Oregon State Parks recruiting about 250 seasonal park rangers and assistants for 2024
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Parks is not just a beautiful place to visit – it’s also a spectacular place to work. Oregon Parks and…
Continue ReadingNews
White House, tribal leaders hail ‘historic’ deal to restore salmon runs in Pacific Northwest
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration, leaders of four Columbia River Basin tribes and the governors of…
Continue ReadingSmall, nonthreatening balloon intercepted over Utah by NORAD
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small balloon spotted flying high over the mountainous Western United States has been…
Continue ReadingHungary’s Viktor Orban lauds new phase with Sweden ahead of vote on its NATO bid
By Jennifer Hauser and Tara John, CNN (CNN) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his country had opened a new phase with Sweden during…
Continue Reading2 National Guard members die in northeast Mississippi helicopter crash
BALDWYN, Miss. (AP) — Two National Guard members died after a helicopter crashed Friday afternoon during a training flight in northeast…
Continue ReadingCaptured, injured, but undeterred. One soldier’s life fighting for Ukraine
By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — If one man’s story encompassed all two years…
Continue ReadingNCAA infractions committee could discipline administrators tied to violations and ID them publicly
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The NCAA Committee on Infractions has outlined potential penalties for rules violators in leadership positions beyond…
Continue Reading
‘The wolves have moved in’: After Prineville listening session, Bentz plans bill to address wolf-rancher issues
Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., visited the Crook County Fairgrounds in Prineville on Thursday to hold one in a series of listening sessions on the…
Continue ReadingSenators urge Biden to end duty-free treatment for packages valued at less than $800
KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators looking to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the…
Continue ReadingFormer NRA chief Wayne LaPierre misspent gun rights group’s money, owes more than $4M, jury finds
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of…
Continue Reading
Federal class-action lawsuit filed against St. Charles Health System, alleging failure to provide required charity care
Two law firms filed a federal class-action lawsuit Friday against St. Charles Health System, accusing the hospital group of failing to provide the…
Continue Reading$454 million judgment against Trump is finalized, starting clock on appeal in civil fraud case
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The staggering civil fraud judgment against Donald Trump was finalized by…
Continue ReadingStained glass window showing dark-skinned Jesus Christ heading to Memphis museum
WARREN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window in Rhode Island that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with…
Continue ReadingBill headed to South Dakota governor would allow museum’s taxidermy animals to find new homes
By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press South Dakota’s Legislature has made it easier for the city of Sioux Falls to find new…
Continue ReadingCalifornia State University student workers vote to unionize, creating largest such union in country
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Undergraduate student workers at California State University have voted to join a union…
Continue ReadingFlorida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
By TERRY SPENCER Associate Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an…
Continue ReadingMan who uses drones to help hunters recover deer carcasses will appeal verdict he violated laws
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who uses drones to try to locate wounded deer shot by hunters so they can retrieve their carcasses has…
Continue ReadingLouisiana advances a bill expanding death penalty methods in an effort to resume executions
SARA CLINE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In an effort to resume Louisiana’s death row executions that have been paused for 14 years, lawmakers on…
Continue ReadingJudge hands NCAA another loss, says compensation rules likely violate antitrust law, harm athletes
By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge has barred the NCAA from enforcing its rules prohibiting name, image and…
Continue ReadingRatko Mladic Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Ratko Mladic, former leader of the Bosnian Serb army, sentenced to life in prison…
Continue Reading