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NORTHWEST NEWS

Companies Back Away From Oregon Floating Offshore Wind Project as Opposition Grows

The federal government finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along the Oregon coast in February. But opposition from tribes, fishermen and coastal residents highlights some of the challenges the plan faces.

Preschool for All Growth Outpaces Enrollment Projections

Mid-year enrollment to allow greater flexibility for providers, families.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden Demands Answers From Emergency Rooms That Denied Care to Pregnant Patients

Wyden is part of a Democratic effort to focus the nation’s attention on the stories of women who have faced horrible realities since some states tightened a patchwork of abortion laws.

Governor Kotek Uses New Land Use Law to Propose Rural Land for Semiconductor Facility

Oregon is competing against other states to host multibillion-dollar microchip factories. A 2023 state law created an exemption to the state's hallmark land use policy aimed at preventing urban sprawl and protecting nature and agriculture.

NEWS BRIEFS

Celebrate Portland Arbor Day at Glenfair Park

Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry team presents Portland Arbor Day 2024, Saturday, Oct. 12, 10 a.m. - 2...

Dr. Pauli Murray’s Childhood Home Opens as Center to Honor Activist’s Inspiring Work

Dr. Pauli Murray was an attorney, activist, and pioneer in the LGBTQ+ community. An extraordinary scholar, much of Murray’s...

Portland-Based Artist Selected for NFL’s 2024 Artist Replay Initiative Spotlighting Diverse and Emerging Artists

Inspired by the world of football, Julian V.L. Gaines has created a one-of-a-kind piece that will be on display at Miami Art Week. ...

University of Portland Ranked #1 Private School in the West by U.S. News & World Report

UP ranks as a top institution among ‘Best Regional Universities – West’ for the sixth consecutive year ...

Portland Diamond Project Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase Zidell Yards for a Future MLB Baseball Park

Founder of Portland Diamond Project said signing the letter of intent is more than just a land purchase, it’s a chance to transform...

Boeing and union negotiators set to meet for contract talks 2 weeks into worker strike

SEATTLE (AP) — The union representing Boeing's striking factory workers in the Pacific Northwest says it expects to resume negotiations with the company on Friday. A regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said the two sides would meet...

Companies back away from Oregon floating offshore wind project as opposition grows

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The number of companies planning to bid on a chance to develop a floating offshore wind project off the Oregon coast has been dwindling as opposition to the plan remains strong. The federal government finalized two areas for floating offshore wind farms along...

No. 7 Mizzou overcomes mistakes once again, escapes with a 30-27 double-OT win over Vandy

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — There are two very different ways to look at seventh-ranked Missouri's last two wins, a pair of come-from-behind affairs against Boston College and a double-overtime 30-27 victory over Vanderbilt in its SEC opener on Saturday night. The Tigers were good enough...

Blake Craig overcomes 3 FG misses, hits in 2OT to deliver No. 7 Missouri 30-27 win over Vanderbilt

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Blake Craig made up for three missed field goals in regulation by hitting from 37 yards in the second overtime, and Vanderbilt kicker Brock Taylor missed a 31-yarder to keep the game going to allow No. 7 Missouri to escape with a 30-27 win in double-overtime Saturday night. ...

OPINION

No Cheek Left to Turn: Standing Up for Albina Head Start and the Low-Income Families it Serves is the Only Option

This month, Albina Head Start filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to defend itself against a misapplied rule that could force the program – and all the children it serves – to lose federal funding. ...

DOJ and State Attorneys General File Joint Consumer Lawsuit

In August, the Department of Justice and eight state Attorneys Generals filed a lawsuit charging RealPage Inc., a commercial revenue management software firm with providing apartment managers with illegal price fixing software data that violates...

America Needs Kamala Harris to Win

Because a 'House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand' ...

