Four leading Oregon craft beverage producers, including Sunriver Brewing, are once again teaming up with Oregon Parks Forever this summer to raise funds to restore and beautify Oregon’s parks.
Continue ReadingRUSTBURG, Va. (AP) — A court hearing for a Virginia lawmaker facing felony charges in connection with a hit-and-run was postponed this week after the judge failed to show up. Republican Del. Matt Fariss had been set for a bench trial Tuesday afternoon on a misdemeanor reckless driving charge in connection with the March incident
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. They said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven. Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Republican Daniel Cameron has selected state legislator Robby Mills as his running mate in his campaign for governor. Cameron is adding another steadfast conservative to his ticket. Mills has a record of shepherding pro-coal and anti-transgender legislation that fits into Cameron’s campaign themes. Cameron introduced
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Volunteer searchers say they have found 27 corpses in clandestine graves in the border city of Reynosa, across from McAllen, Texas, and that many of them were hacked to pieces. Searchers said Wednesday that some of the corpses were so recently buried that skin with tattoos remained, and that has enabled
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Delve into the beauty and technique of architecture found in everyday life. Explore great Gothic cathedrals of Western Europe and learn the origins of mid-century modern architecture. Find practical know-how for building your perfect salad and get organized with a bullet journaling workshop. Kids can participate in a fort-building workshop, create
Continue ReadingIRMO, S.C. (AP) — Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher told to stop using his book on growing up Black in America in her advanced English class. Mary Wood has taught the lesson before, but after a few of her Chapin High
Continue ReadingBy Regina Ahn Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Delta plane was stuck on the tarmac at Harry Reid International Airport for hours during triple-digit temperatures on Monday. “It was just chaos,” said Krista Garvin, who was on the flight headed to Atlanta. “There was a woman walking
Continue ReadingBy Jaclyn Schultz Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — Nevada joins many states stepping up to help wounded veterans, granting all children of Purple Heart recipients a free college education. The Legislature passed AB 279 and Governor Joe Lombardo signed the bill. Many states give children of wounded combat
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden would seem an unnatural fit for the activists at Netroots Nation, an annual gathering of progressives that was created to harness online rage over George W. Bush’s administration. More recently, it has championed the message of economic populism from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
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The Willamette National Forest said Wednesday it is proposing fee increases at several campgrounds, group campgrounds, cabins and lookouts. Public comments are being sought through mid-September.
Continue ReadingCNN By Vasco Cotovio, Katharina Krebs, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul P. Murphy and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — A video emerged on Wednesday that appears to show Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin greeting his fighters in Belarus, in what would be his first public appearance since he led an armed rebellion in Russia last month. “Welcome guys!
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — La novena edición de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA arrancará este jueves en Auckland con el partido entre Nueva Zelandia, país coanfitrión del torneo, y Noruega. Entre el 20 de julio y el 20 de agosto, 32 selecciones disputarán 64 partidos en 10 sedes diferentes, lo que convierte a la
Continue ReadingBy Vasco Cotovio, Katharina Krebs, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Paul P. Murphy and Allegra Goodwin, CNN (CNN) — A video emerged on Wednesday that appears to show Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin greeting his fighters in Belarus, in what would be his first public appearance since he led an armed rebellion in Russia last month. “Welcome guys! I
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are emerging in Israel’s military. The Middle East’s best equipped and most powerful force is under one of the worst assaults it has encountered — a battle within its own ranks. A contentious government plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary has cleaved deep rifts within Israeli
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych, Mick Krever and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of explosions roared through a Russian ammunition storage facility in occupied Crimea on Wednesday, forcing thousands of residents of nearby areas to flee and prompting leaders there to redirect traffic away from a local highway. Footage showed smoke and flames
Continue ReadingCNN By Olga Voitovych, Mick Krever and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of explosions roared through a Russian ammunition storage facility in occupied Crimea on Wednesday, forcing thousands of residents of nearby areas to flee and prompting leaders there to redirect traffic away from a local highway. Footage showed smoke and flames
Continue ReadingBy Olga Voitovych, Mick Krever and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — A series of explosions roared through a Russian ammunition storage facility in occupied Crimea on Wednesday, forcing thousands of residents of nearby areas to flee and prompting leaders there to redirect traffic away from a local highway. Footage showed smoke and flames rolling
Continue ReadingBy Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — With jackpots reaching ludicrous amounts, lottery pools are quickly flooding offices. At first, they sound like a great idea. Why play alone, when teaming up with your coworkers could improve your odds of hitting the jackpot? But before you either chip in or organize an office pool, experts say
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Prague, Czech Republic (CNN) — It was a rare moment when the publicly visible Kremlin matched the reality behind closed doors. That is according to the head of Britain’s MI6, who in a rare speech in Prague, gave the first confirmation from Western intelligence that private military group Wagner boss
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