ODOT Region 4 construction report: Week of March 1-6
Here’s the ODOT Region 4 construction report for the week of March 1-6.
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Mountain lions thwart planned relocation of bighorn sheep
Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KCNC) — State wildlife officials spent several days acclimating a herd of bighorn sheep to a capture net this month only to have an unexpected visit from a predator nix the planned trapping and transfer of the animals on Friday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials
Continue ReadingS&P 500 notches best day since June
The Dow rallied a little more than 600 points Monday, as US Treasury yields pulled back and took a breather from their recent ascent. All three major stock indexes opened sharply higher and continued their rally as the trading session went on. The Dow ended the day up 2% — its best day since November.
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Get over it, the media isn’t going to give Joe Biden a free ride
Over the past few weeks, progressive activists have lit up Twitter over the media’s criticism of President Joe Biden. There have even been loud complaints that the White House briefing is no longer consistently covered live by the cable networks, as if the media is somehow trying to silence the President and his spokesperson. I
Continue Reading‘Help me!’: Snowmobiler counts blessings as stranger finds him buried
Click here for updates on this story GRAND COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — A Lakewood man is lucky to be alive after being pinned for hours beneath his snowmobile on Rabbit Ears Pass. Wanting to stick to lower angle terrain due to avalanche danger, experienced snowmobiler Lance McGinn headed to Rabbit Ears Pass last Saturday with
Continue ReadingKinzinger’s allies launch super PAC to defend Republicans who impeached Trump
Allies of Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger have launched a super PAC to support Republicans in 2022 who stood up to then-President Donald Trump after a mob of his supporters attacked the US Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 election. The organizers of the new group, Americans Keeping Country First, said in a
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Secretary of State Fagan to push for national popular vote
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, who as a lawmaker championed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, has joined the advisory board of a movement that is pushing states to adopt the one person-one vote system.
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The 50 most ridiculous lines from Donald Trump’s CPAC speech
Donald Trump delivered his first major post-presidential speech on Sunday, an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference laden with falsehoods and attacks on his fellow Republicans — suggesting absolutely nothing has changed since he ceased being president on January 20. I went through the speech and pulled out the lines you need to see.
Continue ReadingFamilies separated at the border could be reunited in US, Homeland Security secretary says
The Biden administration could reunite migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday. Mayorkas, who’s leading the family reunification task force established by President Joe Biden, said the administration hopes to reunite separated families in the US or in their
Continue ReadingChicago Public Schools reopen for grades K-5
Chicago public school students in grades kindergarten through 5 who chose in-person learning were able to return to classrooms Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited Hawthorne Scholastic Academy to welcome students back after almost a year of remote learning. “This morning I was lucky enough — once again — to experience firsthand the infectious excitement of
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Former New York Times reporter breaks silence after being ousted amid racial slur controversy
Donald G. McNeil Jr., the star New York Times reporter who resigned amid uproar over his 2019 use of a racial slur, broke his silence on Monday, leveling criticism against some of the newspaper’s top brass and offering his own explanation for the events that ended his decades-long career at the outlet. McNeil, who was
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Assistance League of Bend providing new clothes to 1,200 students
Through their Operation School Bell® program, the Assistance League of Bend is providing new clothing this month to 1,200 students in kindergarten through grade 12.
Continue ReadingElderly man who fell into river rescued by crews, good Samaritan
Click here for updates on this story FORNEY, TX (KTVT) — Body camera footage was released of a rescue in Forney that involved an elderly man who fell into a river and was swept away. Police said they responded to an area near Highway 80 and the Trinity River bridge Saturday afternoon after receiving a
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The US is getting a third coronavirus vaccine. Here’s how it’s different from the others
The United States is getting a third coronavirus vaccine — this one made by Johnson & Johnson. The US Food and Drug Administration has given the vaccine emergency use authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended it, and the federal government is scheduled to start distribution almost immediately. Two vaccines are already
Continue ReadingLady Gaga’s dog walker describes harrowing attack as ‘very close call with death’
Ryan Fischer, the dog walker and friend of Lady Gaga who was shot in an altercation last week that ended with two of the singer’s three French bulldogs being stolen, is speaking out publicly for the first time since the attack. In a pair of Instagram posts Monday, Fischer said he is “still in recovery
Continue ReadingLocal rescues team up to drive to Texas, save nearly 100 homeless pets
Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — Two local rescues have teamed up to save and transport close to 100 homeless pets evacuated from Texas. Many shelters in the state had to shut down because of extreme cold that led to power outages. “We were able to head down to Austin
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La Pine girl’s soccer team kicks off return of Central Oregon prep sports
High school sports are back in Central Oregon — and even with all the changes, everyone’s glad to be out there again.
Continue ReadingSchool shooting in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, leaves 14-year-old in serious condition, police say
A 14-year-old boy shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is in very serious condition at the children’s hospital in Little Rock, authorities said. Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said investigators think the shooter is a 15-year-old male who is also a student at Watson Chapel Junior High. The suspect
Continue ReadingGarland nomination advances out of committee, setting up floor vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general, setting up his confirmation before the full Senate. The vote was 15 to 7 with all Democratic senators and four Republicans in favor of the nominee. Garland, the former chief judge of the US Court
Continue ReadingStimulus negotiations: Pressure turns to the Senate to close deal on Covid relief
The Senate could move as soon as this week to pass their own version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. That plan will, of course, look a little different than the House bill as it won’t include the $15 an hour minimum wage. It also is not going to include the so-called
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