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Portland Rock Gym hosts four climbing Olympians prior to 2024 Paris games
Four Olympians made their way to Portland Rock Gym on Saturday, July 6 out in Beaverton in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The group is also practicing on July 7 at the facility. Colin Duffy, Brook Raboutou, Jesse Grupper and Natalia Grossman took to the Titan Boulder at the Beaverton gym, an exact replica of the wall they will compete on in Paris. The wall is one of 22 in the world and the only one in the United States. ...
Our TV picks for Sunday, July 7: PGA Tour Golf; Belly of the Beast: Bigger and Bloodier; Orphan Black: Echoes
PGA Tour Golf KOIN 12 p.m. It’s anybody’s game in this final round of the John Deere Classic from TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill. Last year, Sepp Straka shot a blistering 62 on the last day — the lowest closing round since 1982 — to claim top honors and a prize of $1.3 million. ...
Dale Everett Brooks
April 22, 1952 – May 31, 2024 - Dale (Opa) Everett Brooks, 72, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on May 31, 2024. Dale was born on April 22, 1952 in Portland Oregon to Raymond and Dolores Brooks. Dale grew up in McMinnville, OR, Chico, CA and Molalla, OR. It was at Molalla High School that he met his future wife, Janine and they were married in 1971 and moved to Canby. Dale was an athlete in high school, playing all the high school sports, football, baseball, basketball, ping-pong and golf and continued playing whatever sports events were...
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...
Movie Review: ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ is still chilling, literally
Winter won’t be back for a while, but as movies go, “The Day After Tomorrow” is a good way to prepare for it early. Currently streaming on Hulu for a 20th-anniversary engagement, director and co-writer Roland Emmerich’s (“Independence Day”) disaster saga has been a cable-network staple since soon after its 2004 theatrical release, and it’s easy to see why. It’s a high-concept picture that poses a universal dilemma: What if mankind experienced a global freeze-over? Though the cold-weather season will remain at bay for a...
OPINION: The path to cheaper prescription drugs runs through PBMs
In 2021, via legislation that I chief-sponsored through the State Legislature, Oregon became an early adopter of an insulin price cap. Just two years later, the Inflation Reduction Act brought similar savings on insulin to seniors across the country. For far too many Americans, prescription drug prices are still a significant strain. With more than 30 years’ experience as a public health nurse, I believe our leaders must do more to tackle drug costs. In 2024, that means Congress should focus on pharmacy benefit managers...
4 Tips: Red Cross urges caution as temperatures spike
With the region on track to break high temperature records in Oregon and Southwest Washington over the next couple of days, the American Red Cross – Cascade Region warns that health risks for vulnerable populations and should be taken seriously. Josh Cozart, meteorologist for KOIN 6 News, warns that the first real heat wave of summer will push temperatures to 100 degrees for the first time this year by Friday afternoon, July 5. See Cozart’s story here. ...
Carlton man dies unsafely turning on to Highway 47
A Carlton man died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon, July 3, in rural Washington County. Oregon State Police reported that Elvis Jay Harden, 81, was on Spring Hill Road, south of Forest Grove, when he attempted to make a left turn onto Highway 47. Harden turned into the path of a 41-year-old driver from Corvallis, and who struck Harden's vehicle on the driver's side door. Authorities...
Barge ablaze after Portland’s Waterfront Blues Festival fireworks show, one hospitalized
Following the dazzling fireworks display at the Waterfront Blues Festival, a fire broke out on the deck of the barge sending one person to the hospital, authorities said. According to Portland Fire & Rescue, during the post-show clean-up and safety check, the fire started on the deck. Officials said a member of the barge crew was burned and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. That person’s condition is currently unknown.
