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Portland Classic names new title sponsor
The Standard will be the title sponsor for the Portland Classic through 2027.
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Columbian Newspaper
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Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon to be secretary of the Education Department, tasked with overseeing an agency Trump has promised to dismantle. He also selected Dr. Mehmet Oz, a former television talk show host and heart surgeon, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programs for millions of older, poor and disabled Americans, and named Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department. |
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Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name
NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell’s is ditching the soup — at least in name. And the change has now received shareholders’ greenlight. |
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‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 1 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the Northwest
SEATTLE (AP) — A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person. |
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Washington man among four business owners indicted in scheme to violate the Clean Air Act
SPOKANE — Four business owners in the West were indicted by a federal jury last month for allegedly smuggling illegal devices meant to skirt federal emissions standards across the border and distributing them across the U.S., in violation of the Clean Air Act. |
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Kalama is only district in WA picked for federal energy savings program
LONGVIEW — The Kalama School District is among 60 nationwide selected to participate in a U.S. Department of Energy program promoting energy efficiency and sustainability, the district announced Tuesday. |
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Martinez: Kendall Mairs’ passion switches from basketball to volleyball
Kendall Mairs is now all in on volleyball. |
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Benton County to sue WA after Inslee agrees to one of state’s largest wind farms
KENNEWICK — Benton County will appeal Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s approval of a wind farm stretching 24 miles along the Horse Heaven Hills after a unanimous vote Tuesday by county commissioners. |
NYT Politics
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How to Avoid Contentious Holiday Gatherings After the Election
How to avoid a contentious family holiday after the big election.
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JD Vance Courts Senators With Gaetz and Hegseth, Two Controversial Cabinet Picks
Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill with Matt Gaetz, picked for attorney general, and Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host who is up for secretary of defense.
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