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Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US

SALEM, Ore. – A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in the Oregon Legislature, with backers saying it will save lives and opponents contending it could lead to deaths.

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Average US price of gas holds steady at $2.94 per gallon

FILE - Reflected in the side of a pickup truck, Matthew Legere, an attendant at Rinaldi Energy in Saco, pumps gas for a customer at the full service station on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. (Staff Photo by Gregory Rec/Portland Portland Press Herald via CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average U.S.

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Jazz rout Trail Blazers for 23rd straight home victory

SALT LAKE CITY – Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points to lead the Utah Jazz to their 23rd straight home victory, 122-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.

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Bend's last Blockbuster even more popular after Netflix show

BEND, Ore. – The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago.

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Portland man reunited with dog that was adopted out while he was in Auburn hospital

AUBURN, Wash. - A Portland man was reunited with his dog after being separated for three weeks and during that time, his dog was adopted out to another family. Joey Martin staying in Auburn, with the hopes of visiting the Olympic National Park when he had a personal medical emergency. Due to that emergency, he had to leave everything in his hotel room without any notice, including his four-legged travel companion, Max. That’s when animal control got a call about a dog abandoned in a hotel room.Phil Morgan, the president and CEO of the Auburn Valley Humane Society, said Max had a microchip, which is a good thing, but unfortunately, the information was not updated."We spent three days making phone calls, and emails and texts with no

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Average US price of gas jumps a nickel per gallon to $2.94

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Powell scores 22 in Portland debut as Blazers topple Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Magic got a look at their harsh, new reality a night after trading away the core of their team, losing 112-105 on Friday to a Portland Trail Blazers squad without injured star guard Damian Lillard.

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Irving to miss Nets' road trip to tend to family matter

NEW YORK – Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets' three-game road trip this week while dealing with a family matter.

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Devin Booker scores 35 points, Suns beat Blazers 127-121

Devin Booker returned from the knee injury that kept him out of the All-Star Game to score 35 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Portland Trail Blazers 127-121 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.

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Central Florida native Anfernee Simons wins NBA’s Slam Dunk contest

Anfernee Simons, a guard for the Portland Trailblazers who grew up in Altamonte Springs and attended Edgewater High School, won the slam dunk contest at the NBA’s annual All-Star game on Sunday.

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Teacher COVID-19 vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push

FILE - A medical worker gives a kindergarten teacher the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a super vaccination site on Feb. 23, 2021 in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

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Oregon DUI suspect had staggering .77 blood alcohol level — more than 9x legal limit

MADRAS, Ore. - A hit-and-run suspect in Oregon had a blood alcohol level of more than nine times the legal limit — a threshold which often proves fatal, authorities said.The DUI suspect had a BAC of 0.77, according to the Warm Springs Police Department. The federal limit to legally drive in the U.S.

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Princess Eugenie and husband pick a name for their baby son

LONDON – Britain’s Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have named their baby boy August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.

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Lillard, Blazers top Mavs 121-118 as Doncic heats up again

DALLAS – Damian Lillard hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer for Portland in the final minute after a big Dallas rally, and the Trail Blazers overcame another high-scoring outing from Luka Doncic in a 121-118 victory over the Mavericks on Sunday night.

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A very rare NBA day: Curry, Jokic score 50 in losses

Stephen Curry and Nikola Jokic were part of history Saturday. It wasn’t the sort that they’ll savor.

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Doncic tops Curry in duel as Mavericks beat Warriors 134-132

DALLAS – Luka Doncic tied his career high with 42 points in a scoring duel with Stephen Curry, leading the Dallas Mavericks to a 134-132 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.

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Trent, Anthony lead undermanned Trail Blazers past 76ers 121-105

PHILADELPHIA - Without Damian Lillard or CJ McCollum, Portland’s "other guys" stepped in for the stars and pulled off the upset in Philly.Gary Trent Jr. scored 24 points and Enes Kanter had 17 points and 18 rebounds to lead the undermanned Trail Blazers to a 121-105 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.Carmelo Anthony had 22 points and a Trail Blazers team with four starters missing led by as many as 29 points against the top team in the East."Dame is our best player, our superstar," Kanter said.

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Trent, Anthony lead undermanned Portland past 76ers 121-105

PHILADELPHIA – Gary Trent Jr. scored 24 points and Enes Kanter had 17 points and 18 rebounds to lead the undermanned Portland Trail Blazers to a 121-105 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night.

