...
Vatican cancels live TV broadcast of Biden greeting pope
ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday abruptly canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S. President Joe Biden...
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Bottle Bill's Hidden Bottles
Clues released daily will lead treasure hunters to six, commemorative, gold-colored bottles hidden throughout Oregon
