August 21, 2024, 2:05pm Business
Most Federal Reserve officials agreed last month that they would likely cut their benchmark interest rate at their next meeting in September as long as inflation continued to cool. Read story
August 21, 2024, 1:50pm Business
U.S. stocks ticked higher Wednesday after more big companies delivered profit reports that topped analysts’ expectations. Read story
August 21, 2024, 1:43pm Business
A total of $26.5 million in state funding was awarded to 11 Washington ports for projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 140,000 metric tons in the next 10 years. Read story
August 21, 2024, 1:26pm Clark County News
The Clark County Council on Tuesday approved a conservation covenant for the 78th Street Heritage Farm and the adjoining Hazel Dell Community Park so the land can’t be sold for housing or other uses. Read story
August 21, 2024, 1:15pm Latest News
Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years after another Black woman mesmerized the nation with a televised speech that challenged the seating of Mississippi’s all-white delegation to the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Read story
August 21, 2024, 1:06pm Latest News
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon is suing the city of Medford, saying its police department has been unlawfully monitoring progressive political activists who aren’t suspected of criminal activity. Read story
August 21, 2024, 12:56pm Business
The U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs from April 2023 through March this year than were originally reported, the government said Wednesday. The revised total adds to evidence that the job market has been slowing and likely reinforces the Federal Reserve's plan to start cutting interest rates soon. Read story
August 21, 2024, 8:32am Latest News
The second night of the Democratic National Convention was filled with excitement as a celebratory roll call marked Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination to be the party’s candidate for president. As speaker after speaker addressed the convention extolling her qualities to lead the country, they also spelled out differences with… Read story
August 21, 2024, 8:15am Latest News
Yaz Kader heard President Joe Biden call for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza during his swan song Democratic National Convention speech Monday night. Read story
August 21, 2024, 8:09am Latest News
Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton are headlining the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters. Read story