In The NewsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake — which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later — could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Central Oregon to buckle, resulting “in a potentially catastrophic flood.”THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:The Corps announced late Monday it will try to minimize the danger by reducing the maximum height of the lake by five feet starting in April. Hundreds of thousands of people, including those in the state capital, live downstream from the Detroit Dam, whose construction in the 1950s created the...…In The NewsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that a large earthquake — which is expected to occur again in the Pacific Northwest sooner or later — could cause the spillway gates of a dam in Central Oregon to buckle, resulting “in a potentially catastrophic flood.”THANKS TO OUR SPONSOR:The Corps announced late Monday it will try to minimize the danger by reducing the maximum height of the lake by five feet starting in April. Hundreds of thousands of people, including those in the state capital, live downstream from the Detroit Dam, whose construction in the 1950s created the...WW…

AdvertisementBy Associated PressJul 18, 2020 at 11:35 pmThe mayor of Portland, Ore., demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained people on streets far from federal property they were sent to protect."Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city," Mayor Ted Wheeler said at a news conference.AdvertisementDemocratic Gov. Kate Brown said Trump is looking for a confrontation in the hopes of winning political points elsewhere. It also serves as a distraction from the coronavirus pandemic, which is...…AdvertisementBy Associated PressJul 18, 2020 at 11:35 pmThe mayor of Portland, Ore., demanded Friday that President Donald Trump remove militarized federal agents he deployed to the city after some detained people on streets far from federal property they were sent to protect."Keep your troops in your own buildings, or have them leave our city," Mayor Ted Wheeler said at a news conference.AdvertisementDemocratic Gov. Kate Brown said Trump is looking for a confrontation in the hopes of winning political points elsewhere. It also serves as a distraction from the coronavirus pandemic, which is...WW…