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Month: October 2023

Colorado train derails, spilling train cars and coal onto a highway and trapping a semi-truck driver

Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado State Patrol says a train derailment and bridge collapse has spewed coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, trapping a semi-truck driver beneath the wreckage. Police say efforts were underway to rescue the truck driver, although police did not immediately know the driver’s condition

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Oregon delegation, governor announce federal disaster declaration for 2018-20 Chinook salmon commercial fisheries

WASHINGTON – Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, with Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined a fishery disaster for 2018, 2019, and 2020 Oregon Chinook salmon ocean commercial fisheries in the state.   This determination, championed by the Oregon delegation,

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Oregon arts and culture industry generated $829 million in economic impact in FY 2022, study says

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s arts and culture sector contributed $829 million to Oregon’s economy in fiscal year 2022, according to the latest Arts & Economic Prosperity study from Americans for the Arts. Released last Thursday, the findings of Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) include data from 19 Oregon regions and communities. Oregon’s study was supported

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El “metro de Gaza”: la misteriosa red de túneles subterráneos utilizada por Hamas

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los innumerables túneles bajo Gaza son más conocidos como pasadizos utilizados para introducir mercancías de contrabando desde Egipto y lanzar ataques contra Israel. Sin embargo, existe una segunda red subterránea a la que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) se refieren coloquialmente como el “metro de Gaza”. Se trata de

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