By Audrey Weil Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Vancouver couple spent 12 hours stuck in the snow Monday after their car slid off the road in the West Hills. Video the Silks took Monday morning shows the road washed in white, fallen trees everywhere, and in the middle
Continue ReadingAssociated Press While demand for homes has remained red hot, market conditions have slowed the pace of sales nationally compared with a year ago. Fewer homes are on the market while prices have jumped. Some homes are selling for more than their appraised value and would-be buyers with approved financing are losing out to buyers
Continue ReadingAssociated Press While demand for homes has remained red hot, market conditions have slowed the pace of sales nationally compared with a year ago. Fewer homes are on the market while prices have jumped. Some homes are selling for more than their appraised value and would-be buyers with approved financing are losing out to buyers
Continue ReadingBy Anna Bahney, CNN Business Home prices have skyrocketed by nearly 20% over the last year and mortgage rates have risen faster over the past three months than they have in decades. But the high cost to buy a home is not the only obstacle prospective buyers are facing. Other hurdles include a lack of
Continue ReadingCNN By Anna Bahney, CNN Business With home prices skyrocketing by double-digit percentages over the last year, it would be no surprise if property taxes jumped too. But surprisingly, the average property tax on a single-family home rose by just 1.8% last year to $3,785, increasing at the smallest pace in the past five years,
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN Shirley Spork, one of 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), has died aged 94, the organization said Tuesday. A trailblazing figure for women’s golf, Spork died in Palm Springs, California, where she had been coaching since the early 1950’s, the LPGA said. Born in Detriot, Michigan in 1927,
Continue ReadingBy Kenny Choi Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The mass shooting in New York City is prompting questions about how transit systems across the country respond to any unforeseen event endangering the lives of riders. On Tuesday, BART Police deployed every uniformed officer within the system, increasing its presence
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — America’s housing market has grown increasingly frenzied, and prices are out of reach for many buyers, especially first-timers. This spring, traditionally the busiest season for home sales, is more likely to deliver frustration and disappointment for aspiring homebuyers than it is homeownership. The number of
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — America’s housing market has grown increasingly frenzied, and prices are out of reach for many buyers, especially first-timers. This spring, traditionally the busiest season for home sales, is more likely to deliver frustration and disappointment for aspiring homebuyers than it is homeownership. The number of
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Climatologists say rare April snow along with rain sweeping across the Pacific Northwest this week could increase water supplies, slow snow melt and lengthen the irrigation season. The Capital Press reports the storm’s impacts will vary by region, and experts predict drought will persist. Washington state climatologist Nick Bond said irrigators
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Zandi for CNN Business Perspectives Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, oil and other commodity prices have surged and recession risks have risen sharply. In fact, the odds of a recession beginning in the next 12 months are getting uncomfortably high: one-in-three, and rising as time goes on. To avoid a downturn, the
Continue ReadingBy WILSON RING and MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press VICTORY, Vt. (AP) — Tens of billions of dollars in federal money to improve broadband internet service in rural areas across the country are starting to reach the groups that will help provide the service, but experts say supply chain issues, labor shortages and geographic constraints will
Continue ReadingBy WILSON RING and MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press VICTORY, Vt. (AP) — Tens of billions of dollars in federal money to improve broadband internet service in rural areas across the country are starting to reach the groups that will help provide the service, but experts say supply chain issues, labor shortages and geographic constraints will
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Celebrations of Thingyan, Myanmar’s holiday marking the traditional new year, have been uncharacteristically quiet, as the violent struggle for power between the military government and its opponents cast a shadow over the usual merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water. Opponents of military rule, who have widespread
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The bid for Chelsea launched by Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has added Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum ahead of Thursday’s expected deadline for improved offers for the Premier League club. Tanenbaum was announced Wednesday as joining as co-managing partner of the bid. He has ownership stakes in
Continue ReadingBy ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The bid for Chelsea launched by Boston Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca has added Canadian sports tycoon Larry Tanenbaum ahead of Thursday’s expected deadline for improved offers for the Premier League club. Tanenbaum was announced Wednesday as joining as co-managing partner of the bid. He has ownership stakes in
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will continue truck inspections that have gridlocked the U.S.-Mexico border for days. The two-term Republican governor said Wednesday he would not repeal his new policy at all bridges until there are more assurances of security. Abbott
Continue ReadingBy PAUL J. WEBER and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will continue truck inspections that have gridlocked the U.S.-Mexico border for days. The two-term Republican governor said Wednesday he would not repeal his new policy at all bridges until there are more assurances of security. Abbott
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging China to use its “special relationship with Russia” to persuade Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Yellen said at the Atlantic Council in Washington on Wednesday that Beijing “cannot expect the global community to respect its appeals to the principles
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is urging China to use its “special relationship with Russia” to persuade Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Yellen said at the Atlantic Council in Washington on Wednesday that Beijing “cannot expect the global community to respect its appeals to the principles
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