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This issue has long been the bailiwick of Mayor Jennifer Massey, who talks about how she thinks Cannard (formerly Tina Curry) stole money at any opportunity. Here’s a podcast with her and her friends talking all about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6uC...
FAFODDS E2-Tourism behind the E2C Curtain- Brochures to Bullshit Part 1YouTube video by FAFODDS Podcast: The Find Out Phasewww.youtube.comCannard planned Halloweentown for years and in the course of doing so, she claims a city staffer instructed her to open a bank account to collect revenue to pay vendors. She also retained profits from events she planned. St Helens had no access to the account, but she provided accounting for it
Remember back in March when @ryanjhaas.bsky.social and I did a story on St Helens and the drama that started with the police department over Halloweentown? Well, our @thewesternedge.bsky.social story just got more interesting. Gather round: www.thewesternedge.media/p/the-shady-...
The Shady Cop Who Haunts HalloweentownA porn-texting police chief, a mayor posting through it all and the Oregon town that can’t let go of the 2024 election.www.thewesternedge.media
Chatted with former Chumbawamba member Danbert Nobacon about his blunt political music, the continued legacy of "Tubthumping", teaching high school theater, and now residing in a small town in North Central Washington. www.inlander.com/music/after-...
After topping the charts as a member of the British anarcho-punk collective Chumbawamba, Danbert Nobacon has continued fighting the power from small-town Central WashingtonThere aren’t a lot of televised musical moments as cheekily self-aware as the January 14, 1998, episode of The Tonight Show. After the camera zooms past guests Bob Newhart andwww.inlander.com
Portland State’s plan calls for $35 million in cuts to academic programs and instructional staff, despite the fact that the university during the last decade doubled its administrative spending per student while enrollment fell 23 percent. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...
Portland State to cut 2 departments, 36 faculty amid shortfall - Portland Business JournalPortland State University said it will eliminate two academic departments and 36 full-time positions to address at $35 million budget shortfall.www.bizjournals.com
In this story I published a few months ago, I talk about the squishy definition of terrorism, how no federal agency defines it the same, and how, specifically, Mangione is not being tried as a terrorist. www.hcn.org/issues/58-4/...
What a bombing in Nevada reveals about the nation’s appetite for violence - High Country NewsThere is no definition of domestic terrorism. And the reason why is complicated.www.hcn.orgKen KlippensteinMarco Rubio's speech on political terrorism references Luigi Mangione. "The share of left-wing terrorist attacks and plots has risen to levels not seen in decades ... a healthcare executive executed in cold blood in the streets."
Update: Houston's local police are calling BS on the FBI's claims. www.cnn.com/2026/07/15/u...
DA says he doesn’t believe that drugs were found in van involved in Houston ICE shooting, countering FBI suspicion | CNNProsecutors in Texas’ Harris County believe the substances collected in the van in which Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week were not drugs, the district attor...www.cnn.com
From @davidcondos.bsky.social @kuer.org - Trump again shrinks the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah. Reporting from a reporter based in southern Utah.
NPRFlanked by Utah’s delegation, Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah Speaker Mike Schultz, President Trump again reduced the boundaries and protections of the two monuments. Conservationists and tribal leaders worry it could undo years of work to protect these lands.
An unnamed ICE spokesperson responded to my request and said: "ICE is indeed pursuing all available options to expand bedspace capacity. This process does include partnering with states and local governments, and private sector partners to house detainees at existing facilities."
Dianne LugoNew: Three federal agencies are being sued by @innovationlawlab.bsky.social over delayed FOIA responses concerning plans for an overnight detention center in Oregon. More details: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/p...
ICYMI: a new @thewesternedge.bsky.social investigation we put out last week looks into sexual assault in Oregon Buddhist communities. We are 100% fueled by paid subscribers, so if you read this story and want to see more stuff like it, please subscribe! www.thewesternedge.media/p/give-your-...
‘Give Your Mind Over’: Power and Devotion Inside Oregon Buddhist CommunitiesWomen inside some Northwest Buddhist centers say the faith has long struggled to stop predatory behavior by spiritual leaders, and in some cases brushed it aside.www.thewesternedge.media
