National Travel and Tourism Week shines a spotlight on the essential role that travel plays in driving economic growth and innovation, cultivating vibrant communities, creating quality job opportunities, stimulating business activity and elevating the quality of life for everyday Americans.
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Gov. Tina Kotek ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown at half-staff immediately Monday in honor and remembrance of the victims of the horrific tragedy in Allen, Texas.
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — There was no mourning tent for 23-year-old Palestinian Zuhair al-Ghaleeth. There were no banners with his portrait, no chants celebrating his martyrdom. Instead, a bulldozer dropped his bullet-riddled body into an unmarked grave, witnesses said. The day after six masked Palestinian gunmen shot and killed
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez Gaza y Jerusalén (CNN) — Tres comandantes de la Yihad Islámica se encontraban entre las al menos 13 personas muertas en los ataques de aviones y helicópteros israelíes contra múltiples objetivos en Gaza a primera hora de este martes. Tras los ataques aéreos israelíes que mataron a tres de sus comandantes en Gaza,
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Forestry and other fire prevention experts urge the public to exercise caution when disposing of yard debris this spring. With fires already occurring in the state, particularly in the Southwest and Central Oregon District, Oregonians need to keep fire prevention at the top of their mind. Now
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been calling CEOs and business leaders to discuss the consequences of brinkmanship around the debt ceiling, according to a source familiar with the matter. The calls come on the heels of Yellen’s message to Congress that the United States could default on its obligations as
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Ridgeview High School is one of 22 high schools and four middle schools in the state receiving recognition as a high-achieving leadership program. Ridgeview was awarded with a Silver Council Award at the Oregon Association of Student Councils Spring Leadership Conference on May 1.
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The first British minister visiting Hong Kong in five years said his country will not “duck” its historic responsibilities to people living in its former colony while engaging with China in areas they share common interests. The remarks by Dominic Johnson were published in the South
Continue ReadingBy LUKE OLSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Marcus Semien has seen it plenty of times: When a starting pitcher loses a no-hitter late in the game, his shutout often slips away, too. “It’s kind of a deflating blow once you give up a hit,” he said. Semien ended Logan Gilbert’s bid for a perfect
Continue ReadingBy MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are clinging to a one-seat Pennsylvania House majority but that could change when voters fill a suburban Philadelphia vacancy next week. At stake in the Delaware County special election is whether freshman Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro will have at least one chamber to aid his
Continue ReadingBy WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian officials say security measures are keeping the peace in a remote northeastern state where 60 people were killed and 35,000 civilians were displaced by rioting and ethnic clashes last week. Manipur state’s chief minister said Monday around 230 people were injured and about 1,700 houses
Continue ReadingOscar Holland, CNN A wristwatch once owned by China’s last emperor, Aisin-Gioro Puyi, is expected to fetch over $3 million when it goes on sale in Hong Kong this month. The eye-watering valuation is partly due to the rarity of the Patek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune, one of just eight known to exist. But
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rookie Jake Irvin struck out five in 6 1/3 innings and earned his first career victory, leading the Washington Nationals to a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night. The 26-year-old right-hander limited the Giants to four hits and was backed by a
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Adam Krynicki, executive director of the Oregon State University-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab, will step down from his position to join the University of Washington as digital innovation and asset manager.
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani had a pair of RBI doubles, Brandon Drury drove in the go-ahead run with a triple in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 6-4 victory over the Houston Astros. Taylor Ward had three hits and Hunter Renfroe homered
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung, CNN Friends and family of Australian television anchor Cheng Lei renewed calls for her release from detention in China, 1,000 days after she was taken into custody on espionage charges — a move that has cast a black mark on the two countries’ already tense relationship. Cheng, a former business anchor for
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Christian Walker crushed a 459-foot solo homer and added an RBI double, Zac Gallen threw seven quality innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Miami Marlins 5-2. Walker got the scoring started in the fourth with a double into the left-center gap off Miami starter Braxton
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Commute Options of Bend is holding its ‘Walk & Roll Challenge’ for students who can win prizes for logging their walks or bike rides to school. Adults can also turn in their car-free trips to win their own rewards through Get There Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy ANNA FURMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Doe-eyed dachshunds, push-faced French bulldogs and other nonsporting breeds circle the hallowed rings. A bracco Italiano receives a jowl massage. Spaniels get blow-dried. Everyone is prepping — lovingly, meticulously — for a hoped-for big moment. With more than 3,000 dogs competing this week at the annual
Continue ReadingCNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Kosta Gak, and Peter Rudden, CNN In this vacant and damaged village, news of Russia’s evacuation of occupied towns along the southern front cannot come soon enough. Ukrainian-held Mala Tokmachka, just over a mile (2 kilometers) from Russian-held territory in the Zaporizhzhia region, has been left ghostly and
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