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Famously Soggy Seattle Sees Its Wettest Fall on Record
Seattle, a city known for soggy weather, has seen its wettest fall on record.
Longtime Oregon Rep. Peter DeFazio Won't Seek Reelection
DeFazio, the longest serving U.S. House member in Oregon’s history and a staunch advocate for environmental issues, said Wednesday he is retiring
Juneteenth Becomes Paid Holiday in Another Oregon County
Washington County Board has approved Juneteenth as a paid holiday for county employees
Sen. Manning on the Year Ahead and the Year That Was
Prominent BIPOC Caucus member concerned with gun regulation, access to Covid-19 testing
“…over twenty veterans continue to die by suicide each day—it is past time we stop barring access from these innovative...
200+ Groups Call on Senate to Delay Recess to Pass Voting Rights
In a letter to the Senate, the group states, "We urge you to stay in session to do whatever it takes until these bills are passed...
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. and the Zeta National Educational Foundation Inc. announced that Janae Smith-Williams was awarded of the...
Oregon's Cannabis Industry Could Be More Vulnerable Than Ever
Portland is the first in the country to allocate cannabis tax revenue to relieve the industry's impacts of...
Open Enrollment Deadline Is Dec. 15 for Health Insurance Coverage Starting Jan. 1, 2022
Help applying and financial assistance is available through the Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace ...
Land company says WA violated state law with 4,000 fine
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — A southeast Washington land company is appealing a 4,000 fine over water use, saying the Washington state Department of Ecology acted unlawfully. The Department of Ecology fined Frank Tiegs LLC in Pasco for allegedly irrigating land from the Snake...
Sheriff trial date set over confrontation with Black man
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer’s trail date has been set for July on two misdemeanor charges related to his confrontation with a Black newspaper carrier. During a virtual Zoom hearing in Pierce County District Court Friday, Judge Jeffrey Jahns approved...
No. 25 Arkansas beats Missouri, caps best season since 2011
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Sam Pittman grinned for almost the entirety of his postgame press conference Friday night. The Arkansas coach and his team had done something no others ever had. The No. 25 Razorbacks capped their regular season with a 34-17 victory over Missouri,...
Mizzou's Drinkwitz returning to Arkansas for rivalry game
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Just 45 miles of interstate highway separate Eli Drinkwitz from where he started and where he is now as Missouri's head football coach. Raised in the small Arkansas town of Alma, Drinkwitz will come full circle Friday when his Tigers visit No. 25...
State is Painting Lipstick on Its One-of-a-kind, Long-term-care Law
Starting in January, the unpopular law imposes a stiff new tax of 58 cents per 0 earned for every worker in the state ...
Just by being alive we can be sure of having moments of sadness as well as happiness. When you’re active in politics, you experience both wins and losses. Sometimes it can be hard to feel grateful. ...
Acting on Climate will Require an Emphasis on Environmental Justice
Climate change affects us all, but its effects aren’t distributed equally. ...
Small Businesses Cannot Survive With Current Level of Postal Service
At The Skanner News office we received an important piece of correspondence that was postmarked June 12, 2021, and delivered to us on November 4, 2021. ...
New Orleans: Push to rename Lee boulevard after Toussaint
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A member of the New Orleans city council is pushing to change a street currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and replace it with one the city's most famous musicians, Allen Toussaint, who died in 2015. Councilmember Jared C. Brossett...
Pipeline: Cascade of white owners has slowed NFL change
Over the past 100 years, around 110 people have owned controlling portions of NFL teams. Of that select group, all but two have been white. This basic head count might offer the simplest explanation for how, even with rules in place for nearly two decades that are designed to...
EXPLAINER: Who are the jurors for trial of Kim Potter?
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter, who is charged in the April shooting death of 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright. Potter says she meant to use her Taser on Wright and drew her...
Kelsea Ballerini feels her way through her new poetry book
New York (AP) — Country music star Kelsea Ballerini had no intentions of starting a new job as an author in 2020. She did plan to tour her new album, “Kelsea” — then the coronavirus pandemic shut down most of the world. As COVID-19 all but stopped the touring industry, the Grammy nominee...
Duggar trial focusing on computer where child porn was found
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A computer used by Josh Duggar at work contained child pornography behind a partition that allowed the user to circumvent an application that monitors internet use, and metadata indicates the images were downloaded when the former reality TV star was working, computer...
State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
CHICAGO (AP) — The state rested its case at Jussie Smollett's trial Thursday after key testimony from two brothers who said the former “Empire" actor plotted a racist and anti-gay attack on himself in downtown Chicago and paid them to carry it out. After a three-day...
US intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has pledged to make it “very, very difficult” for Russia’s Vladimir...
Le Pen: The right takes step to build 'big European force'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European right-wing populist leaders declared Saturday they will cooperate more closely at...
China's communists bash US democracy before Biden summit
BEIJING (AP) — China's Communist Party took American democracy to task on Saturday, sharply criticizing a global...
Anti-lockdown protesters march through Dutch city of Utrecht
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of people marched peacefully through the Dutch city of Utrecht on Saturday...
Rio de Janeiro cancels NYE party due to omicron fears
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro on Saturday canceled its New Year’s Eve party due to renewed COVID-19...
Police get complaints over U.K. leader's festive parties
LONDON (AP) — Britain's opposition Labour Party has raised complaints to police about Christmas parties held by...
