Oregon Capitol quiet so far, despite arrival of armed demonstrators
The capitol in Salem was on guard for violence in the run-up to Tuesday's presidential inauguration.
The capitol in Salem was on guard for violence in the run-up to Tuesday's presidential inauguration.
As educators around Oregon await new school-reopening guidance, a teachers union in Woodburn is planning a memorial Monday to honor those lost to COVID-19 – and highlight the risk in returning to in-person instruction.
The University of Portland reported that it was a staff member previously diagnosed with COVID-19 who had been found to have been infected with the U.K. variant.
There's still a lot up in the air, but now the real planning can start.
The FBI informed state legislators across the country to brace for large protests being planned in state capitals in the run-up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The Oregon Department of Corrections say two inmates at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla have died in the past week after testing positive for COVID-19.
War-like imagery has begun to take hold in Republican circles, erupting into the open after the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
In separate incidents over the weekend, police arrested a 63-year-old woman who claimed to be an officer and a 22-year-old man carrying a firearm, high capacity magazines and unregistered ammunition.
Heavily fortified statehouses around the U.S. are seeing small and peaceful protests, despite widespread fears of another burst of right-wing violence like the attack on the Capitol in Washington.
President-elect Joe Biden will deliver an appeal to national unity when he's sworn in Wednesday and plans immediate moves to combat the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.
At the moment President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Wednesday, the National Archives and Records Administration will take custody of Donald Trump’s presidential records.
Curious Northwest
Oregon was the only state in the U.S. that had racist ideologies written into its constitution at its founding. But now these racist foundations, which Oregon and the nation were built on, are beginning to crack.
A spokesman for the city transportation bureau says fewer people drove in 2020, but those that did went faster.
State capitals have been warned of potential armed protests and violence in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. We hear from reporters in Virginia, Michigan and Oregon about threats and preparations in each of those states.