Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked road near Sea-Tac airport plead not guilty
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport…
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked road near Sea-Tac airport plead not guilty
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — More than three dozen pro-Palestinian protesters accused of blocking a main road into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport…
Continue ReadingRon DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump…
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AAA expects second-busiest Memorial Day travel weekend on record; Bend again the top regional destination
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Memorial Day 2024 is expected to be the second busiest on record, AAA said Monday. AAA projects 43.8 million Americans…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court denies California’s appeal for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin prison
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico forges rule for treatment and reuse of oil-industry fracking water amid protests
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Environmental officials in the nation’s No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking…
Continue ReadingInvestigators continue search for the hit-and-run boater who killed a 15-year-old girl in Florida
MIAMI (AP) — Investigators continue to search for the boater who fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach and fled without…
Continue ReadingUS calls on Iran to halt unprecedented weapons transfers to Yemen’s Houthis for attacks on ships
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is calling on Iran to halt its transfer of an “unprecedented”…
Continue ReadingFamilies suing over 2021 jet fuel leak into Navy drinking water in Hawaii seek $225K to $1.25M
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A lawyer representing U.S. military families suing over a 2021 jet fuel leak into a…
Continue ReadingFeds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health, developmental disabilities
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island Zachary Cunha said Monday that Rhode Island violated…
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Two prescribed burns completed three miles south of Sisters and five miles east of Sunriver
On Monday, after successful test fires, firefighters on the Deschutes National Forest began prescribed burn operations on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger…
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Oregon Dept. of Revenue: Taxpayers hit by TurboTax error can cut bill or boost refund by filing amended return
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — About 12,000 Oregon taxpayers who used TurboTax to prepare their 2023 federal and state tax returns may be able to reduce…
Continue ReadingUS assesses Israel has amassed enough troops to launch full-scale incursion into Rafah, officials say
By MJ Lee and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has assessed that Israel has amassed enough troops on the edge of the city of…
Continue ReadingScientists say they’ve discovered a ‘phonetic alphabet’ in whale calls
By Mindy Weisberger (CNN) — Scientists have accomplished a whale of a feat. They’ve identified previously unknown complexity in whale…
Continue ReadingCargo ship will ‘hopefully’ be refloated this week after explosives remove some Baltimore bridge wreckage from vessel
By Nicole Grether, Gloria Pazmino and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The trapped cargo ship Dali will “hopefully” be refloated this week after…
Continue ReadingAfter nine years of court oversight, Albuquerque Police now in full compliance with reforms
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say the Albuquerque Police Department is now in full compliance with reforms ordered by the U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingKentucky governor to speak out against strict abortion ban in neighboring Tennessee
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is planning a trip to Tennessee next month to speak out…
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Oregon DOJ won’t bring criminal charges in OLCC managers’ rare bourbon set-asides, but ethics probe pending
In a letter to Governor Tina Kotek Monday, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced that, after thoroughly investigating allegations that…
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No criminal charges in rare liquor probe at Oregon alcohol agency, state report says
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor probe that shook Oregon’s alcohol…
Continue ReadingNo criminal charges in rare liquor probe at Oregon alcohol agency, state report says
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor probe that shook Oregon’s alcohol…
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