climate action
The march to City Hall marked the first of what organizers hope will be many more in-person gatherings to rally for action to reduce burning fossil fuels and emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases.
The gesture and comments combined have riled residents. Some said even if they considered the comments genuine, they were still a bungled and offensive comparison.
“I don’t know that we have determined any of these were intentionally set and we definitely don’t know the cause of this one yet,” Portland Fire and Rescue investigator Rob Garrison said.
“This is not equity. This is not being inclusive. This is not taking into account what people are feeling or thinking,” PCC Director Tiffani Penson said. “What is equity is us continuing to provide education opportunity, vaccination clinics and the conversation, and treating people with dignity and respect.”
But Madeline Herrmann with the U. S Forest Service said that, even after firefighters fully contain the complex, those fires will still smolder for months. “Rain has come and that has helped us so much, and the snow will come and help us a little bit more,” Hermann said.
Instead of moving forward with a revamped contract with Downtown Portland Clean & Safe, Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty said Thursday she wants to extend the current agreement for at least one year while the city addresses deeper concerns.
With students and staff contracting COVID-19 at schools across the state, officials try varying levels of quarantining as a means of keeping the virus from spreading even further.
Authorities say a former employee with the state Employment Security Department was arrestedand charged with defrauding the government of at least $360,000 in jobless benefits
After three days of testimony, a grand jury has determined that a police officer’s use of force was justified when he killed a man who appeared to be armed and experiencing a mental health crisis.
In rural areas, hospitals and clinics are worried they'll be left short if some staff quit rather than get COVID-19 vaccines required by the Biden administration's new mandate.
The disappearance of Gabby Petito has drawn a frenzy of coverage and brought new attention to a phenomenon known as “missing white woman syndrome.”
President Joe Biden is losing support among critical groups in his political base as a Democratic-controlled Washington struggles to deliver on core campaign promises
Sunday's federal election will determine who will follow Merkel, who has served as Germany's chancellor for 16 years. The country's next government is expected to be a coalition of three parties.
Military academy students say that 10 years after the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell," there is wide acceptance of gays, lesbians and bisexuals, but that work remains
On this week's episode, OPB political reporters Dirk VanderHart and Sam Stites break down a wild week in Salem in which lawmakers struggled to find consensus on new political lines.
Growth in Deschutes County continues to outpace the rest of the state. But as places like Bend continue to boom, how can the county grow responsibly? We hear details from Ben Gordon, the executive director of Central Oregon LandWatch, and Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang.
Malheur County commissioners have passed an emergency declaration for the county in response to Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccination mandate for state workers, healthcare workers, and K-12 employees.
