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First Alert: Triple-digit highs expected through Tuesday
It was a hot one out there yesterday! The official temperature at the airport reached 99 degrees, breaking the previous record of 98 degrees set last year. Lows this morning are very warm, in the low 60s in the valley and mid-60s in the metro area. If it doesn’t cool down before sunrise, we will break the overnight low-temperature record of 64 degrees set in 2022. Overnight temperatures will remain warm as we head into hotter weather this weekend, only cooling down to the upper 60s to around 70 degrees for the next several nights until we get some relief from the heatwave midweek next week.
Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council to host meeting, south coast field tour, July 10
The Bureau of Land Management’s Western Oregon Resource Advisory Council will participate in a meeting at the Coos Bay District Office on July 10, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Pacific Time and field tour to the Loon Lake Recreation Site and other public lands in the Coos Bay Area, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT. “We are excited to tour through the coastal forest and visit one of our most popular recreation sites with our advisory council members,” said Heather Whitman, Roseburg...
'Kind of surreal': Barbecue fire in Northeast Portland damages family's home on Fourth of July
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland family was displaced from their home on Northeast 81st and Oregon streets Thursday night after a barbecue fire jumped to the building, spreading through the apartment and into the adjoining units in the triplex. After wrapping up on a large pallet fire less than...
Izzy D’Aquila’s first regular season goal at home lifts Portland Thorns over San Diego Wave
Members of the Portland Thorns have spent time over the course of the last few weeks watching the Olympic gymnastics trials. Inspired by the athletic feats, a group of players fashioned a special celebration to be pulled out if, and when, one of their teammates found the back of the net at Providence Park against the visiting San Diego Wave on Friday night.
Here she is, Miss Oregon: Abigail Hoppe celebrates, and looks forward to Miss America
A night after being crowned Miss Oregon, Abigail Hoppe “finally got some sleep.” The next day, “it feels real,” she told the Portland Tribune. Being Miss Oregon will take some getting used to, but Hoppe will try her best as she prepares for the Miss America contest. “The whole week I had overwhelming feeling of...
Milwaukie Porchfest Returns for Three Fridays of Live Music, July 12–26
The heat wave will end, and when it does, there will be the sweetest li’l porch music festival waiting on the other side. Milwaukie Porchfest started as a small festival during the first pandemic fall of 2020 as a way for people to safely see live music outdoors (and to give bored musicians a gig). But Porchfest was such a smash that this is now the fifth annual iteration of the suburban event, which returns with more than 80 free concerts in neighborhoods across Milwaukie from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Fridays, July 12, 19 and 26.
First Native American homeless shelter in the region opens in Milwaukie
Portland-based Native American Youth and Family Center has opened the first Native American homeless shelter in the region, located in Milwaukie at 2400 SE Willard Street. The two-story transitional shelter for Native families experiencing homelessness will provide residents, who begin arriving soon, access to 24/7 on-site support from Native shelter advocates and professionals. “The official name is kʰwat yaka haws, and that is in the Chinook Wawa language, which is a part of where the original people of this land are from. And that does...
Oregon State Baseball Boosts Pitching with Two Left-Handed Transfers for 2025 Season
Oregon State baseball program boosts its pitching roster for the 2025 season by adding left-handers Max Fraser from Washington and Tanner Douglas from Portland via the transfer portal. Douglas pitched 38 innings, with an ERA of 3.32, 40 strikeouts, and 10 saves in his sophomore season with Portland. Fraser, a...
Ducks countdown to kickoff: At No. 57, an undersized lineman and a Rose Bowl team
The Oregon Ducks start the 2024 season Aug. 31 at home against Idaho. The Oregonian/OregonLive will count down the days with mini-profiles of prominent former and current Ducks whose jersey numbers correspond with the days remaining until the opening kickoff. Today, No. 57: Offensive lineman George Dames and the 1957...
Eugene-based Beyond Toxics highlights risk to food safety after SCOTUS decision
EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene-based environmental justice organization Beyond Toxics says a decision made by the U.S. Supreme Court last week could have a direct effect on the safety of the country's food supply. If a law is unclear, interpretation is now in the hands of the courts, and not...
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