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Wildfire Risk Rises as Western States Dry out Amid Ongoing Heat Wave Baking Most of the US
Blazes are burning in Oregon, where the governor issued an emergency authorization allowing additional firefighting resources to be deployed. More than 142 million people around the U.S. were under heat alerts Wednesday, especially across the West, where dozens of locations tied or broke heat records.
Forum Explores Dangerous Intersection of Brain Injury and Law Enforcement
The Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing hosted event with medical, legal and first-hand perspectives.
2 Men Drown in Glacier National Park Over the July 4 Holiday Weekend
A 26-year-old man from India slipped on rocks and was swept away in Avalanche Creek on Saturday morning. His body has not been recovered. And a 28-year-old man from Nepal who was not an experienced swimmer drowned in Lake McDonald near Sprague Creek Campground on Saturday evening. His body was recovered by a sheriff's dive team.
Records Shatter as Heatwave Threatens 130 million Across U.S.
Roughly 130 million people are under threat from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures and is expected to shatter more inot next week from the Pacific Northwest to the Mid-Alantic states and the Northeast. Forecasters say temperatures could spike above 100 degrees in Oregon, where records could be broken in cities such as Eugene, Portland and Salem
Echohawk Selected for Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board
Indigenous woman and executive leader of Snoqualmie-owned enterprise to serve on national board advancing regulatory fairness and...
HUD Reaches Settlement to Ensure Equal Opportunity in the Appraisal Profession
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has entered into an historic Conciliation...
HUD Expands Program to Help Homeowners Repair Homes
The newly updated Federal Housing Administration Program will assist families looking for affordable financing to repair, purchase, or...
UFCW 555 Turns in Signatures for Initiative Petition 35 - United for Cannabis Workers Act
On July 5, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 delivered over 163,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of...
Local Photographer Announces Re-Release of Her Book
Kelly Ruthe Johnson, a nationally recognized photographer and author based in Portland, Oregon, has announced the re-release of her...
Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US
PHOENIX (AP) — A dangerously hot summer is shaping up in the U.S. West, with heat suspected in dozens of recent deaths, including retirees in Oregon, a motorcyclist in Death Valley, California and a 10-year-old boy who collapsed while hiking with his family on a Phoenix trail. Heat...
California reports first wildfire death of the 2024 season as fires persist across the West
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season, while wind-whipped flames in Arizona have forced hundreds to flee from what tribal leaders are calling the “most serious” wildfire on their reservation...
Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from being lured across state lines to new stadiums in Kansas. Missouri's renewed efforts...
Kansas governor signs bills enabling effort to entice Chiefs and Royals with new stadiums
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball's Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums. Gov. Laura Kelly's action came three days...
Minding the Debate: What’s Happening to Our Brains During Election Season
The June 27 presidential debate is the real start of the election season, when more Americans start to pay attention. It’s when partisan rhetoric runs hot and emotions run high. It’s also a chance for us, as members of a democratic republic. How? By...
State of the Nation’s Housing 2024: The Cost of the American Dream Jumped 47 Percent Since 2020
Only 1 in 7 renters can afford homeownership, homelessness at an all-time high ...
Juneteenth is a Sacred American Holiday
Today, when our history is threatened by erasure, our communities are being dismantled by systemic disinvestment, Juneteenth can serve as a rallying cry for communal healing and collective action. ...
NAREB: Down Payment Assistance Programs Boost Home Ownership for Black Consumers
Here is how to get assistance. ...
Historically Black town in Louisiana's Cancer Alley is divided over a planned grain terminal
WALLACE, La. (AP) — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Their tidy Creole cottage cafe in the small riverfront town of Wallace lies yards from property their great-grandparents...
Pastors see a wariness among Black men to talk abortion politics as Biden works to shore up base
WASHINGTON (AP) — Phoenix pastor the Rev. Warren H. Stewart Sr. has had countless discussions this election season with fellow Black men on the economy, criminal justice, immigration and other issues dominating the political landscape in their battleground state of Arizona. But never abortion. ...
Morehouse College president says he will retire next June
ATLANTA (AP) — Morehouse College President David Thomas announced that he will retire next year, saying it is time for new leadership at the prominent all-male, historically Black school he has led since 2018. Thomas, 67, said in a statement Friday that he will retire June 30,...
Book Review: 'Hey, Zoey' uses questions about AI to look at women's autonomy in a new light
Dolores is going through the motions of life when she finds a potentially marriage-ending surprise in her garage: a high-end, lifelike sex doll imbued with artificial intelligence named Zoey. There are a lot of places that author Sarah Crossan can go from here — when is it cheating?...
Book Review: 'Loving Sylvia Plath' attends to polarizing writer's circumstances more than her work
A popular form of writing nowadays is one that involves reexamining the lives of people, often members of marginalized groups, who have otherwise been flattened or short-changed by history. How has society’s assumptions or prejudices informed how a person is remembered, many authors...
Book Review: Gonzo journalist Barrett Brown’s memoir a piquant take on hacktivism’s rise
His talents in full flower and basking in public admiration, gonzo journalist and inveterate anti-establishment troublemaker Barrett Brown is jailed in his native Texas on various federal felony charges. It is 2013 and Brown’s adventures have included helping Anonymous hacktivists...
Al Sharpton to Deliver Eulogy for Black Man Who Died After Being Held Down by Milwaukee Hotel Guards
Global leaders condemn apparent assassination attempt targeting former US President Donald Trump
Global leaders expressed concern Sunday over an apparent assassination attempt targeting former U.S. President...
Mind the mangroves! Some Kenyans combat the threat of logging with hidden beehives
MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Dressed in protective clothing and armed with a smoker, Peter Nyongesa walked through the...
After Beryl, Houston-area farmers pull together to face unique challenges
PORTER, Texas (AP) — Hurricanes cause trouble for everyone, but farmers have a whole other list of problems. ...
Time is frozen in the empty bedrooms of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The empty bedrooms of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 remain frozen in...
On anniversary of Frida Kahlo's death, her art's spirituality keeps fans engaged around the globe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation. Why, then, did the Mexican artist depict several...
Who is the Buddhist nun who built a global charity from a tiny apartment in rural Taiwan?
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The Buddhist teacher who founded what is now a global charity and religion with a 3...
Bottle Bill's Hidden Bottles
Clues released daily will lead treasure hunters to six, commemorative, gold-colored bottles hidden throughout Oregon
NW Anxiety Institute is hiring a full-time Office Manager/Billing Specialist.
