August 14, 2021 Western wildfires threaten thousands of homes, strain resources A month-old wildfire burning through forest lands in Northern California menaced a small lumber town as blazes across Western states strained resources and threatened thousands of homes.
August 14, 2021 Civics teacher blasts school districts weakening proficiency requirements, says kids need high standards U.S. high school teacher Jeremy Adams sounded off Friday about several Democrat-led states and counties weakening academic curriculums through changes like no longer docking late assignments, eliminating honors classes and instructing educators to reconsider “preconceived biases” about mathematics.
August 12, 2021 Northwest sees more sizzling temperatures as heat wave hits much of US Volunteers and county employees set up cots and stacked hundreds of bottles of water in an air-conditioned cooling center in a vacant building in Portland, Oregon, one of many such places being set up as the Northwest sees another stretch of sizzling temperatures.
August 12, 2021 Greg Gutfeld: Oregon is the latest state to decide reading, writing and math are racist Greg Gutfeld slammed Oregon for lowering its education requirements, saying the move was ultimately racist.
August 11, 2021 Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave People in the Pacific Northwest braced for another major, multiday heat wave starting Wednesday, just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people when temperatures soared to 116 degrees Fahrenheit (47 Celsius).
August 11, 2021 Jonathan Turley: Oregon, others ditch standardized tests -- it's our kids who will be hurt most Students who can’t read or do basic arithmetic are being sent out into society or even to college to fail somewhere else. Anywhere other than the traditional public school.
August 11, 2021 Portland homicides reach highest level since 1994 Tuesday’s violence in Portland upped the total homicide count so far this year to at least 58 people killed, making 2021 the most deadly year for the liberal city on record in more than 25 years.
August 10, 2021 Oregon lowering education standards for minority students enabling ‘school to prison pipeline’: Maj Toure Oregon schools are no longer requiring reading and math as standards for graduation which is only feeding the American crisis of under-education leading to future incarceration, "Black Guns Matter" founder Maj Toure argued on "ӣƵ Primetime."
August 10, 2021 Oregon reinstates indoor mask mandate, will require some state employees to get vaccinated Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Tuesday that she will re-implement a statewide indoor mask mandate for all residents regardless of their vaccination status as part of a new effort to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases.
August 10, 2021 Portland shooting at homeless camp turns deadly, with police overwhelmed by homicide surge A shooting at a homeless camp in Portland early Tuesday prompted a heavy police response – as authorities say at least two people were killed and several others were wounded.