August 25, 2021 'Crisis teams' sent to hard-hit COVID hospitals in Oregon Oregon will deploy "crisis teams" of hundreds of nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics and nursing assistants to regions of the state hardest hit by a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations that have stretched hospitals to the limit, Gov. Kate Brown said Wednesday.
August 24, 2021 Oregon governor announces statewide outdoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday that she is imposing a statewide outdoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status.
August 24, 2021 Oregon woman wielding machete and ax attempted to kidnap boy, police say A machete- and ax-wielding Oregon woman was arrested Sunday after attempting to kidnap a 6-year-old boy, threatening his parents with the weapons and hurling racial slurs at the family, authorities said.
August 22, 2021 Antifa members throw explosives, disperse chemical spray in violent Portland riots The riot came on the one-year anniversary of clashes between right-wing and Antifa rioters outside of Multnomah County Justice Center.
August 19, 2021 Connecticut, Oregon mandate vaccinations for staff at K-12 schools this fall As the fall season is ramping up for school districts across the country, some students will be required to wear personal protective face masks amid the rise of the delta coronavirus variant, including those in Connecticut and Oregon.
August 18, 2021 Portland firefighter charged in kidnapping 'to teach a lesson’ for alleged burglary of his marijuana shop An off-duty Portland, Ore., firefighter and his accomplices beat the man who allegedly burglarized his marijuana dispensary and locked him in a storage container in an effort to teach him a lesson, prosecutors said.
August 14, 2021 Some COVID deaths are linked to Western wildfires, study shows As wildfires continue to tear through the western U.S., scientists reported that particulate matter from the blazes has been linked to an excess of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
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.