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Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade Grand Marshal is Greg McKelvey
McKelvey is the band director at Battle Ground High School
New Police Oversight Board Still On Track Despite Challenges, A Trip to Court
But advisory committee members say they’re left in the dark about the progress of city code they helped form.
Maxine Dexter, Janelle Bynum, Dan Reyfield and Elizabeth Steiner secure nominations; other races too soon to call.
AP Decision Notes: What to Expect in Oregon's Primaries
Oregon has multiple hotly contested primaries upcoming, as well as some that will set the stage for high-profile races in November. Oregon's 5th Congressional District is home to one of the top Democratic primaries in the country.
First Meeting of Transportation Committee Statewide Tour to be at Portland Community College
The public is invited to testify at the Portland meeting of the 12-stop Transportation Safety and Sustainability Outreach Tour ...
Forest Service Waives Recreation Fee for National Get Outdoors Day
National Get Outdoors Day aims to connect Americans with the great outdoors and inspire them to lead healthy, active lifestyles. By...
Acclaimed Portland Author Renée Watson Presents: I See My Light Shining
The event will feature listening stations with excerpts from the digital collection of oral testimonies from extraordinary elders from...
Portland Parks & Recreation’s Summer Free For All Returns for 2024
Parks Local Option Levy brings the city a full slate of free movies, concerts (including pop icon Sheila E), Free Lunch + Play, the...
GFO Library Open on Memorial Day
We are remaining open to give our patrons an opportunity to use the library on a day off from work. ...
Jury deliberations begin in trial of Idaho man charged in triple-murder case
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the case of an Idaho man charged with murdering his wife and his girlfriend's two youngest children in what prosecutors said was a callous scheme for money, power and sex. “Three dead bodies ... and for what?” prosecutor...
Seattle police chief dismissed from top job amid discrimination, harassment lawsuits
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s embattled police chief has been dismissed, Mayor Bruce Harrel said Wednesday. Harrell said at a news conference that he met with Adrian Diaz on Tuesday and they agreed Diaz should step down. He will work on special assignments for the mayor with the...
Duke tops Missouri 4-3 in 9 innings to win first super regional, qualify for first WCWS
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — D'Auna Jennings led off the top of the ninth inning with a home run to end a scoreless pitching duel between Cassidy Curd and Missouri's Laurin Krings and 10th-seeded Duke held on for a wild 4-3 victory over the seventh-seeded Tigers on Sunday in the finale of the...
Mizzou uses combined 2-hitter to beat Duke 3-1 to force decisive game in Columbia Super Regional
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Laurin Krings and two relievers combined on a two-hitter and seventh-seeded Missouri forced a deciding game in the Columbia Super Regional with a 3-1 win over Duke on Saturday. The Tigers (48-17) had three-straight singles in the fourth inning, with Abby Hay...
The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements
Read The Skanner News endorsements and vote today. Candidates for mayor and city council will appear on the November general election ballot. ...
Nation’s Growing Racial and Gender Wealth Gaps Need Policy Reform
Never-married Black women have 8 cents in wealth for every dollar held by while males. ...
Multiple recent announcements from the Biden administration offer new hope for the 43.2 million borrowers hoping to get relief from the onerous burden of a collective
Op-Ed: Why MAGA Policies Are Detrimental to Black Communities
NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court clears the way for the National Rifle Association’s free speech lawsuit against ex-New York official....
Families reclaim the remains of 15 recently identified Greek soldiers killed in Cyprus in 1974
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly a half-century ago were returned to their families on Thursday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service in the capital,...
'Star Trek' actor George Takei is determined to keep telling his Japanese American story
TOKYO (AP) — The incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, including children, labeled enemies during World War II is an historical experience that has traumatized, and galvanized, the Japanese American community over the decades. For George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu...
The Beach Boys, going into the sunset, look back on years of harmony and heartache in documentary
Both the Beach Boys and “The Beach Boys” — the new documentary dropping Friday on Disney+ — are all about blending a range of voices. The three Wilson brothers — Brian, Carl and Dennis — along with cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, brought a harmonic revolution to...
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
NEW YORK (AP) — Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America's food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53. Spurlock died Thursday in New...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 2-8
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 2-8: June 2: Actor Ron Ely (“Tarzan”) is 86. Actor Stacy Keach is 83. Actor-director Charles Haid (“Hill Street Blues”) is 81. Singer Chubby Tavares of Tavares is 80. Film director Lasse Hallstrom (“Chocolat,” “The Cider House...
As Maduro shifts from migration denier to defender, Venezuelans consider leaving if he is reelected
SABANA DE MENDOZA, Venezuela (AP) — One of the most influential politicians in Venezuela once deemed images of...
To recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito on...
Iran opens registration for the June presidential election after Raisi died in a helicopter crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran opened a five-day registration period Thursday for hopefuls wanting to...
UN chief cites the promise and perils of dizzying new technology as 'AI for Good' conference opens
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. telecommunications agency has kicked off its annual AI for Good conference, hoping to...
Biden to make his first state visit to France after attending D-Day 80th commemorations next week
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron's office said Thursday that U.S. President Joe Biden will make his...
Ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran, the group's main benefactor
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack...
