Click here for updates on this story GATES, OR (KPTV) — A family who lost so much is now receiving a tremendous gift. United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, along with Tiny Mountain Houses, International Housing Concepts and the Santiam Integration Team worked together on plans Monday announced Monday to build and donate a “park
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, AR (KFSM) — There were no parades or large gatherings but people across the country including in our area still found ways to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. For the past three years, Springdale has held a parade from Parson’s Stadium to
Continue ReadingJanet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve and President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, faces a huge task ahead. What’s happening: Not only does Yellen have to shepherd efforts to bring the US economy back from its sharpest contraction on record — she must also convince Congress to get on
Continue Reading With most Americans hoping this week’s expected inauguration protests look nothing like the Capitol siege, questions emerge about unrestrained free expression, long championed by First Amendment theorists as a benefit to society, no matter how ugly and hateful. The optics may be disturbing, especially so soon after the riot, with the potential of protesters —
Continue ReadingThe FBI on Monday alerted other law enforcement agencies that QAnon adherents discussed acting as National Guard soldiers in Washington to try and infiltrate President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, according to The Washington Post. The FBI, in an intelligence report obtained by the Post, said it monitored individuals downloading maps of sensitive areas around Washington and
Continue ReadingWith the hours dwindling until Joe Biden is sworn in — officially taking the helm of the US government during its worst health crisis in 100 years — a sense of nervousness has set in among those advising the incoming President on the pandemic. The overarching, nagging concern: “They don’t know what they don’t know,”
Continue ReadingThe day before the US Capitol was attacked, Capitol Police officers were ordered to report to the department’s equipment depot to pick up helmets, an officer who was there that day told CNN. They didn’t know why they were needed, but when they arrived, they were told to return later. The helmets had yet to
Continue ReadingAvril Haines will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday to be considered for director of national intelligence. Read excerpts from her opening statement as prepared: If I have the honor of being confirmed, I look forward to leading the Intelligence Community on behalf of the American people — to safeguarding their interests, advancing
Continue ReadingAlejandro Mayorkas will appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of Homeland Security. Read excerpts from his opening statement as prepared: “I am honored to appear before you as the Nominee to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden has spoken volumes inside the US Capitol over more than four decades, but the weight of those words does not approach the magnitude of the message he will deliver on its steps during his inaugural address Wednesday. Biden has been steadily crafting the speech — adding a thought here, inserting a line
Continue ReadingAntony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday to be considered for secretary of state. Read his opening statement as prepared: cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/blinken-opening-statement/index.html
Continue ReadingStrengthen the Affordable Care Act. Restore abortion protections. Lower drug prices. President-elect Joe Biden has a long list of health care promises — many of which center on reversing policies enacted by the Trump administration over the past four years. However, it will take the President-elect’s health officials time to address all of the measures,
Continue ReadingA president’s most valuable commodity is time and Donald Trump is out of it. With a day remaining in his term, Trump is still consumed with grievance over Republicans he believes abandoned him and insistent to people around him that he actually won the election he lost. The President has been in a foul mood
Continue Reading Spanish police have seized more than two tons of cocaine and arrested 12 people allegedly involved in a large scale drugs smuggling network with connections to Paraguay and Brazil. Authorities investigated the network — members of which had attempted to cover their tracks by setting up legitimate businesses — for more than a year, according
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump will exit the White House on Wednesday but leave behind three of the nine Supreme Court justices and a majority that was willing to partner with him for much of his agenda. Trump’s imprint on the Supreme Court and overall three-tier federal judiciary represents one of the most significant right-wing successes of
Continue ReadingThe top two Senate leaders are nearing a power-sharing agreement to hash out how the evenly divided chamber will operate, with Democrats in charge of setting the schedule but both parties likely to hold an equal number of seats on Senate committees, according to sources familiar with the talks. The negotiations between Democratic Leader Chuck
Continue Reading The Covid-19 pandemic has forced many Americans to stay home and stay put. But even though fewer people were driving during the first six months of the pandemic, riskier driving surged, leading to a troubling uptick in fatal crashes, preliminary data shows. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a report on Americans’ driving
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Un “rayo de esperanza” en la batalla contra el coronavirus. Siguen circulando en Facebook publicaciones que promueven la violencia. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1 Washington se blinda en las horas finales de Trump La capital de EE.UU., Washington, y los estados de todo el país han
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Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there’s still a gap in the number of Covid-19 vaccines that have been distributed to states and the number of shots that have gone into arms, but as states’ vaccine campaigns have picked up the pace, states complain the federal government is not sending
Continue Reading Washington (CNN) — El secretario de Defensa interino, Christopher Miller, dijo el lunes que «no hay información de inteligencia que indique una amenaza interna» para la toma de posesión del presidente electo Joe Biden, aunque los miembros de la Guardia Nacional que llegan a Washington están siendo investigados por la policía. La declaración de Miller
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