Fighting fire with fire to protect ancient sequoia trees
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National…
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Fighting fire with fire to protect ancient sequoia trees
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — With flames advancing toward the signature grove of ancient massive trees in Sequoia National…
Continue ReadingArizona official seeks probe after voter data posted online
PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer is asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich to investigate after voter registration records…
Continue ReadingOne in 538: Map sparks fight over electoral vote in Nebraska
By GRANT SCHULTE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) — Nebraska’s Republican-controlled legislature is considering…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 committee seeking records on Milley’s China calls
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. general’s calls to China are coming under new scrutiny in Congress. The…
Continue ReadingKing County to require vaccine or test for events, eateries
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle and King County officials have issued a health directive requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test to enter…
Continue ReadingFox’s vaccine criticism focuses attention on its own policy
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The criticism by many Fox News personalities of efforts to push COVID vaccines on the public has…
Continue ReadingJane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Powell, who starred in Hollywood golden age musicals, has died. A longtime friend said…
Continue ReadingJane Powell, Hollywood golden-age musicals star, dies at 92
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jane Powell, who starred in Hollywood golden age musicals, has died. A longtime friend said…
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Oregon reports 11 more COVID-19 deaths, 2,242 cases, 1,027 hospitalizations
There are 11 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 3,547, the Oregon Health Authority reported…
Continue ReadingClarence Thomas criticizes judges for veering into politics
By SARA BURNETT Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is criticizing some in the judiciary for veering…
Continue ReadingThorns awarded win and 3 points for forfeited Spirit game
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Washington Spirit’s postponed match against the Portland Thorns has been deemed a forfeit by the National…
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High Desert Education Service District announces 2 new appointments
As part of its continuous quest to enhance region-wide support systems for Central Oregon students, the High Desert Education Service District has…
Continue ReadingWyoming to ask US to lift Yellowstone grizzly protections
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s governor says the state will ask the federal government to remove its…
Continue ReadingFacebook bans German accounts under new ‘social harm’ policy
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Facebook has removed nearly 150 accounts and pages linked to anti-lockdown demonstrators in Germany Thursday under…
Continue ReadingAnother Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Another Texas inmate has had his execution delayed over claims the state is violating his…
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Warm Springs among 12 tribes gaining access to FBI, other national crime info databases
The US Department of Justice said Thursday it has chosen another 12 federally recognized tribes, including the Confederated Tribes of the Warm…
Continue Reading‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ streaming seek Emmy Awards glory
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The miniature statutes given at the Emmy Awards on Sunday can be an outsized boon to egos,…
Continue ReadingEPA strikes deal for cleanup of battery site that burned
CHICAGO (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with a northern Illinois battery company to clean up a warehouse where…
Continue ReadingIllinois hopes ‘better angels’ prevail in Lincoln desk rehab
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has unveiled the hulking…
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