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Pacific Northwest Tribes Battle for Funds Meant to Help them Adapt to Climate Change
Coastal tribes in the Pacific Northwest experience some of the most severe effects of climate change but face an array of bureaucratic barriers when it comes to accessing government funds meant to help them adapt to rising seas and erosion to warming waters and severe heat. The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative interviewed 13 tribes along the coast of Oregon and Washington and found the tribes face many challenges in accessing grant money. The report highlights the need for a more coordinated federal response and more money for tribal adaptation to the impacts of climate change.
Record-breaking Wildfires Scorch More than 1.4 Million Acres in Eastern Oregon
Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any other year since reliable records began in 1992. According to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center, more than 1.4 million acres, or 2,200 square miles, have burned in the state so far with 32 homes lost. The state's largest blaze is the Durkee Fire in eastern Oregon. It has burned nearly 460 square miles but is at least 95% contained as of Friday
Olympic Champion Gymnasts Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles to Return to School
Chiles and Carey — part of the “Golden Girls” squad led by Simone Biles that soared to gold in Paris — have both announced they are returning to college. Chiles goes to UCLA, and Carey is at Oregon State.
Grants Pass at Heart of Supreme Court Homelessness Ruling Votes to Ban Camping Except in Some Areas
The Grants Pass City Council voted Wednesday to ban camping on public property, including parks, and create four sites across the city where homeless people can go set up their tents. The ordinance comes after the Supreme Court ruled in a case brought by Grants Pass that cities can enforce outdoor sleeping bans.
2024 Washington Governor’s Smart Communities Award Winners Announced
Annual awards recognize exceptional accomplishments by local governments and partners in land use planning and development ...
The newly formed Homelessness Response System seeks community members for its Steering and Oversight Committee and Community Advisory...
Fairview-Columbia Library Reopening to Public August 9
Library provides updated experience for patrons with new carpeting, paint and seating ...
U.S. Department of Education Announces Schedule and New Process to Launch 2025-26 FAFSA Form
Application for federal student aid will be launched through a new improved process starting October 1 ...
Secretary Hobbs Warns Voters About 2024 Election Misinformation
Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs urges Washington’s voters to be wary of dubious election information, including...
Pro-Palestinian protesters who blocked road near Sea-Tac Airport to have charges dropped
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in April are set to have misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and failing to disperse dropped. City of SeaTac prosecutors agreed...
3 people killed in fire that destroyed home in small town northeast of Seattle
CONCRETE, Wash. (AP) — Three people were killed in a house fire in a rural area northeast of Seattle and authorities are looking for a pickup truck that remains unaccounted for after the blaze, police said. The two-story home was destroyed in the Friday morning fire in the small...
Defensive end Darris Smith to miss season for No. 11 Missouri after hurting his knee in practice
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Defensive end Darris Smith will miss the season for No. 11 Missouri after hurting his knee in practice, Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said Wednesday. Smith transferred to Missouri from Southeastern Conference rival Georgia, where he appeared in 16 games over his...
A rebuilt bronze Jackie Robinson statue returns to Kansas 6 months after the original was stolen
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — With a rebuilt statue of Jackie Robinson in bronze back in Kansas, some of the late baseball icon's biggest fans are breathing a sigh of relief. The original sculpture depicting Robinson resting a bat on his shoulder was cut off at its ankles in January, leaving...
Carolyn Leonard - Community Leader Until The End, But How Do We Remember Her?
That was Carolyn. Always thinking about what else she could do for the community, even as she herself lay dying in bed. A celebration of Carolyn Leonard’s life will be held on August 17. ...
‘Deepfakes’ Require a Real Federal Response
The stakes of November’s election are real. Campaign communications should be, too. ...
The 900-Page Guide to Snuffing Out American Democracy
What if there was a blueprint for a future presidential administration to unilaterally lay waste to our constitutional order and turn America from a democracy into an autocracy in one fell swoop? That is what one far-right think tank and its contributors...
For Black and Latino Americans, this power-grab by the court throws into doubt and potentially weakens current agency rules that sought to bring us closer to the nation’s promises of freedom and justice for all. In two particular areas – fair housing and...
Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping class
MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said Jean-Baptiste, who was absent 30 days his first year. “That gets very frustrating.” ...
How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
ATCHISON, Kansas (AP) — Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City. Nestled amid rolling farmland, the Benedictine sisters of Mount St. Scholastica have taken on the likes of Google, Target and Citigroup —...
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County in 2020, sending ash flying and choking the air with smoke, Maria Salinas harvested grapes. Her saliva turned black from inhaling the toxins, until one day she had so much trouble breathing...
Kelsea Ballerini announces new album, 'Patterns.' It isn't what you'd expect: 'I'm team no rules'
NEW YORK (AP) — Kelsea Ballerini is beaming. It's not a nervous smile, though she admits to feeling scared. She's been hard at work at her fifth full-length album, “Patterns,” and on Oct. 25 the world is finally going to hear it — hear her, in a collection of songs she describes as an...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 18-24
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 18-24: Aug. 18: Actor Robert Redford is 88. Actor Henry G. Sanders (“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”) is 82. Drummer Dennis Elliott (Foreigner) is 74. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 72. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 69....
Book Review: Is the brilliant surgeon a 'Good Sociopath?' Chicago P.I. Annalisa Vega has her doubts
Professor Maura Delaney’s book, “The Good Sociopath,” is about to hit the market with a neurosurgeon, Dr. Craig Canning, as her primary example. The publisher has even put his photograph on the cover. Canning is arrogant and lacks genuine emotions (although he’s good at faking...
Iran police shot a woman while trying to seize her car over hijab law violation, activists say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened...
Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, says UNESCO
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through...
US-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana is sentenced to 12 years in prison on a treason conviction
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — A Russian court on Thursday sentenced U.S.-Russian dual national Ksenia Khavana to...
A new global health emergency: What is mpox, where are the outbreaks and what is the WHO doing?
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a...
Poland showcases its growing army on a holiday that celebrates its historic defeat of the Red Army
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — NATO member Poland on Thursday is paying tribute to its historic victory over the Red Army...
France honors African soldiers who helped liberate the French Riviera from Nazis 80 years ago
SAINT-RAPHAEL, France (AP) — France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of the French...
China's family planning laws require most families living in urban areas to have one child. Second children have no rights to education or healthcare. But the policy may now be under review.
Super Typhoon Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, has left devastation on a monumental scale in its wake. In its wake hundreds of thousands of people are struggling to cope with losses and face the challenges of surviving.
