Well, our local NOAA prognosticator, Larry, stepped outside earlier today, and saw his shadow. Hmmm, looks like winter is not done for our area. #orwx#wawx#larrychicken
My last story for OPB:
Portlanders have long been obsessed with Mayor Ted Wheeler's texts. But for years, thousands of messages were out of reach.
Here's how they went missing — and why some experts say the city has broken Oregon's public records law.
https://t.co/QEb4taVFVe
You can see how individual counties voted on state contests on the SOS website. Let's just say there were some disparities on how counties voted on this measure. https://t.co/POuFaNPf0m.
On Sunday, clocks will "fall back" for the annual gain of an hour. But Oregon wishes it wasn't so — the state has been trying for years to move to permanent daylight saving time. What's ticking behind why we're still changing our clocks, by @mmcuthill: https://t.co/sUrr92keIH
The Portland @ThornsFC and their fans are celebrating their 2022 @NWSL Championship win at a rally hosted at Providence Park. @OregonGovBrown gave opening remarks, followed by GM @karinaleblanc, and Sen. @JeffMerkley The full story will be on @OPB.
The Nakia Creek Fire burning on Larch Mountain has more than doubled in size since it began Sunday night near the border between Clark and Skamania counties. https://t.co/W0m7yEANtR
A jury has awarded a woman who sued the city of Portland over police use of force at a 2020 protest $40,272, agreeing police used unreasonable force against her and committed battery.
https://t.co/flK8UKXOMB
Mean Girls was always a metaphor for wildfire prevention: The Burn Book was a contained fire until it spread out of control and caused mass destruction
The investigation was commissioned after former NWSL players came forward with allegations of harassment and sexual coercion involving a former Portland Thorns coach. https://t.co/I7o2tSZEBv
Oregon's newly appointed public defense commission just voted 6-2 to fire Steve Singer, executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services. Singer's removal is the culmination of a tumultuous week for the state's public defense system.
Pacific Northwest officials are investigating abuse at facilities that run treatment programs for children. The move comes after a litany of reports of widespread abuse and neglect stretching back years. https://t.co/oudUZDGtLC
An effort to rename Lane County as Kalapuya County is again underway with critics noting Joseph Lane's pro-slavery sentiments and actions against Native Americans don't align with today's values. https://t.co/YQOuLNN9Hd
People gathered at the @PDXJapaneseGdn Wednesday night to remember former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated last week while giving a speech in Nara, Japan.
My story for @OPB
https://t.co/4GsIsrJWDR
“If we went positive for avian I think we would go under,” said Cameron Gunther.
Poultry owners like Gunther are making hard choices after Oregon's Dept. of Agriculture issued a regional quarantine for avian flu for Deschutes County this week. By @JDiep2: https://t.co/URUrpBiGNv
“If we went positive for avian I think we would go under,” said Cameron Gunther.
Poultry owners like Gunther are making hard choices after Oregon's Dept. of Agriculture issued a regional quarantine for avian flu for Deschutes County this week. By @JDiep2: https://t.co/URUrpBiGNv
There's a lot from our conversation last month that holds up well, when it comes to understanding the long-term evolutionary trajectory this virus is on, and what that means for us humans. https://t.co/JWPDWAJ4kT