What to watch: The must-watch things to stream this week, July 5 – July 12, 2024
What’s Available NOW On Disney+ “Descendants: The Rise of Red” (July 12) Former Villain Kid Uma (China Anne McClain), now Headmaster of Auradon Prep, extends an invite to the school to Red (Kylie Cantrall), the rebellious daughter of Wonderland’s Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora). The Queen of Hearts has long held a grudge against Auradon, especially against Cinderella (Brandy Norwood), and seizes the opportunity to seek revenge when she drops...
Movie Review: More than a few good actors fuel ‘A Few Good Men’
“You can’t handle the truth!” Certain lines of dialogue become so legendary, it’s known immediately which projects they come from. So it is with the sentence delivered by Jack Nicholson in an intense military courtroom scene in “A Few Good Men,” Aaron Sorkin’s play that Rob Reiner brought to film in an effective and involving 1992 movie version that BBC America shows Monday, July 8. Nicholson plays hard-as-nails Navy Colonel...
Our TV picks for Saturday, July 6: 2024 Tour de France; National Lampoon’s Vacation; House Hunters
2024 Tour de France KGW 5 a.m. The Tour continues with coverage of Stage 8 broadcast live from the route. Today, the race begins in Semur-en-Auxois, France, and ends in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, just south of Paris. While the terrain is mostly flat, the bikers face a 114-mile ride. National Lampoon’s Vacation ...
Fall head over heels: A love story begins in ‘The Bachelorette’ season premiere
Love is in the air this summer and one lucky lady is about to pick her potential husband from a pool of 25 beaus. Dating game show “The Bachelorette” is back with a brand-new, history-making season, premiering Monday, July 8, on ABC. Former “Bachelor” contestant Jenn Tran, a student in Miami’s Barry University physician assistant program, is the show’s first Asian American lead. After making a splash on Joey Graziadei’s season of “The Bachelor,” Tran became a fan favorite. She spent several weeks getting to...
Caution urged as temps remain high through middle of next week
Meteorologists urge caution: Make sure the things sizzling this weekend are on our barbecues, not dry grasses around misplaced fireworks, or the fair skins of Oregonians eager for a little sun. High temperatures are expected to hover in the upper eighties for Independence Day, but should climb into the upper 90s on Friday, July 5. The heat could stick around through the middle of week. Some parts of the metro...
Caution urged as temps remain high through middle of next week
Meteorologists urge caution: Make sure the things sizzling this weekend are on our barbecues, not dry grasses around misplaced fireworks, or the fair skins of Oregonians eager for a little sun. High temperatures are expected to hover in the upper eighties for Independence Day, but should climb into the upper 90s on Friday, July 5. The heat could stick around through the middle of week. Some parts of the metro...
Our TV picks for Friday, July 5: Lingo; Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Lingo KOIN 8 p.m. Love word games? Good things as host RuPaul will have contestants’ tongues tied unravelling words in a race against time. Guess wrong, but have another letter from the right word, they go again. If not, the challenger gets a chance to win. Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives FOOD 9 p.m. Where there’s smoke, there’s something heating up. Guy is on the road in Boulder, Colo., checking out a pizza place that knows how to spice things up. Then, Mesa, Ariz., offers tantalizing turnovers, while a BBQ joint in Memphis, Tenn., fans the flames.
Newberg opens, then closes, homeless campsite after shelter reopens
News that services for homeless individuals in Newberg were to be cut back by one organization and delayed by another prompted the Newberg city government to open a temporary campsite on the edge of town in mid-May. With the changing scenery of homeless and housing services in Newberg, the campsite lasted only a few weeks before being deactivated. The roughly 350-square-foot area, enclosed by construction fencing and sporting a single...
Sherwood shoplifter hoping to get away after a jump start lands in jail
You can’t blame a family of good Samaritans who thought they were helping a woman-in-need who had car problems last week at the Sherwood Kohl's department store. Little did they know that the 45-year-old Salem woman they were helping had just exited the store with two suitcases filled with stolen merchandise during a June 24 spree. “She was in the process of attempting to get her vehicle jumped when officers...
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