After it was announced that the state would receive funding for more early next year, Oregon will soon have more than 200 federally financed electric school buses transporting students to and from school. On December 11, the EPA declared that it had given the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality about $6.5 million to retire 26 … Read more
Authorities say Monday’s shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin left three people dead and several others injured, including the alleged shooter. According to police, two individuals were killed in the final week before Christmas break when a young person opened fire at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday morning. The … Read more
At Sherwood’s Marjorie Stewart Senior Community Center, a group of six to eight elderly people gather every Thursday in a room filled with knitting magazines and books. In addition to creating crafts like coloring turkey outlines or pom-pom snowmen, they converse about insurance issues while seated around a square table. regarding dying. regarding cremation. and … Read more
In an attempt to prevent the possible publication of a personnel investigation into his alleged misbehavior, a former chief deputy district attorney for Washington County has filed a lawsuit against the county. In September 2023, 53-year-old Bracken McKey took a leave of absence and retired in April of the same year. Although officials have chosen … Read more
An overview of TV sports, including channels, radio listings, and game times for regional and national competitions in December, is provided here. 16–22, 2024. The bottom of the page lists the numbers of popular TV channels. Blackouts and/or changes to the schedule are possible. Pacific time. Stay tuned for developments all week long. For a … Read more
The EPA is looking into whether businesses along the Willamette River gasoline storage hub in Portland are adhering to regulations to stop storage tanks from leaking too many poisonous vapors and dangerous air pollutants. According to the agency, air monitoring data for quantities of five volatile organic compounds must be collected at nine facilities in … Read more
Three-time NWSL champion and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup winner Becky Sauerbrunn, a defender for the Portland Thorns, has declared her retirement. On Tuesday, Sauerbrunn posted a statement on social media. With a great deal of appreciation and affection.Twitter: pic.twitter.com/huOtKMjBmW The 39-year-old Sauerbrunn had 16 years of professional soccer experience, including time spent in the … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump’s bitcoin-friendly administration and a growing lobbying movement in statehouses could encourage states to open up to cryptocurrency and encourage public pension funds and treasuries to support it in the next year. Supporters of the unusually volatile commodity contend that, like gold, it is a useful inflation hedge. Many investors and bitcoin aficionados … Read more
The Oregon Cascades’ East Slopes and Ochoco-John Day Highlands were under the warning. “A wintery mix of precipitation will continue to be brought by an ongoing storm system. As snow levels continue to rise, the threat is over, the National Weather Service said. Staying safe on winter roads: Winter driving tips from the weather service … Read more
The North Oregon Cascades, the Marion and Linn County Cascades, and the Lane County Cascades were all under the alert. As the temperature rises above freezing this morning, snow has started to turn to rain. The National Weather Service predicts that by this afternoon, snow levels will have risen to about 7000 feet. Drive safely … Read more