Officials in Portland, Oregon, are preparing for violence to break out during a rally and an opposing event planned for Sunday. Two groups, one composed of people who describe themselves as patriots, the other made up largely of members of the so-called anti-fascist Antifa network, are planning to descend on a waterfront park on the…
Portland Braces for Violence as Antifa Plots Disruption to Planned Rally
Oregon Governor Sends up to 1,500 National Guardsmen to Aid Hospitals Amid CCP Virus Surge
August 13, 2021
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday deployed up to 1,500 National Guard troops to support the state’s hospitals facing a surge in hospitalizations amid an outbreak of the CCP virus. An initial deployment of 500 troops will take place on Aug. 20 to assist hospitals around the state with logistics, handling materials and equipment, administering…
Oregon Governor Signs Bill Letting Students Graduate Without Proving They Can Read, Write, or Do Math
Oregon’s governor recently signed a bill that allows high school students to graduate without proving they can read, write, or do math. Oregon Senate Bill 744 (pdf) states that students “may not be required to show proficiency in Essential Learning Skills as a condition of receiving a high school diploma” in the next three school…
Oregon Governor to Reimpose Statewide Indoor Mask Mandate
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced on Tuesday that she will reimpose a statewide mandate for masks to be worn in all indoor public settings to address a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations driven by the delta variant. Brown did not specify when the mandate would go into effect but said she would announce…
Oregon Judge Rejects Lawsuit Targeting ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Rule
An Oregon county judge has dismissed a case that challenged two gun-rights measures that were passed by voters. The Columbia County Board of Commissioners asked the court to review the Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance (SASO) and Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance (SAPO), which were adopted by the county’s commissioners. Then, Oregon attorney general and lawyers from Everytown…
Former Oregon Lawmaker Gets Probation In State Capitol Breach Incident
A former Oregon lawmaker on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct and was sentenced to 18 months probation for letting anti-lockdown protesters into the state Capitol last year, according to local reports. Mike Nearman, a Republican who in June was expelled from the Oregon Congress for his role in the Dec. 21,…
Manhunt for Suspect Accused of Fatally Shooting Washington Detective Ends in Oregon
A suspect believed to be responsible for fatally injuring a Washington sheriff’s detective on July 23 was taken into custody over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Detectives with the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force and the Salem Police Department located and arrested 26-year-old Guillermo O. Raya in Salem, Oregon, on July 25,…
Western Wildfires: Crews Make Progress on Huge Oregon Blaze
July 23, 2021
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BLY, Ore.—The nation’s largest wildfire raged through southern Oregon on Friday, but crews were scaling back some night operations as hard work and weaker winds helped reduce the spread of flames even as wildfires continued to threaten homes in neighboring California. In Montana, five firefighters remained hospitalized a day after a thunderstorm and swirling winds…
Lightning Found to Have Ignited Oregon’s Mammoth Bootleg Fire
A destructive Oregon wildfire that ranks as the largest among dozens raging across the drought-parched Western United States in recent weeks was ignited by lightning but smoldered for days before it was detected, forest officials said on Wednesday. The origin of the so-called Bootleg fire, which was first reported July 6 in the Fremont-Winema National…
Western Wildfires: California Blaze Crosses Into Nevada
GARDNERVILLE, Nev.—A Northern California wildfire crossed into Nevada, prompting new evacuations, but better weather has been helping crews battling the nation’s largest blaze in southern Oregon. The Tamarack Fire south of Lake Tahoe had burned more than 68 square miles of timber and head-high chaparral in national forest land. It erupted on July 4 and…
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