Author: DailyWestern
Students learn how to make traditional mats from tule reeds in a “Tł’aawxmamiyai” workshop Photo Courtesy The Museum at Warm Springs. Tradition is treasured at The Museum at Warm Springs. Thanks in part to an Oregon Cultural Trust grant award, the museum is launching the third year of its “Tł’aawxmamiyai – For Everyone – The Knowledge from Long Ago” workshop series, focused on Traditional Indigenous arts and crafts practices. Since 2022, Warm Springs tribal members have participated in more than 16 different workshops, learning how to make jingle dresses, Columbia river plateau vests, tule mats, and more. Workshops are led…
Anthony Slater will leave The Athletic to join ESPN later this summer. Slater will continue to focus on the Golden State Warriors while also contributing to the network’s national coverage of the NBA. Slater left The Oklahoman in 2016 for the Mercury News to continue covering Kevin Durant when the star left the Oklahoma City Thunder to sign with the Warriors. Slater later joined Marcus Thompson and Tim Kawakami at The Athletic. Slater has long been a podcast co-host with Sam Amick.
A photographer in Alaska captured the imagery of the northern lights across the Last Frontier.FAIRBANKS, Alaska – For the first time, the National Weather Service office in Fairbanks, Alaska, has issued a Heat Advisory, marking a significant shift in how Alaskans are alerted to unusually warm conditions.Until recently, Fairbanks and other Alaskan forecast offices didn’t have the ability to issue such advisories, instead relying on Special Weather Statements to alert the public about sudden heat.That changed on June 2, when adjusted procedures granted Alaskan offices the authority to use the Heat advisory product, aligning them more closely with practices used…
Last year’s Día de los Muertos celebration at the Forest Grove Farmers Market. Adelante Mujeres, a nonprofit dedicated to providing education and empowerment opportunities to Latine women, is investing in its popular farmers markets with support from an Oregon Cultural Trust grant award With markets in Forest Grove and Cornelius that attract an average of 2,500 weekly visitors, Adelante Mujeres forges a connection between sustainability and cultural celebration. Marketgoers can shop for fresh, local groceries while enjoying rich artistic offerings, including print artists, clothing designers, ceramicists and live music. The market recently wrapped for the season with a festive Día…
This weekend, the Trump administration is planning a major military parade in Washington, D.C. The event is ostensibly designed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army, although it also happens to coincide with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. And the parade is coming at a time when the country is experiencing significant unrest, with the U.S. government sending the military to confront protesters in Los Angeles who oppose the administration’s deportation policies. What sort of infrastructure challenge is posed by military parades? What is the military purpose of parades? And how do parades contribute to…
Eerie silence hangs over Central Coast farm fields in wake of ICE raids [Originally posted in December 16, 2024] Wages for farm workers and food processing will likely rise, if the past is any guide. Figure 1: Farm worker wage, 2023$ (blue, left log scale), and share of civilian employment foreign born (tan, right scale), both s.a. NBER defined peak-to-trough recession dates shaded gray. iFarm worker wage seasonally adjusted by author using X-13, deflated using CPI-U. Source: NASS/USDABLS, NBER, and author’s calculations. Figure 2: Average hourly earnings for food manufacturing for production and nonsupervisory workers, 2023$ (blue, left log scale),…
Now expanded to 32 teams, the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup will run for almost a month in the US and feature participants from Asia, Africa, North and Central America, South America, Oceania and Europe.The teams are split into four groups of eight, each playing each other in a round-robin format to decide the two teams who advance.A knockout stage follows, featuring last-16 matches followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final in New Jersey on July 13.101GreatGoals.com has the full list of fixtures and results from the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup, including kick-off times (all BST) and details on…
Kevin Durant may be on the move again, and three teams have emerged as frontrunners ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft. According to NBA insider Shams Charania, the Houston Rockets, Miami Heat, and Minnesota Timberwolves are currently in active discussions to acquire the 36-year-old forward. Speaking on The Pat McAfee Show, Charania said, “I think […] The post Insider names three teams in Kevin Durant sweepstakes appeared first on TalkBasket.net.
Tropical Storm Dalila formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday. The National Hurricane Center said that Tropical Storm Dalila reached 40 mph, officially designating it as a tropical storm.Tropical Storm Dalila formed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday. The National Hurricane Center said that Tropical Storm Dalila reached 40 mph, officially designating it as a tropical storm.Tracking Tropical Storm Dalila.(FOX Weather) A tropical storm is a tropical cyclone that has maximum sustained winds of between 39 and 73 mph – a step above a tropical depression.Tropical Storm Dalila is currently 195 miles south of Zihuatanejo, Mexico and is currently being monitored by the NHC…
The Liberty Theatre on opening day, 1925. Astoria’s Liberty Theatre will finally fix its leaky roof, thanks in part to its latest grant award from the Oregon Cultural Trust. Located a couple blocks off the waterfront in the heart of downtown Astoria, the 700-seat theatre is a community fixture, presenting a range of performances and events including concerts, dance, comedy and a low-cost children’s theatre program. But the venue, which will turn a century old next year, is in desperate need of repairs. Astoria gets an average of 70 inches of rain annually, which means the theatre’s roof leaks frequently,…