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Nan, 77, 'killed in hit and run' just one week after getting her Covid jab

A nan who was overjoyed to finally have received her Covid jab was tragically killed just a week later in a suspected a hit-and-run, it has been reported.

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Nan 'overjoyed' to be outside again after Covid jab is killed in 'hit-and-run rampage'

Covid-19 vaccine was tragically killed in suspected a hit-and-run rampage. Jean Gerich, 77, was excited to be out and about again after receiving the jab but died after a driver allegedly deliberately drove into her.

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NBA adjusts schedules for virus-affected teams, like Wizards

Washington’s second-half schedule might not be as jam-packed as first thought, after the NBA said Wednesday it was rescheduling some Wizards games after a half-dozen of their contests were postponed in recent weeks for virus-related reasons.

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Grizzlies-Blazers called off; NBA stresses new protocols

even with the additional urging from the league about its importance.Players, the NBA reminded Wednesday, must limit their interactions to elbow bumps and fist bumps. Hugs and handshakes are not permitted, and when players are exchanging pleasantries after games they remain “strongly encouraged to wear facemasks during any such interactions,” the league said.Included in Wednesday’s guidance from the league: a reminder that speaking face-to-face while unmasked raises meaningful risks of transmission.

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‘It escalated so quickly’ Videographer describes Capitol chaos

WASHINGTON – An independent videographer who specializes in covering large protests said he was prompted to travel to the nation’s capital, in part, because President Donald Trump had tweeted about the Jan. 6 demonstrations weeks ahead of time.“I thought people were going to gather outside the Capitol,” Brendan Gutenschwager told News 6, “But I definitely did not think it was going to be a total overrun of the police.”Gutenschwager has been capturing video at major demonstrations for about five years, most recently in cities like Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Kenosha.[TRENDING: Can Trump run for president again? | Tourists flocking to Fla. for vaccine? | Fifth-largest lotto jackpot up for grabs]The videographer typically licenses his

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Gonzaga, Baylor remain atop AP Top 25; UConn in at No. 25

in the poll released Monday and the Bears had the other one. Villanova, Texas and Iowa rounded out a top 5 that remained the same from last week.Gonzaga (12-0) had two games last week and turned both into routs, beating BYU 86-69 and Portland 116-88.

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Stephen Curry has career-high 62, Warriors beat Blazers

SAN FRANCISCO – Stephen Curry let it fly from way out under pressure with a minute-plus left for another perfect swish on the way to a career-high 62 points, and the Golden State Warriors beat Portland 137-122 on Sunday night to split the two-game set with the Trail Blazers.Curry had the highest-scoring game in the NBA this season, finishing 18 for 31 and 8 of 16 on 3-pointers after beginning with a 21-point first quarter. He had his 10th career 30-point half to help the Warriors take a 66-54 at the break.One small blemish in his brilliant night: Curry had his streak of free throws snapped at a franchise-record 80 in the first.

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Lillard, Trent shoot Blazers past champion Lakers, 115-107

LOS ANGELES – Damian Lillard scored 21 of his 31 points in the second half, and CJ McCollum had 20 points and 11 assists in the Portland Trail Blazers' 115-107 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night.Gary Trent Jr. matched his career high with seven 3-pointers while scoring 28 points in the Blazers' second straight win over the Lakers at Staples Center.LeBron James had 29 points, nine rebounds and six assists for the NBA champions, who dropped to 2-2 on their season-opening homestand.

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Rockets set to go into opener with 9 available players

The Houston Rockets are preparing to have only nine available players, James Harden among them, for their first two games of the season because of ongoing quarantine issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.The Rockets play their opener in Portland on Saturday and visit Denver on Monday. They will be without John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Gordon and Mason Jones for those games, all listed as out by the Rockets with “health and safety protocols” as the reason.Those four players, if they return negative tests, will see seven-day quarantines end Wednesday.

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Oregon's sports teams have gotten plenty of coronavirus tests while nurses, hospitals struggle: report

Professional and top-tier college athletes in Oregon are tested about 1,700 times a week combined, while some health care workers are struggling to just receive one, according to a report. The Portland Trail Blazers, Portland Timbers, Oregon Ducks and Oregon State Bears are tested multiple times per week.The Trail Blazers get tested daily, the top schools get tested six times per week and the Timbers four times.

