By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has officially ended multiple state emergencies. But he said the coronavirus emergency lives on and won’t end anytime soon. Newsom on Friday officially ended 12 different emergency declarations. An emergency declaration gives the governor authority to change or suspend state laws. Newsom
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN The most hotly contested statewide primary in Texas on Tuesday centers on the future of state Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican who spearheaded a notorious failed legal challenge to the 2020 election results and, with a slew of corruption allegations hanging over his campaign, is now facing the prospect of
Continue ReadingATHENS, Ohio — Ali Ali had 22 points as Akron defeated Ohio 91-83. Greg Tribble had 17 points for Akron. Mark Sears led Ohio with 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.
Continue ReadingBy ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer The NCAA has relaxed the amount of THC an athlete can have to trigger a positive test, and is recommending less-stringent penalties for athletes who do test positive for marijuana. The threshold levels for THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana, will go from 35 nanograms per milliliter
Continue ReadingEVERETT, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Sen. Marko Liias has apologized to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for disparaging her in a radio interview. The Daily Herald reports Brown, also a Democrat, opposes a 6 cent tax on exported fuel that is proposed in Washington Democrats’ $16 billion transportation package. Most of Oregon’s fuel comes from
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Officials from a southeast Alaska school district say a pep club’s “country” theme for a basketball game against a school from Alaska’s only Indian reserve wasn’t intended to be “racially provocative” but had a negative effect that was predictable and should have been prevented. The Ketchikan
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Annie Grayer and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The chairman of the Republican Party in Georgia on Friday told the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that the Trump campaign had directed the party in 2020 to put forward an alternate slate of electors after then-President Donald Trump lost the state’s vote,
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There are four newly reported COVID-19-related deaths in Oregon, two from Crook County, raising the state’s death toll to 6,582, the Oregon Health Authority reported Friday — one day after 59 deaths were reported, one of the highest daily counts of the pandemic.
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez had a hole-in-one during a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to match Jeff Sluman for the first-round lead at the Cologuard Classic. Jimenez won the PGA Tour Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii and kick-started his round at Tucson National by
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Prosecutors in El Salvador have charged former president Alfredo Cristiani in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests that sparked international outrage. Prosecutors also announced charges Friday against a dozen other people, including former military officers, in the 1989 massacre. The list of charges will apparently include murder, terrorism
Continue ReadingMt. Hood Meadows reported 2 new inches. Ski Bowl reported a half-inch of new snow.
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Happy Friday, Central Oregon! We’re looking at mostly clear skies Friday night, with lows in the low teens to low 20s and gentle breezes out of the southeast. Mostly sunny skies Saturday will be the first indication of a change in the forecast. That will lead to a slight chance of some mixed showers Saturday night and
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Bend police and Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies waited outside a trailer off China Hat Road south of Bend for two people who allegedly stole a yellow Jeep early Friday morning.
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer John Landy, an Australian runner who dueled with Roger Bannister in a bid to become the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died. He was 91. Landy took up competitive running to help him get fit to play Australian rules football. Within 12 months he was on
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer John Landy, an Australian runner who dueled with Roger Bannister in a bid to become the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died. He was 91. Landy took up competitive running to help him get fit to play Australian rules football. Within 12 months he was on
Continue ReadingBy Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN On Friday, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov sought to reassure the world about civilian casualties on day two of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Nobody is going to attack the people of Ukraine,” he said during a heated press conference, telling CNN that there were “no strikes on civilian
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there are significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. That sets the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history. The
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there are significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. That sets the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history. The
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there are significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. That sets the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history. The
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Antes del amanecer del viernes, las explosiones iluminaron el cielo cuando Rusia atacó la capital, Kyiv, con ataques con misiles, según un asesor del gobierno ucraniano. En todo el país, las estaciones de metro de Ucrania están funcionando como refugios antibombas, a medida que la invasión rusa impacta sitios civiles. Imágenes
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