After Saturday's 45-0 scalding of UConn, are the Bulldogs really that good, or is UConn really that bad? Perhaps a little of both. Fresno State's passing game lit up the Huskies' defense. And, you might as well call them UCnn, because there was no "o" in their game. The next...
Oregon Just Decriminalized All Drugs. Here’s Why Voters Passed Groundbreaking Reform
Oregon became the first U.S. state to decriminalize the possession of all drugs on Nov. 3, 2020. Measure 110, a ballot initiative funded by the Drug Policy Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group backed in part by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, passed with more than 58% of the vote. Possessing heroin, cocaine,...
Protesters Set Booby Traps as Large Portland Standoff Stretches Into 3rd Day
PORTLAND, Ore. — A gentrification protest in Oregon's largest city that has blockaded several city blocks in Portland entered its third day Thursday as demonstrators dressed in black and wearing ski masks shored up their makeshift barriers aimed at keeping police out. The fencing, lumber and other roadblocking material first...
4 Massive Oregon Dams to be Demolished for Fish Under Revived Agreement
PORTLAND, Ore. — An agreement announced Tuesday paves the way for the largest dam demolition in U.S. history, a project that promises to reopen hundreds of miles of waterway along the Oregon-California border to salmon that are critical to tribes but have dwindled to almost nothing in recent years. If...
Oregon Leads the Way in Decriminalizing Hard Drugs
SALEM, Ore. — In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offenses, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other hard drugs. “Today’s victory is a landmark declaration that the time has come to stop criminalizing...
Young Gray Wolf From California Spotted in Oregon
SAN FRANCISCO — A young member of California’s only known gray wolf pack has left the state and ventured into Oregon, wildlife officials said. The male wolf, dubbed LAS13M, traveled to Lake County, Oregon, in early October and has remained there, according to a July-through-September report from the state Department...
Feds Explored Possibly Charging Portland Officials in Unrest
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland, Oregon after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators, a department spokesperson said Thursday. The revelation that federal officials researched whether they could levy criminal...
Winds a Worry as Death Toll Reaches 35 From West Coast Fires
BEAVERCREEK, Ore. — Nearly all the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, authorities said over the weekend as crews battled wildfires that have killed at least 35 from California to Washington state. The flames up and down the West Coast...
Fires Raise Fight Over Climate Change Before Trump’s Visit
BEAVERCREEK, Ore. — With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West Coast in smoke, another fight has emerged: leaders in the Democratic-led states and President Donald Trump have clashed over the role of climate change ahead of his visit Monday to...
‘Evacuate Now:’ Oregon Wildfires Grow as 500K Told To Flee
SALEM, Ore. — Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee encroaching flames while residents to the south tearfully assessed their losses. The number of people ordered to evacuate statewide because of fires rose to an estimated 500,000 — more...