A United Airlines flight that took off on Friday morning from San Francisco International Airport landed in Oregon missing an external panel, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The panel was found to be missing after the plane, a Boeing 737-800, landed safely at its scheduled destination at Rogue Valley International Medford Airport in Oregon and […]
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Oregon Decriminalized Drugs. Voters Now Regret It.
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Read MoreShafiqah Hudson, Who Fought Trolls on Social Media, Dies at 46
Shafiqah Hudson was looking for a job in early June of 2014, toggling between Twitter and email, when she noticed an odd hashtag that was surging on the social media platform: #EndFathersDay. The posters claimed to be Black feminists, but they had laughable handles like @NayNayCan’tStop and @CisHate and @LatrineWatts; they declared they wanted to […]
Read More‘I’m Matt.’ For Some Politicians, Addiction Battles Drive Policymaking.
Around a long wooden table at San Francisco City Hall, nine people battling drug addiction swapped news on a recent Friday. One woman got a new job for a tax preparation firm and said she hoped staying busy would distract her from her alcohol cravings. A man said his mother was dying and he was […]
Read MoreCould Your Cat Give You the Plague?
Officials in Deschutes County, Ore., announced last week that a local resident had been diagnosed with the plague — and that the resident had probably been infected by a pet cat. The cat, which was symptomatic, died from the infection, but the human patient is currently recovering, said Emily Horton, a public health program manager […]
Read MoreBob Moore, Who Founded Bob’s Red Mill, Is Dead at 94
Bob Moore, the grandfatherly entrepreneur who, with his wife, Charlee, leveraged an image of organic heartiness and wholesome Americana to turn the artisanal grain company Bob’s Red Mill into a $100 million dollar-a-year business, died on Saturday at his home in Milwaukie, Ore. He was 94. His death was announced by the company, which did […]
Read MoreLiberals Love Ranked-Choice Voting. Will Republicans?
Long viewed as an intriguing, if somewhat wonky, approach to conducting elections, ranked-choice voting — allowing voters to list candidates in order of preference instead of selecting just one — appears to be having a moment. Across the country, voters have adopted the system for municipal and county elections in each of the last 27 […]
Read MoreAshes Were Given to His Family. But He Wasn’t Dead.
The first sign that Tyler Chase got that he might be dead came at a convenience store. He had food stamps, but his benefit card didn’t work. The next sign was when he contacted Oregon state officials, who told him that a death certificate had been filed in his name. Then, weeks later, came the […]
Read MoreOregon’s Decriminalized Drugs Debate Is Full of High Stakes
In February 2021, Oregon decriminalized possession of small amounts of all drugs, via a ballot initiative known as Measure 110. The idea was to treat addiction as a public health problem, based on overwhelming evidence that jailing people for having small amounts of drugs for personal use is both ineffective and counterproductive. Since then, decriminalization […]
Read MoreCourt to Oregon Republicans: That Stupid Boycott Is Going to Cost You
Targeting Carroll specifically is what ultimately landed Trump in legal trouble, Kaplan explained. In her deposition, Carroll alleged she had also been assaulted by television executive Les Moonves in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s. In 2018, multiple other women accused Moonves of sexual assault. He stepped down as CEO of CBS and denied all of […]
Read MoreOregon Republicans Who Staged That Stupid Boycott Can’t Run for Reelection
Targeting Carroll specifically is what ultimately landed Trump in legal trouble, Kaplan explained. In her deposition, Carroll alleged she had also been assaulted by television executive Les Moonves in Los Angeles in the mid-1990s. In 2018, multiple other women accused Moonves of sexual assault. He stepped down as CEO of CBS and denied all of […]
Read MoreF.A.A. Tells Airlines to Check Door Plugs on a Boeing 737-900ER
The Federal Aviation Administration recommended late Sunday night that airlines begin visual inspections of door plugs installed on Boeing 737-900ER planes, the second Boeing model to come under scrutiny this month. The F.A.A. said the plane has the same door plug design as the 737 Max 9, which had 171 jets from its fleet grounded […]
Read MoreCalifornia and Oregon Ease Covid Isolation Rules, Breaking With C.D.C.
From the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been doctor’s orders in this country: If you test positive, stay away from other people, even if you aren’t coughing or feverish. In recent months, however, that rule has been relaxed in two of the unlikeliest places. Oregon and California, among the most cautious of states […]
Read MoreBill Beard Was a Good Man. Then He Committed a Terrible Crime.
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Read MoreBlack Teen Saves Baby After Parents Shocked To Death In Tragic Accident
NewsOne Featured Video Source: jose1983 / Getty Let’s start by saying Maijah Washington is an American hero. The Oregon Black woman is being celebrated for saving a baby’s life after three family members related to the young infant were killed by a collapsed power line on Jan. 17. The tragic incident happened during an icy winter […]
Read MoreWinter Storm Brings a Brutal Mix of Snow, Bitter Cold and Rain Across U.S.
