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Governor Kotek Uses New Land Use Law to Propose Rural Land for Semiconductor Facility
Oregon is competing against other states to host multibillion-dollar microchip factories. A 2023 state law created an exemption to the state's hallmark land use policy aimed at preventing urban sprawl and protecting nature and agriculture.
Accusations of Dishonesty Fly in Debate Between Washington Gubernatorial Hopefuls
Washington state’s longtime top prosecutor and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer have traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate. It is the first time in more than a decade that the Democratic stronghold state has had an open race for its top job, with Gov. Jay Inslee not seeking reelection.
WNBA Awards Portland an Expansion Franchise That Will Begin Play in 2026
The team will be owned and operated by Raj Sports, led by Lisa Bhathal Merage and Alex Bhathal. The Bhathals started having conversations with the WNBA late last year after a separate bid to bring a team to Portland fell through. It’s the third expansion franchise the league will add over the next two years, with Golden State and Toronto getting the other two.
Strong Words, Dilution and Delays: What’s Going On With The New Police Oversight Board
A federal judge delays when the board can form; critics accuse the city of missing the point on police accountability.
St. Johns Library to Close Oct. 11 to Begin Renovation and Expansion
Construction will modernize space while maintaining historic Carnegie building ...
Common Cause Oregon on National Voter Registration Day, September 17
Oregonians are encouraged to register and check their registration status ...
New Affordable Housing in N Portland Named for Black Scholar
Community Development Partners and Self Enhancement Inc. bring affordable apartments to 5050 N. Interstate Ave., marking latest...
Benson Polytechnic Celebrates Its Grand Opening After an Extensive Three Year Modernization
Portland Public Schools welcomes the public to a Grand Opening Celebration of the newly modernized Benson...
Attorneys General Call for Congress to Require Surgeon General Warnings on Social Media Platforms
In a letter sent yesterday to Congress, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who is also president of the National Association of...
Oregon governor uses new land use law to propose rural land for semiconductor facility
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose a rural area for a semiconductor facility, as officials seek to lure more of the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry to the state. Kotek has proposed expanding the city boundaries of Hillsboro, a...
Accusations of dishonesty fly in debate between Washington gubernatorial hopefuls
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate Wednesday, as each made his case for becoming the next governor of the Democratic...
No. 7 Missouri, fresh off win over Boston College, opens SEC play against Vanderbilt
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Vanderbilt and Missouri both got wake-up calls last week, albeit much different ones. The Commodores got the worst kind: one that ended with a loss on a last-minute touchdown by Georgia State, preventing them from getting off to a 3-0 start for the first time...
Vanderbilt heads to seventh-ranked Missouri as both begin SEC play
Vanderbilt (2-1) at No. 7 Missouri, Saturday, 4:15 p.m. ET (SEC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Missouri by 21. Series record: Missouri leads 11-4-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Vanderbilt and Missouri begin SEC play after wildly different results in...
This month, Albina Head Start filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to defend itself against a misapplied rule that could force the program – and all the children it serves – to lose federal funding. ...
DOJ and State Attorneys General File Joint Consumer Lawsuit
In August, the Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys Generals filed a lawsuit charging RealPage Inc., a commercial revenue management software firm with providing apartment managers with illegal price fixing software data that violates...
As consumers struggle to cope with mounting debt, a new economic report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York includes an unprecedented glimmer of hope. Although debt for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and more increased by billions of...
Refugees in New Hampshire turn to farming for an income and a taste of home
DUNBARTON, N.H. (AP) — It's harvest time in central New Hampshire, and one farm there appears to have been transplanted from a distant continent. Farmers balance large crates laden with vegetables on their heads while chatting in Somali and other languages. As the sun burns away...
US agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower
RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. land managers said Thursday they've completed a final environmental review of a proposed Nevada lithium mine that would supply minerals critical to electric vehicles and a clean energy future while still protecting an endangered wildflower. “This...
Justice Department opens civil rights probe of sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff's department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in...
After docs about Taylor Swift and Brooke Shields, filmmaker turns her camera to NYC psychics
Filmmaker Lana Wilson had never thought much about psychics. But the morning after Election Day in 2016, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she found herself drawn towards a sign that promised “ psychic readings” and wandered in. Much to her surprise, she found it to be a rather...
Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'
Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation as he conveys his own transition into fatherhood. The book is split between before and after, moving from the hope and trepidation of shepherding a new life...
Wife of Jane's Addiction frontman says tension and animosity led to onstage scuffle
BOSTON (AP) — A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction came amid “tension and animosity” during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell’s wife said Saturday. The band is known for edgy, punk-inspired hits “Been Caught...
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese change the WNBA's landscape, and its future
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Year 1 of the Clark & Reese Show has been unlike anything the WNBA has ever seen. ...
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her...
Voters view Harris more favorably as she settles into role atop Democratic ticket: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Until recently, Lillian Dunsmuir of Bullhead City, Arizona, “didn’t really think about"...
Thailand's adorable pygmy hippo Moo Deng has the kind of face that launches a thousand memes
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Only a month after Thailand's adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook,...
A charred transformer on a Kyiv square makes for an unusual Ukraine war exhibit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s badly damaged power plants has come to a...
Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?
JERUSALEM (AP) — With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli...
In 1905, Seema Weatherwax was born to radical Jewish intellectuals in Czarist-ruled Chernigov, Ukraine. Her 100 years of life have spanned continents, the history of modern photography and decades of social change.
Part biography, part oral history, "Seema's Show: A Life on the Left" (University of New Mexico Press paperback, $19.95), by Portland author Sara Halprin
Technically, it would be wrong to label soul-blues singer Barbara Morrison a throwback to the days of Dinah Washington, Helen Humes and the Ettas — Jones and James — because their times have overlapped.
Today, however, Morrison remains the most active due to death and infrequent work of the others.
