PROLONGED WINTER WEATHER EVENT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY… .A series of Pacific storms will bring a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow to portions of northwest Oregon and southwest Washington through the weekend. The next storm will arrive tonight and bring a high potential for significant freezing rain accumulations in the Coast Range, Willapa Hills, […]
SB 6 by Arkansas Senator Jason Rapert, Representative Mary Bentley, and other courageous Legislators, is the first immediate statewide ban on abortion to be based on The Moral Outcry Petition. Thank you for your prayers. Keep praying! Next week it will be voted on by the full Arkansas Senate Here is the link to the […]
In response to the devastation caused by Sept. 2020 Oregon wildfires and straight-line winds, FEMA is currently seeking interested, qualified property management companies to participate in the Direct Lease Program to help provide temporary housing to wildfire survivors in Lane County. Under the Direct Lease Program, FEMA may contract with property owners to lease existing […]
Oregon consumers reported losing $32,077,498 to scams last year The Federal Trade Commission received 25,951 fraud reports from consumers in Oregon in 2020, according to newly released data. Oregon consumers reported losing a total of $32,077,498 to fraud, with a median loss of $300. The FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network is a database that receives reports […]
Five Monthly Markets Bring Locally Grown Food and Artisan Goods to NE Portland Neighborhoods; COVID Safety Measures Are In Place For its 2021 summer season, Rocky Butte Farmers Market will host five monthly markets providing access to affordable, seasonal, and locally grown foods and artisan products in Northeast Portland’s historically underserved Madison South, Roseway, and […]
An important message from Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum: Attorney General Rosenblum wants you to know that if you receive a white envelope in the mail with a U.S. Treasury Department seal in the upper left window and these words in red on the front: “Not a bill or an advertisement. Important information about your […]
At the Oregon Senate District 20 Precinct Committee Person Nominating Convention held on January 23rd, Steve Bates received 59.88% of the vote which was the largest vote count of any of the 10 candidates. This vote qualified Steve Bates as the first nominee on the slate of nominees to be vetted by the Clackamas and […]
Long time Boring community leader, Steve Bates has announced his intention to seek the appointment to replace Senator Alan Olsen. Senator Olsen, who resigned effective January 10, 2021 to attend to family matters, had served in the Senate District 20 seat for 10 years. Senate District 20 includes portions of Boring, Eagle Creek, Estacada, Redland, […]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it will withhold $200 million in federal funds from California because the state refuses to comply with federal laws prohibiting discrimination against health care funding sources that decline to pay for abortion. California requires all insurance policies to include coverage for abortion on […]
Designations target human rights abusers in Haiti, Yemen, and Russia WASHINGTON– Dec, 10th,2020 on International Human Rights Day, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is targeting perpetrators of serious human rights abuse across several countries in the Western Hemisphere, Middle East, and Eurasia. Today’s actions are taken pursuant to […]