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Month: September 2024

Central Oregon Center for the Arts receives $25,000 grant from Oregon Cultural Trust

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A grant of $25,000 was awarded to the Central Oregon Center for the Arts by the Oregon Cultural Trust as part of that organization’s Cultural Development Grant Program. The grant will support COCA in its mission to enhance the cultural landscape of Central Oregon by providing a state-of-the-art facility for entertainment, artistic expression,

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EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year’s Ohio derailment

Associated Press The way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last year makes it hard for residents to know the full extent of the contamination they have been exposed to that they worry could increase their risk of cancer. A new Associated Press analysis

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Accused drug dealer arrested in killings of 2 confidential police informants, police in Indiana say

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An accused drug dealer has been arrested in the killings of two confidential police informants whose bodies were stashed in trash bags and dumped in a northeastern Indiana river. Authorities say the 29-year-old man was expected to be formally charged Wednesday with murder. He was arrested Monday in Richmond, Indiana, 73

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In effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm

Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board — something he denies. Tuesday’s announcement comes as more North Carolina Republicans disturbed by

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Valley woman journeying to Ecuador to help those in need of prosthetics

KNXV, LESLIE MARTINEZ, ROMPGLOBAL.ORG, RANGE OF MOTION PROJECT, @LMOPCLIMBFORPATIENTS, INSTAGRAM, SECURE.QGIV.COM, CNN, Leslie Martinez, rompglobal.org, Range of Motion Project, @lmopclimbforpatients/Instagram, secure.qgiv.com By Web Staff and Cameron Polom Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX, Arizona (KNXV) — A Valley woman is preparing to hike to the top of the second-tallest peak in Ecuador to

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Tennessee football’s 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will follow

AP Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The quiet part about the evolving landscape of name, image and likeness compensation in college athletics was bound to be said out loud, and it wasn’t that shocking when Tennessee’s athletic department stepped forward, cleared its collective throat and stated the obvious. A week has passed since the

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Judge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care

Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect workers seeking abortions and fertility care. In a sharply worded order framed as protecting religious freedoms, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor, of North Dakota, granted a preliminary injunction Monday. He says the

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José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero admite que “facilitó” la salida de González Urrutia de Venezuela

Belén Liotti (CNN Español) –– Durante más de dos semanas, el expresidente del Gobierno de España, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, ha sido el protagonista de varios rumores que lo situaban como posible mediador de la salida del candidato presidencial Edmundo González de Venezuela. Esta es una versión que él mismo confirmó este martes tras varias

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