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Newest COVID booster could be on Oregon pharmacy shelves by end of August, early September
The next COVID-19 vaccine boosters could be on their way to Oregon before Labor Day or shortly thereafter. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 22, approved the updated 2024-25 vaccine. The boosters are expected to be shipped around the nation, including to Oregon, within a few weeks. The Oregon Health Authority reports that this state, like the United States, is experiencing a “late summer wave of COVID...
Oregon Libertarians will appear on ballot despite Republican challenges
Libertarian candidates will appear on Oregon ballots in November, despite efforts from the state Republican party to disqualify Libertarians it feared would take votes from GOP candidates. State election officials have confirmed that seven Libertarian candidates for Congress and legislative races are qualified to run, despite correspondence the Secretary of State’s Office received from an attorney for the Oregon Republican Party and a past Libertarian Party of Oregon leader urging officials to reject Libertarian nominees. ...
Choreographed chaos: Catching the final rehearsal before Cirque du Soleil’s opening night
It’s Wednesday, Aug. 21, and “Kooza,” one of the traveling shows of the legendary Cirque du Soleil, is about 32 hours shy of opening night. The cast and crew, all 120 of them, are making their last-minute adjustments at Portland’s Expo Center. Actors limbering up. Coaches walking a relative newcomer through a harrowing aerial hoop routine. The wardrobe crew spiffing or modifying the estimated 1,200 costume pieces for tomorrow’s show. And all with one goal in mind: To make the physically improbably appear to be...
Our TV picks for Saturday, August 24: The Kitchen; Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out; Planet Earth: Mammals
The Kitchen FOOD 11 a.m. Italian food holds a special place in our hearts. In this new episode, Jeff Mauro revisits the show’s favorite Italian and Italian-American dishes, including cheesy chicken parmesan, linguine with clams and limoncello ginger tiramisu. Symon’s Dinners Cooking Out ...
Sunja’s saga: ‘Pachinko’ returns for Season 2
Pachinko is a game of chance. Commonly played in cacophonous, neon halls that hum with the farrago of machine clangor and player anticipation, pachinko is a popular Japanese pastime whose closest American counterpart is the slot machine. First created (in its recognized form) in the 1920s, pachinko culture in Japan all but shut down during World War II, only to reemerge with gusto in the late 1940s as the country rebuilt and immigrants from nearby countries, such as 1950s’ war-torn Korea, arrived in droves and began to play. ...
Movie Review: ‘Joker’ is wild, thanks mainly to Joaquin Phoenix
Can you be troubled and entertained by a movie at the same time? Other films have prompted that question, but 2019’s “Joker” – which TNT shows Saturday, Aug. 31 – may be the ultimate example. If you’re disturbed by its promise of a violent scenario of urban decay, it’s for good reason: Director and co-writer Todd Phillips doesn’t shirk from depicting that for a single minute of the picture’s running time. ...
What to watch: The must-watch things to stream this week, August 23 - August 30, 2024
What’s Available NOW On Disney+ “Superkitties” - Season 2, New Episodes (Aug. 28) Adorable and packed with adventure, this animated series follows four fierce and furry superhero kittens — Ginny, Sparks, Buddy and Bitsy — who are on a mission to make their town of Kittydale a more caring and “pawesome” place. Geared to kids ages 2-7 and their families, each episode features two 11-minute stories that highlight the SuperKitties...
Participation in high school sports tops eight million for first time in 2023-24
High school sports in the United States are alive and well, and growing. More than eight million participants competed in high school sports in the 2023-24 school year, an all-time record and the first time ever that total participation has exceeded the eight-million mark. The National Federation of State High School Associations annual Athletics Participation Survey indicated that 8,062,302 participants were involved in high school sports during the 2023-24 school...
I-5 reopens after lengthy closure due to crash Thursday morning
As of noon, Interstate 5 southbound was reopened after being closed Thursday morning due to a major crash. At one point all lanes of the highway in both directions were shut down early on Thursday, Aug. 22 due to a crash near the Donald Road interchange. Four vehicles were involved in the crash, Oregon State Police spokesperson Jolene Kelley said in an email. Oregon Department of Transportation spokesperson David House...
