News You Need To Know – Week of September 4th
- Hikers Say the Columbia River Gorge is Burning Because Teenage Boys Were Tossing Firecrackers Off a Cliff
(Willamette Week) - Eagle Creek fire grows, spreads to Washington; officials say fire a ‘high priority’ in the nation
(The Oregonian) - Ash Falls Like Snow Across Portland as Wildfire Tears Through the Columbia River Gorge
(Willamette Week) - Buying A New Bike In Oregon? Get Ready To Pay $15 More
(OPB) - Oregon removes nearly 55,000 people from Medicaid after they failed eligibility checks
(The Oregonian)
College football team surprises teammate with service scholarship
Justin Juenemann, a backup kicker for the University of Minnesota’s football team, recently received an unexpected gift from an equally unexpected source. The 23 year-old has diligently worked as a volunteer at Masonic Children’s Hospital throughout his college years....
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Real-life Spider-Man helps pick up after Hurricane Irma
Cheryl Hanbury saw someone she didn’t expect to see when she stepped outside to survey the damage to her Bradenton, Florida neighborhood the morning after Hurricane Irma hit. A man in a familiar red and blue suit was cutting a tree that had fallen across her road. “I...
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Stranded bakers make bread for fellow hurricane victims
A group of bakers decided to help their community when they saw that they were stranded due to the waters of hurricane Harvey. Four bakers of the El Bolillo Bakery in Houston, Texas, were about to head home from a late shift when they saw they couldn’t leave safely...
read moreOregon Legislature Passes Bills for Disabled Citizens
Two bills passed unanimously during Oregon’s 2017 legislative session that will help significantly to raise awareness for and accommodate disabled citizens. Both were sponsored by State Representative Cedric Hayden. The first bill, House Bill 2591, moved to designate...
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Portland Community Expresses Solidarity with Cancer Victims
Last Sunday, thousands of people took to the streets of Portland to show support for breast cancer victims in the city's Race for the Cure. One participant, Adrienne San Nicolas, joined the race to celebrate her own recovery from the disease: "It's a celebration for...
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Portland to Open New Willamette River Swimming Area
The City of Portland has recently announced plans to turn the Kevin Duckworth Memorial Dock, which is located along the east side of the Willamette River near the Steel Bridge, into a "world class" swimming and recreational area. The dock was originally built to...
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Washington Couple Amazed by Naming of 2017 Hurricanes
Even though the names "Harvey" and "Irma" now have a negative connotation that will inevitably go down in history due to the widespread devastation they have caused, the names Harvey and Irma have a very different meaning to a numerous amount of people. A Washington...
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College football team surprises teammate with service scholarship
Justin Juenemann, a backup kicker for the University of Minnesota’s football team, recently received an unexpected gift from an equally unexpected source. The 23 year-old has diligently worked as a volunteer at Masonic Children’s Hospital throughout his college years....
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Wish Upon A Wedding Helps Couple Facing Cancer
Beaverton couple, Melanie Blake and Brian Cook met over MySpace ten years ago when Melanie reached out to him. "I lived in Connecticut and he was out here and I wanted friends before I got out here," she explained in an interview with KOIN 6 News. However, soon after...
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YouTube Reveals New Strategy to Fight Terrorist Recruitment Videos
YouTube recently announced how it intends to combat terrorist propaganda and rhetoric on their website: they will redirect the users looking for those things. Users who search for such content will be shown to videos that depict clerics refuting violent religious...
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Strangers Save Drowning Boy in Santiam River
On Sunday, July 16th, a 4-year-old boy was standing near the river with his fathers and siblings when he fell in the North Fork Santiam River and was immediately swept along by the river. Almost immediately, four strangers jumped into action to help the child. Jason...
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Portland Bridal Shop Helps Local & National Charities
Imagine being able to simultaneously buy a wedding dress for a fraction of the cost while also helping those in need. Brides for a Cause, a non-profit in Portland, does exactly that by collecting both new and used wedding dresses and selling them to help local and...
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Virginia Teens Build Deck for Disabled Man Trapped in His Home
Over 800 teenagers have been participating in a work camp and have been working on 104 different projects throughout northern and central Virginia this summer. The Diocese of Arlington is sponsoring this camp. “I didn’t even think we had people like this in the world...
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