Student Loan Debt Drops $10 Billion Due to Biden Administration Forgiveness; New Education Department Rules Hold Hope for 30 Million More Borrowers

As consumers struggle to cope with mounting debt, a new economic report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York includes an unprecedented glimmer of hope. Although debt for mortgages, credit cards, auto loans and more increased by billions of...

AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE NEWS

Israeli offensive in Lebanon rekindles Democratic tension in Michigan

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — The rapidly escalating war in the Middle East has heightened anger at Democrats from within Michigan's Arab American community, just over a month before a presidential election in which Vice President Kamala Harris is counting on support from within a key party...

Justice probe finds pervasive abuse and discrimination by police in small Mississippi city

WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing a slew of civil rights abuses by law enforcement in one of America's poorest...

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge's orders, source says

SAO PAULO (AP) — In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk’s social media site X has complied with Alexandre de Moraes’ orders and requested its service be reestablished in the country, a source...

ENTERTAINMENT

Book Review: Crystal King combines food, myths and surrealism with 'In the Garden of Monsters'

Salvador Dali hires a young artist with a striking similarity to the goddess Proserpina to model for him in the Sacro Bosco, a mystical garden almost as surreal as Dali himself. But the beautiful Julia Lombardi quickly finds there’s more tying her to the gods of Greek and Roman myths than just...

Book Review: Wright Thompson exposes deep racist roots of the Mississippi Delta in ‘The Barn’

“The barn… is long and narrow with sliding doors in the middle,” writes Wright Thompson in ‘The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi.’ “Nobody knows when it was built exactly but its cypress-board walls were already weathered in the summer of 1955.” What...

Wojnarowski leaves behind high-profile job at ESPN to return to his roots at St. Bonaventure

OLEAN, N.Y. (AP) — Adrian Wojnarowski was dogged in cultivating relationships over the past 37 years that distinguished his peerless basketball reporting. Leveraging those connections with the same drive and passion that introduced the phrase “Woj bomb” into the basketball...

U.S. & WORLD NEWS

Americans are more likely to see Harris' gender as a hurdle than they were for Clinton: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more likely to believe that being a woman will hurt Kamala Harris ' chances in...

US health authorities need to play a larger role in cannabis policy, a new report says

With more Americans using ever-stronger marijuana, a federal advisory panel is calling for a public health...

Diners are skipping restaurants and making more meals at home as inflation trend inverts

NEW YORK (AP) — Eating in is in and eating out is out. That's the message that inflation-squeezed...

North Macedonia's leader is angry at prospect of a new setback in his country's bid to join the EU

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia's conservative prime minister has reacted angrily to reports that...

What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah

CAIRO (AP) — Since mid-September, there has been a dizzying escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between...

Thousands are pouring into Syria, fleeing worsening conflict in Lebanon

JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) — Families fleeing the escalating conflict in Lebanon poured into Syria in growing...

Prune Hill at 1420 Nw 28th Avenue, Camas

VANCOUVER HOUSING AUTHORITY NOTICE OF WAITLIST OPENING

CAMAS RIDGE THREE BEDROOM

VHA is opening a waitlist for subsidized 3 bedroom units at Camas Ridge. Camas Ridge is a new apartment community located on Prune Hill at 1420 NW 28th Avenue, Camas. These units are project -based, meaning the subsidy can only be used at this property. There are currently two available units. Applicants must have income less than 50% of Area Median Income for their family size. For a family of five, this limit is $38,450. Applicants must qualify for a 3 bedroom unit meaning family size must be between 5 and 7 persons. Families with members who are disabled and require a reasonable accommodation may be eligible even if there are fewer than 5 family members.

Applications will be available November 7 through November 17 and must be returned to the VHA by November 28 at 5:00 pm. Applications will be selected by lottery. The date and time you return the application will not matter as long as you return it by November 28 at 5:00 pm. To obtain an application: Visit our website at www.vhausa.com or visit our office at 2500 Main St, Vancouver, WA or call 993-9581 to have an application mailed to you.