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Coronavirus relief fund in Oregon meant to help Black-owned businesses exclusively

COVID-19 has proven to be an equal opportunity menace, killing people of all races and ethnicities. Government shutdowns put in place to slow its spread have hurt small businesses in every corner of America, but in Oregon, the state legislature established a relief fund for Black people.The Oregon Cares Fund uses $62 million from the federal CARES Act for grants.To be eligible, individuals, families and businesses must live in or be based in Oregon, demonstrate hardship due to COVID-19 and self-identify as Black.

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Antifa planning Portland meetup in defiance of COVID-19 rules, online posts reportedly reveal

Demonstrators allegedly aligned with Antifa are expected to meet up at a downtown Portland business zone Wednesday night in a continuation of nightly protests, according to posts made on social media. The gathering is expected to happen at Pioneer Courthouse Square, the site of several large gatherings since Portland became the epicenter for demonstrations following the police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The city has seen more than 100 nights of gatherings that have often become chaotic and overwhelming for local law enforcement agencies.

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EXPLAINER: Have election-related protests materialized?

WASHINGTON – Two days after Election Day, protests across the United States are scattered, happening in places from Portland, Oregon and Seattle to Washington, D.C. There have also been some intense moments at some ballot-counting locations in Arizona and Michigan.

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Michigan man wins $1 million lotto prize after winning $5,000 the week before

Photo: Michigan Lottery, forefront; Doug Jones/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images, background) JACKSON, Mich. - Some guys have all the luck.The Michigan Lottery says a 24-year-old man, who chose to remain anonymous, won $1 million from a lottery ticket he bought at a gas station -- just days after he won $5,000 the week before.“I had won $5,000 on a Super Bonus Cashword ticket last week, and I was still feeling pretty lucky,” the man told lottery officials.

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Libraries, gallery and popular Portland Basin Museum to reopen 'Covid-safe' in Tameside

The remainder of Tameside’s libraries along with its gallery and popular Portland Basin Museum are to reopen in a ‘Covid-safe’ way this month.At a meeting of the executive cabinet, bosses agreed to reopen four of the borough’s libraries which were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.The Portland Basin Museum in Ashton-under-Lyne, which had also shut its doors due to Covid-19 is due to reopen on Wednesday, October 14.To keep residents and staff safe, people wishing to visit the museum must pre-book for slots which last around an hour.A one-way system has been put in place around the exhibits, there are hand-sanitising stations, and extra cleaning measures have been introduced.Visitors must wear a face covering and observe social

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9 charged after McCloskey confrontation won't be prosecuted

declined to prosecute nine people charged with trespassing on the private property of a gun-wielding couple who pointed weapons at them during a confrontation.In a statement to Fox News, deputy city counselor Michael Garvin said Tuesday that prosecutors investigated each of the cases through the review of multiple videos, property documents and interviews."After consideration of all factors, the city counselor determined that prosecution is not warranted against these particular individuals," Garvin said. "Having reached that conclusion, all charges were refused."RELATED: Missouri couple draw guns at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor’s homeGarvin said residents who are trustees of the private Portland Place neighborhood also declined to

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Donald Trump refuses to condemn white supremacists during first U.S. presidential debate

Donald Trump refused to directly condemn white supremacists during the first U.S. presidential debate Tuesday evening.Fox News journalist and debate moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump if he would condemn white supremacists during a segment focusing on race tensions in the U.S.

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Portand, Oregon, police make arrests at downtown rally

PORTLAND – Portland police Saturday night arrested anti-police brutality protesters who had gathered downtown. Shortly after 9 p.m., video on social media showed the officers tackling protesters and making arrests as the crowd of several hundred people yelled at them.

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‘Now or never’: Former Trump staffers press others to speak out ahead of election

Donald Trump deployed Homeland Security agents to Portland, exacerbating tensions there. She decided it was worth the risk to speak out against Trump, whom she had come to view as a threat to the country.

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It's 'now or never' for ex-Trump aides weighing speaking out

WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Neumann wrestled with the decision for weeks. She worried about the backlash, the impact it would have on her career, potential threats to her family.