Our TV picks for Friday, August 23: Police Academy; Let’s Make a Deal Primetime
Police Academy AMC 8 p.m. During this comedy from 1984, a new policy puts badges on two misfits: one (Steve Guttenberg) has a police record, while the other (Michael Winslow) is known for his killer sound effects. “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” airs next. Let’s Make a Deal Primetime KOIN 8 p.m. Monty Hall is smiling down as the game show with the best doors celebrates games such as “Ultimate Zonk Redemption” and “Otter Chaos” with contestants dressed as everything from nurses to cavemen and everything in between. Wayne Brady hosts.
‘Life is communicating’
(CLACKAMAS / MILWAUKIE) — When Grace Saad graduated from college, she took a risk and moved across the country from Mississippi to Oregon to work for the United States Forest Service. She’d never been to the location she’d applied for and, in hindsight, laughed at the idea there was a time when she didn’t know anything about Timberline Lodge. “Timberline kind of just fell in my lap. It just happened...
Living a life of giving back
(MOLALLA) — Giving back isn’t just a catchy phrase. It has been a centerpiece in the life of a Colton woman — a philosophy she’s lived by. It’s the philosophy behind Rebecca Kollias’ lifelong desire to help others, even when life had sometimes dealt her a bad hand. Kollias, the director of Colton Helping Hands, knows something about giving back. Because of that passionate philosophy, she’s been named the area’s...
Make your pond 'pop' by adding plants
Water features can be relaxing and eye-catching additions to outdoor spaces. According to the online gardening resource Garden Know-How, a water feature is any landscape enhancement that uses water and other materials to bring tranquility and beauty to a space. Thanks to their soothing sounds and aesthetic appeal, water features like ponds and fountains are often included in healing gardens. However, they can be used in any landscape. Homeowners can...
Our TV picks for Thursday, August 22: The Little Foxes; Alone; Christina on the Coast
The Little Foxes TCM 3 p.m. Bette Davis takes center stage of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars marathon with this classic 1941 film that sees Davis star as the greedy Regina of the ruthless and rich Hubbard clan. “Another’s Man Poison,” “The Letter” and more follow. Alone ...
National election forecaster predicts Democratic supermajorities in Oregon House, Senate
A national analysis group that correctly predicted the Oregon Legislature’s partisan split after the 2022 elections is now forecasting solid Democratic majorities. CNalysis, the country’s only elections forecasting group that forecasts legislative elections, is predicting a 39-21 Democratic majority in the state House and an 18-11 split in the state Senate. Those margins would give Democratic leaders breathing room as they try to negotiate a new transportation funding package during...
Fate of Kroger-Albertsons merger could be decided within few weeks
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden D-Oregon, a vocal opponent of a proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons grocery stores, said key decisions regarding the merger could be made by early September. The Kroger chain includes Safeway, Albertson and QFC. Speaking from the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Wyden last week told the Portland Tribune that a lawsuit to block the merger and a counter-suit are both winding their way through courts. ...
Opinion: Democrats' 2024 Chicago convention nothing like 1968
I’ve heard a lot of speculation lately about whether Democrats are tempting fate by holding their 2024 nominating convention in Chicago after the riots that marred the 1968 one. Even the moderate The Hill political news website posted an opinion piece on the opening day of the convention headlined, “The 1968 DNC protests gave us Nixon. We don’t need a 2024 repeat.” At the risk of sounding like the aging...
Serving as honorary grandparents for the neighborhood
(ALOHA) — Marjie and Ed Ramirez are known as their neighborhood's abuela and abuelo. The common refrain in their yellow home at the end of the cul-de-sac is that the duo is only one phone call away from their grandchildren — biological or chosen family. Photos of familial and honorary grandkids — including the Ramirezes’ 10 grandchildren and a few of the neighborhood children — line the walls of their...
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