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Notes on the Trail Blazers' release of their 2024-2025 NBA schedule
The Portland Trail Blazers released their 2024-2025 schedule Thursday, Aug. 15 along with the rest of the NBA. No surprise following a 21-61 season, the Blazers have only one real nationally televised game and that comes on Jan. 28 against the visiting Milwaukee Bucks and Damian Lillard. Portland plays on NBA TV three times as well Dec. 26 at home against Utah, March 2 at Cleveland and March 30 at New York. ...
Gladstone schools announce free breakfast, lunch for all students
As students and families in Gladstone prepare to return to school in September, they’ll have one less task on their plates: school lunch. Next year, students at all four of Gladstone’s schools are eligible to receive breakfast and lunch for free. Made possible through Oregon’s Community Eligibility Provision, schools will provide one free breakfast and one free lunch to all enrolled students. The program is meant to make it easier...
Portland-area agency: Three tips for staying safe when confronted by cougars
Summer in the Portland metro area means enjoying the great outdoors and neighborly get togethers. But when your neighbor happens to be a cougar, the get togethers can get a little scary. Last year saw a remarkable increase in sightings of cougars; also known as mountain lions and pumas. One of the big cats was spotted sunning itself on Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast. Later that summer, Cannon Beach...
Oregon Sen. Wyden praises big savings from Medicare negotiations with drug companies
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, praised the Biden-Harris administration for negotiating lower drug prices for 10 prescription drugs in Medicare. The drug prices were the subject to negotiations between the federal government and the drug companies that manufacture them, Wyden said Thursday, Aug. 15. Medicare is the federal insurance program for people 65 and older, and for some with disabilities. ...
Our TV picks for Friday, August 16: Sixteen Candles; 20/20
Sixteen Candles AMC 8 p.m. According to these flicks, coming of age in the ‘80s was no small feat. First, Samantha (Molly Ringwald) sulks when her entire family forgets about her birthday in this romcom from 1984. Next airs “Pretty in Pink” and later, “Heathers.” 20/20 KATU 9 p.m. For hosts David Muir and Deborah Roberts, no story is off the table. From true crime to celebrity scandals, the duo explores the biggest stories enrapturing North America with the help of correspondents Juju Chang, John Quinones and Diane Sawyer.
Oregon City woman sentenced for ID theft, bank fraud
An Oregon City woman was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday, Aug. 14, for her role in a fraud conspiracy that used the stolen identities of multiple victims in the Portland area to steal more than $158,000. Mary Phoenix Nguyen, 41, was sentenced to 54 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Oregon. She was also ordered to pay $158,286.85 in restitution to her victims. ...
Trail Blazers drop ROOT Sports, new broadcasting plans yet to be revealed
Watching the Portland Trail Blazers next season will look a little different for fans as the team announced Wednesday, Aug. 14 they'll be leaving ROOT Sports a year early for a to-be-announced plan. “Trail Blazers basketball will no longer air on ROOT Sports, but we thank ROOT Sports for years of great partnership,” the Blazers announced in a statement. “An exciting announcement on the future television home of Blazers basketball will be made soon.” ...
Bynum, Chavez-DeRemer will face off in three October debates for key Oregon congressional district
Contenders in one of the country’s most competitive congressional elections are poised to meet on the debate stage three times over the course of a week in October. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, the Democrat challenging first-term Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, announced Tuesday, Aug. 13, that she has agreed to three debates, hosted by Portland-based TV station KOIN and Bend-based TV stations KTVZ and Central Oregon Daily. Chavez-DeRemer previously agreed to those three debates and a fourth hosted by Portland-based KATU,...
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will join other Democratic female governors, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus at DNC
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek will be sharing a stage with Julia Louis-Dreyfus at next week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The “Veep” and “Seinfeld” star will host a panel highlighting some of the country’s Democratic female governors on the third day of the four-day convention in Chicago in partnership with the Democratic Governors Association. Seven other Democratic women will share the stage, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Luian Grisham. Oregon Public Broadcasting is a news partner of this publication. Find the original story here.
3 tips for first-time home buyers
Real estate has garnered considerable attention since 2020, and for good reason. Though speculators and real estate professionals may point to several variables that have affected the home market in recent years, the pandemic certainly was among those factors. Real estate prices and mortgage interest rates increased significantly during the pandemic and have remained well above pre-pandemic levels. The spike in home prices and interest rates has significantly impacted young...