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Oregon grieves for natural places wiped out by wildfires

DETROIT LAKE, Ore. – Oregonians are grieving the loss of some of their most treasured natural places after wildfires wiped out campgrounds, hot springs and wooded retreats that have been touchstones for generations in a state known for its unspoiled beauty.The flames that destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least nine people also encroached on beloved state parks, scorched some of Oregon's best-known hiking trails and raged through a whitewater rafting mecca.“Nature IS the icon in Oregon. We have this collective grief and some of that is (from) growing up here," said Eden Dawn, an editor at Portland Monthly magazine who wrote an essay about the wildfires.

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Florida governor introduces legislation with harsh penalties for disorderly assemblies

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Florida's governor, surrounded by sheriffs, police chiefs and state legislative leaders, announced a new bill that will increase penalties against protesters involved in looting and violence. The proposal will also cut state funding to cities that "defund the police."The bill will be introduced in the next legislative session, and will push felony charges against violent protesters, including against those who block roadways."I look at what goes on in Portland.

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Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by President Donald Trump that sought to identify localities that permit “anarchy, violence and destruction in American cities.” The designation, which could open the door for the federal government to cut off some funding to the cities, drew immediate criticism from local elected officials.

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Lakers roll past Nuggets 126-114 in West finals opener

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Anthony Davis had 37 points and 10 rebounds, LeBron James added 15 points and 12 assists, and the Los Angeles Lakers rolled to a 126-114 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.Slow starters in the previous two rounds, the top-seeded Lakers put this one away in a hurry, opening a double-digit lead in the first half that they easily extended in the third quarter.Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points and Dwight Howard rejoined the rotation with 13 in a powerful return to the conference finals for the Lakers, who hadn't been to the NBA's final four since winning their last championship in 2010.

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Firefighters begin to battle exhaustion alongside wildfires on U.S. West Coast

massive wildfires in Oregon, California and Washington state are constantly on the verge of exhaustion as they try to save suburban houses, including some in their own neighborhoods. Each home or barn lost is a mental blow for teams trained to protect lives and property.And their own safety is never assured.

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Western United States has the worst air quality in the world, data indicates

LOS ANGELES - Wildfire smoke has choked the West Coast as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires spanning several states. According to IQAir, an air quality monitoring system, many U.S.

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Wildfires intensify economic pain in the West

The fires consuming the forests of California and Oregon and darkening the skies over San Francisco and Portland are also damaging a regional economy already singed by the coronavirus outbreak.Wildfires are destroying property, running up huge losses for property insurers and putting a strain on economic activity along the West Coast that could linger for a year or more.The credit rating agency A.M. Best estimates that insured losses from the blazes in California could top the unprecedented $13 billion recorded in 2017 when the state was hit by three of the five costliest fires in U.S.

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Smoke chokes West Coast as wildfire deaths keep climbing

SALEM, Ore. - Wildfire smoke that posed a health hazard to millions choked the West Coast on Saturday as firefighters battled deadly blazes that obliterated some towns and displaced tens of thousands of people, the latest in a series of calamities this year.For people already enduring the coronavirus pandemic, the resulting economic fallout and political tensions evident in the Black Lives Matter protests and far-right counter protests, the fires added a new layer of misery.“What’s next? You have the protests, coronavirus pandemic, now the wildfires.

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What's next? Devastating fires are latest challenge in West

SALEM, Ore. – The path of devastation spans thousands of miles where flames have consumed people, homes and cars while leaving a barren, gray landscape. But the massive wildfires aren't done chewing through the West, shrouding the skies with choking smoke or driving residents from their homes.It’s an ominous harbinger of fall for the region that was the first to be hit hard by the coronavirus and where the cries for social justice have rung especially loud this summer with protests in Portland for more than 100 days.

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12-year-old found dead along with his dog, grandmother in Oregon wildfires

OREGON - A 12-year-old boy was found dead Wednesday along with his dog and grandmother, after wildfires raged across the West Coast.The young boy, Wyatt Tofte, and his dog, perished in the family car while trying to escape the flames, Fox News reported. Wyatt’s grandmother Peggy also died in the fire.The boy's mother, Angela Mosso, is in critical condition with severe burns.RELATED: Resources 'extremely taxed' as crews battle Sumner Grade FireWyatt’s father confirmed the death to Portland news affiliate KGW.

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