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Guest column: Central Oregon public land sales were stopped. What’s next?
The Bulletin - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Published 3:00 pm Thursday, July 17, 2025 By SAMI GODLOVE, For The Bulletin Tumalo Falls in winter. (Sami Godlove) Living in Central Oregon, it’s easy to forget how fortunate we are to have such close access to public lands. We can mountain bike...
Attorney General James joins coalition defending immigration services for unaccompanied minors
Capital District Times - New York
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July 17, 2025
New York Attorney General Letitia James has aligned with a coalition of 19 states to support legal services for unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States. These children, who have fled from violence and trafficking in their home...
Beshear joins lawsuit over federal education funding freeze; local leaders weigh impact
The Hazard Herald - Kentucky
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Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday that Kentucky has joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia in a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to freeze $6.8 billion in federal education funding. Beshear said the move...
Kansas Governor joins 17 others to demand release of $6.8 billion in education funding
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - Kansas’ Governor has joined a group of 17 others who have demanded the Trump Administration release $6.8 billion in education funds. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday, July 17, that she joined the coalition to...
Fri 9:40 | Forced Christian cultural conversion of Native children in Oregon
Jefferson Public Radio - Oregon
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Methodist missionary Jason Lee's 1836 arrival in the Willamette Valley marked the beginning of a new period of evangelization and colonialism towards Native Americans in modern-day Oregon. This work included establishing a series of schools...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker demands the release of $7 billion in federal education funding
Chalkbeat
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Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, along with 16 other Democratic governors, sent a letter Thursday to federal education and budget officials...
Lawmakers call out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ‘unconscionable’ apathy on eve of LGBTQ+ suicide hotline shutdown
Out Magazine
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July 17, 2025
A day before the federal government plans to pull the plug on the nation’s only government-funded dedicated LGBTQ+ suicide crisis line, Rep. Mark Pocan is warning that lives hang in the balance, and he’s demanding answers from Health and Human...
Trump budget threatens college access for Oregon’s parenting students
Herald and News - Oregon
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In 2023, Eriby Rosen was determined to attend Portland Community College. The company she worked for had folded, leaving her without a job. That left an opening for her to switch careers and get into a higher-paying job as an accountant. The only...
Central Oregon Coast Becomes Giant Canvas for Lincoln City Sand Art Contest
Oregon Coast Beach Connection
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Published 07/15/25 at 5:55 p.m. By Oregon Coast Beach Connection Staff (Lincoln City, Oregon) - Oregon’s central coast will once again serve as a grand canvas for an outdoor art spectacle when the Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative hosts its...
Does Sen. Merkley running again mean just another preordained race at the top of the ballot?
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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July 17, 2025
Next year, the top of Oregon’s general election ballot will be anchored by the contest for U.S. Senate. If history holds, it may not be much of a contest. That doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Oregon is moving into (and it’s partly there now) the...
Trump admin to give ICE access to Medicaid recipients’ personal info in latest immigration crackdown
The Globe and Mail
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July 17, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation in Los Angeles displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California.Damian Dovarganes/The...
High Cascades 100-mile mountain bike race set for Saturday west of Bend
The Bulletin - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Published 7:49 am Thursday, July 17, 2025 Mountain bikers compete in the High Cascades 100 race in July 2024. (Submitted photo) A Central Oregon midsummer tradition for the past 16 years, the High Cascades 100-mile mountain bike race returns to...
Oregon Ducks QB room check-in ahead of 2025 season
Statesman Journal - Oregon
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We are less than 50 days away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and fewer than two weeks stand between us and the beginning of the Oregon Ducks' fall camp getting off the ground in Eugene. While coaches and players wrap up their...
Say Hello To The New Budget Airline Coming To The West Coast — With Flights Starting At Just $39
Secret Los Angeles - California
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July 18, 2025
Photo by Aerojet on Unsplash. Avelo, a low-cost airline, recently announced it would cancel many of its flight routes on the West Coast. This left many travelers looking for new options to get around the region. Now, a new airline has stepped in...
Oregon and other states sue Trump administration over critical disaster funding cut
KATU - Oregon
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Attorney General and a coalition of 20 states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for terminating a federal disaster funding program. Attorney General Dan Rayfield, along with a coalition of 20...
Salem’s fire chief, city council president join dozens of locals racing Ironman Oregon
Salem Reporter - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Nearly 150 Salem residents will join triathletes from all over the world to compete in Oregon’s fifth Ironman race this Sunday at Riverfront Park. Competitors will gather near dawn at the park for a walk across the Minto Island Bridge to the...
Oregon placed under a heat advisory until Wednesday night
OregonLive.com
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July 16, 2025
On Wednesday at 6:47 a.m. a heat advisory was released by the National Weather Service in effect until 10 p.m. for Lower Columbia River, Tualatin Valley, West Hills and Chehalem Mountains, Inner Portland Metro, East Portland Metro, Outer Southeast...
LGBTQ+ young people lose a crisis lifeline. What now?
OregonLive.com
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July 16, 2025
Editor’s note: This article includes mention of suicide and contains details about those who have attempted to take their own lives. If you are having thoughts of suicide or are concerned that someone you know may be, resources are available here....
Race for elite defensive back Davon Benjamin tightens as Oregon and Michigan jostle
247Sports - Tennessee
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — After a lengthy recruiting process which included a handful of official visits this summer, elite defensive back Davon Benjamin is approaching the finish line. The top available player in the Golden State is less than...
Celebrate Your Culture Boldly
Eugene Weekly - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
It is not only the Tuesday Taco nights or sipping tequila. “The event is focused on creating a space for community,” Antonio Huerta, director of Comunidad y Herencia Cultural, says of Noche Cultural. “Creating a space” — while he says this phrase...