Residents in Billings, Mont., woke up to a temperature of minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit. In Des Moines, homeowners were digging out snow from a blizzard and facing wind gusts of 45 miles per hour. Towns and cities along the East Coast were bracing for possible flooding from yet more rain. And communities near the Gulf […]
Read MoreOregon Supreme Court Lets Trump Stay on Primary Ballot, for Now
Oregon’s Supreme Court said on Friday that former President Donald J. Trump could remain on the state’s 2024 primary election ballot, at least for now. The court opted to defer any decision on the merits of his eligibility until after the U.S. Supreme Court considers a similar challenge out of Colorado. Challengers have filed lawsuits […]
Read MoreAlaska Airlines Passengers on the Frightful Minutes Aboard Flight 1282
It felt like an explosion. Then the plane rattled, the oxygen masks dropped, and the lights flickered. A white vapor whipped through the cabin. Some people yelled. Others were disoriented. So began the harrowing minutes aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, when a door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after […]
Read MoreU.S. Awards Chip Supplier $162 Million to Bolster Critical Industries
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to provide $162 million in federal grants to Microchip Technology, an Arizona-based semiconductor company that supplies the automotive, defense and other industries. The agreement is the second award announced under a new program intended to help ensure that American companies that rely on semiconductors have a stable supply. […]
Read MoreThe Eugene Weekly Halts Publication After Employee’s Embezzlement
A weekly newspaper in Oregon abruptly stopped publishing and laid off all of its workers after an employee embezzled tens of thousands of dollars and left months of bills unpaid, its editor said. The newspaper, The Eugene Weekly, announced on Thursday that it would stop printing after it discovered financial problems, including money not being […]
Read MoreTrump’s Team Prepares to File Challenges on Ballot Decisions Soon
Former President Donald J. Trump’s advisers are preparing as soon as Tuesday to file challenges to decisions in Colorado and Maine to disqualify Mr. Trump from the Republican primary ballot because of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the matter. In Maine, the challenge to the secretary […]
Read MoreGiant Waves and Rain Forecast for California Coast
Rain, coastal flooding and waves as tall as 30 feet were expected along parts of the West Coast on Friday, a day after giant waves pummeled the California shoreline and prompted some evacuation warnings. More than six million people in coastal areas of California and Oregon were under high surf warnings overnight, as breaking waves […]
Read MoreSnow Shortages Are Plaguing the West’s Mountains
With gusts of wind howling around Mount Ashland’s vacant ski lodge this week, Andrew Gast watched from a window as a brief snowfall dusted the landscape. It was not nearly enough. The ski area’s parking lot remained largely empty. On the slopes, manzanita bushes and blades of grass were poking through patches of what little […]
Read MorePortland Teachers’ Strike Ends After More Than Three Weeks
The News The union representing teachers, counselors and other school employees in Portland, Ore., reached a tentative deal with the city’s public school district on Sunday, ending a strike that has kept nearly 45,000 students out of classes for more than three weeks in Oregon’s largest district. Background: The fight was over pay, class sizes […]
Read MorePortland Teachers’ Strike Ends After More Than Three Weeks
The News The union representing teachers, counselors and other school employees in Portland, Ore., reached a tentative deal with the city’s public school district on Sunday, ending a strike that has kept nearly 45,000 students out of classes for more than three weeks in Oregon’s largest district. Background: The fight was over pay, class sizes […]
Read MoreWhat We Know About the Mysterious Respiratory Illness Affecting Dogs
A mysterious respiratory illness that has been sickening dogs continues to spread across the United States while veterinarians try to determine its causes and the best methods for treating it. The symptoms are similar to kennel cough, an upper respiratory infection, but can last much longer and, in some cases, prove fatal, according to veterinarians. […]
Read More‘Is This Hell?’ The Pilot Accused of Trying to Crash a Plane Tells His Story.
Mr. Emerson, who has pleaded not guilty, said he had no intention of hurting anyone that day. Instead, he said, he was desperate to awaken from a hallucinogenic state that had consumed him since taking psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier, during a weekend getaway with friends to commemorate the death of his best friend. It […]
Read More‘I Don’t Have To Like Black People’: Racist ‘Karen’ Caught Shoplifting Punches Security Guard, Cops Say
NewsOne Featured Video Source: General / Radio One A violent and racist Karen with a lengthy criminal record was arrested in Portland, Oregon, last week after she punched a Black security guard and called him the n-word after he blocked her from leaving the store she had just shoplifted from. It’s a swift reminder that […]
Read MorePilot Who Disrupted Flight Said He Had Taken Psychedelic Mushrooms, Complaint Says
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off the engines during a flight on Sunday told investigators that he thought he was having a nervous breakdown at the time and had consumed psychedelic mushrooms, court documents said. In an interview with the police after he was taken into custody, the pilot, Joseph D. […]
Read MoreOregon’s Ōkta Is A Sterling Reminder Of How Fine Dining Is Better In Real Life Than In The Movies
When ōkta opened in McMinnville, Oregon in the summer of 2022, it instantly thrilled lovers of fine dining. Michelin-starred chef Matthew Lightner’s commitment to farming, foraging, and elevated culinary techniques have earned him widespread acclaim and his new restaurant was to be a love letter to his home state. So it’s no surprise that ōkta, […]
Read MoreTwo Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.
Steve Huckins, a native of Oregon, was preparing to move across the country when he went on Facebook to post a goodbye letter of sorts to his home state. “I had planned to die here,” Mr. Huckins, 59, wrote. “It’s a beautiful state. The mountains, the lakes, the rivers, the beaches. All are overshadowed by […]
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