Readers Respond: “Grocery quality and quantity decrease, prices soar”
Your Oregon News asked readers to rate the affordability of groceries in their area this season, in an unofficial survey. Over 41% of reader respondents said they have cut back a lot on groceries this season, and 33% said they have cut back a little. About 20% said they have not cut back at all, 5% are neutral, and 3% said they buy more groceries now. About 40% of reader...
Oregon legislative Democrats join governor, Republicans in opposing rebate ballot measure
Democratic leaders in the Oregon House and Senate have come out swinging against a November ballot measure that would hike taxes on corporations to send checks to every Oregonian. Top Democrats in the House and Senate joined their Republican colleagues and Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, in opposing Measure 118, also referred to as the Oregon Rebate. The ballot measure, one of five statewide that will appear on the November ballot, would increase by 3% the corporate minimum tax on sales above $25 million and...
The GLA35 is Mercedes-AMG's hot hatchback
With the increasing popularity of "subcompact" SUVs, it's time to clear the air. These are not really SUVs at all. They are hatchback cars with a little more ground clearance than a passenger car. Automaker marketing teams want to call every vehicle an SUV right now because SUVs are popular and sell better. Plus, a hatchback carries a connotation of an economy car, which the Mercedes-Benz GLA certainly is not. The Mercedes GLA is a luxury hatchback, and when it's been upgraded by Mercedes' AMG...
What’s behind the music at Pickathon? A thousand volunteers, scores of vendors and an entire community
After a six-hour shift of pouring beer, serving food, recycling, cleaning dishes or helping out in the quiet refuge space at the Pickathon Music Festival, volunteers splay out in the sun, enjoy the music or try to take a quick nap in the shade. Pickathon returned to Pendarvis Farm Aug. 1-4 for another year of music in the fields and woods of Happy Valley. And every year, the event is powered by a small army of volunteers and vendors. This year, 1,500 volunteers helped out...
Our TV picks for Thursday, August 15: Portrait of Jennie; The Real Housewives of Orange County; Alone Australia
Portrait of Jennie TCM 5 p.m. Struggling artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) laments his prospects and wishes for divine inspiration. A chance encounter with the beautiful young Jennie Appleton (Jennifer Jones) changes his fortunes with art dealer Miss Spinney (Ethel Barrymore). The Real Housewives of Orange County ...
Police searching for missing Oregon City man
The Oregon City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating 20-year-old Parker Kemp, who was last seen at the Oregon City Transit Center around 10 p.m. on Aug. 8. Kemp is believed to be suffering from a mental health crisis, according to a police statement on X. Kemp is described as a 5-foot-11 white male adult, weighing 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a gray t-shirt, black pants and a black arm band and may be carrying a small, black shoulder bag, according to police. Police said Kemp did not have a car and could be on foot. Kemp recently indicated he would leave Oregon City for Portland. If you have information regarding the whereabouts of Kemp, contact CCOM at 503-655-8211 and reference OCPD case 24-016294.
National contest for musical theater songwriting open to Oregon high school students
The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre announced the 2024-25 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students on Aug. 1. The challenge is open to high school musicians, lyricists and composers from all 50 states, D.C. and U.S. territories. Participants should submit one original composition written for a musical theater production. The entire musical does not need to be written, but the challenge...
Frank Schoenborn
July 2, 1939 – August 5, 2024 - Born in Oregon City on July 2nd, 1939, and passed away at the age of 85 on August 5th, 2024, in McMinnville at the Brookdale Memory Care Facility. Frank loved his family, fishing, coaching youth basketball and playing a good game of cribbage. A longtime resident of Molalla in the logging industry, which he retired from in 2000 and then drove school bus in McMinnville. Frank leaves behind his beloved wife of 65 years, Janice, sons Jim and wife Rebecca, Mike and wife Lorrie, grandsons Brian and wife Rachael, Matt and girlfriend Lisa, Dusty and girlfriend Britney, and his great grandson Breydon. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Molalla Church of Christ on August 24, 2024 at 11:00 am.
Protesters critical of Rep. Chavez-DeRemer finish car caravan in Oregon City
After a 220-mile, two-day long drive, members of the Consolidated Oregon Indivisible Network and other local Oregon activists ended their “Looking for Lori” car caravan protest at Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s Oregon City office. The car caravan protest began on Saturday, Aug. 10 in Bend, stopping along the way in Albany and the Oregon state Capitol in Salem before ending in Oregon City. Indivisible Oregon has continued to publicly critique Chavez-DeRemer,...
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