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FEMA Site Will House Survivors of Wildfires
Mill City site will offer temporary housing for up to 16 families who lost their homes in last year's wildfires
Portland Police Shooting of Man Under International Scrutiny
Aaron Campbell, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man was shot in the back and killed Jan. 29, 2010 by Portland Police Officer Ronal Frashour
John Hairston Becomes First Black CEO of Bonneville Power Administration
29-year employee appointed to new role by U.S. Secretary of Energy
Natural Gas Terminal Plans In Oregon Hit Snag Over Permit
The ruling was hailed as a major victory by opponents of Jordan Cove, which would be the first such LNG overseas export terminal in the lower 48 states.
The Mayor Turns 90: A Paul Knauls Celebration to be Held Friday, January 22
Albina legend Paul Knauls, Sr. will be celebrated with a virtual event featuring public officials, musicians, and community...
People For the American Way Supports Congressional Gold Medal for Officer Eugene Goodman
Goodman, a Black U.S. Capitol Hill police officer, diverted a white mob away from the unprotected Senate chambers during the violent...
St. Andrew Parish Announces 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Awards
The Community Service Award went to cameron whitten of the Black Resilience Fund ...
Applicants Sought for Free Girls’ Summer Wilderness Science Education Expeditions
The programs provide 16- and 17-year-old young women opportunities to travel with professional scientists, artists and wilderness...
Portland Center Stage Welcomes New Literary Manager Kamilah Bush Following Nationwide Search
As literary manager, Bush is charged with deepening the literary and artistic core of Portland Center Stage ...
Crews recover body of Oregon woman swept away in mudslide
Sheriff's deputies and firefighters on Saturday recovered the body of an Oregon woman whose vehicle was swept away in a deep mudslide during a winter storm last week, authorities said.Jennifer Camus Moore, a registered nurse from Warrendale, Oregon, was driving in the Columbia River Gorge near the...
Washington, Oregon report cases of new strain of coronavirus
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington and Oregon are now confirming additional cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19 in the Pacific Northwest.The B.1.1.7 variant, which first emerged in the United Kingdom last September, has been confirmed by DNA sequencing in two cases in Snohomish County,...
Ex-Cardinals coach Wilks new defensive coordinator at Mizzou
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Steve Wilks is returning to coaching as the defensive coordinator at Missouri.Wilks, who was hired by Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz on Thursday, took last year off after spending the previous 14 seasons in the NFL. The stint was highlighted by a year as the head coach of...
Music City Bowl between Iowa and Missouri canceled
The Music City Bowl between Missouri and Iowa was canceled Sunday because COVID-19 issues left the Tigers unable to play.The game scheduled for Wednesday in Nashville, Tennessee, is the second bowl called off since the postseason lineup was set on Dec. 20, joining the Gasparilla Bowl. Overall, 18...
Demos President K. Sabeel Rahman Issues Statement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
We see painful parallels between the America in which King lived and the present day ...
This is America: White Privilege, Black Lives Matter, and Violence at the Capitol
The violence we witnessed in the United States Capitol on January 6 is nothing new. ...
Insidious racism took the form of an American president openly encouraging with “love” violent extremists ...
Will Trump leave in the middle of the night, embarrassed by his four years of crude, rude, lying, and beyond belief incompetence? Or will he be escorted out by a secret service detachment? ...
Arizona Republicans censure Cindy McCain, GOP governor
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republicans voted Saturday to censure Cindy McCain and two prominent GOP members who have found themselves crosswise with former President Donald Trump.The censures of Sen. John McCain’s widow, former Sen. Jeff Flake and Gov. Doug Ducey are merely symbolic. But...
Police: Black teens wrongly detained at Target in California
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department has said three teens, who are Black, were wrongly detained at a Target store in Westlake Village during a grand theft investigation last week.The teens — a 17-year-old and two 16-year-olds — from Thousand...
Judge: Kenosha shooter can't associate with supremacists
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old Illinois teen charged with fatally shooting two people during a protest in southeastern Wisconsin last year is prohibited from associating with known white supremacists under a judge's recently modified bail conditions. Kyle Rittenhouse was 17 during the...
Tom Brokaw says he's retiring from NBC News after 55 years
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw, once television news' most popular broadcaster as he told viewers about the biggest events of that late 20th Century, said Friday that he's retiring from television.Brokaw, who is 80, said he'll continue writing books and articles. He's...
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein dies at 101
NEW YORK (AP) — Screenwriter Walter Bernstein, among the last survivors of Hollywood’s anti-Communist blacklist whose Oscar-nominated script for “The Front” drew upon his years of being unable to work under his own name, died Saturday. He was 101.The cause was pneumonia,...
'Barney Miller,' 'Sanford and Son' actor Gregory Sierra dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Gregory Sierra, who had memorable roles in the 1970s sitcoms “Barney Miller" and “Sanford and Son," has died after battling cancer. He was 83.Sierra's widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan. 4 in...
Aaron's death prompts call to change name: Braves to Hammers
ATLANTA (AP) — As his adopted hometown mourned Hank Aaron's death, some fans called on the Atlanta Braves...
Michigan Mega Millions ticket wins jumi.05 billion jackpot
DETROIT (AP) — Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the jumi.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot,...
3,000 arrested at protests demanding Navalny's release
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian police arrested more than 3,000 people Saturday in nationwide protests demanding the...
Tunisia extends curfew, ban on protests as virus cases jump
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations as it tries to stem...
French leader tells child sex abuse victims 'we believe you'
PARIS (AP) — Amid a national French reckoning with sexual abuse of children by family members, President...
Belarus police arrest 100 in renewed protests
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Police in the capital of Belarus arrested about 100 people who formed human chains in...
