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Public Debt and Deficits be Damned

Cutting social safety nets will only widen the gap.

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - The public debt has surpassed $23 trillion for the first time in history, rising more than 100% in less than a decade and more than a trillion dollars this year alone.

The Fiscal Year 2019 (October 1, 2018-September 30, 2019) budget created a $1.09 trillion deficit. A budget deficit can cause concern when the economy is doing well.

142nd Fighter Wing to Conduct Veterans Day Flyovers

All passes will be approximately 1,000 feet above ground level and about 400 mph airspeed.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The 142nd Fighter Wing based at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Oregon will conduct Veterans Day flyovers for ceremonies at locations throughout the state on Monday, Nov 11, 2019.

The F-15 Eagle fighter jets are scheduled to conduct flyovers at the following community locations at, or around, the designated times.

How to Raise Your Credit Score

The largest single factor in your credit score is on-time bill payment.

(SALEM, Ore.) - How can consumers boost their credit scores? If you want to increase the three-digit number that shows up on your Experian, Equifax or TransUnion report, there are a few things you can do that will almost certainly deliver favorable results within a mere six month period.

Here's a quick look at realistic steps people take to improve their scores.

Hoover Criminal Gang Member Lorenzo Jones Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy

Jones, Rhodes and Hernandez will be tried together and each face a maximum sentence of death or life in prison.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Billy J. Williams, U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, announced today that 46-year old Lorenzo Laron Joneshas been indicted for his role in a racketeering conspiracy that caused the shooting deaths of two Portland men.

He is also accused of attempting to murder six other people, possessing stolen firearms, and distributing cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.

Translation for Small Businesses: 4 Key Languages

Make sure your firm gets the best chance to get ahead in the world.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Do you want to expand your small business? Get online translation for these 4, widely-used languages, and access a large global market as you upscale.

Translation for small businesses means opening the door to many more opportunities. For instance, Mandarin is spoken by 971 million people, it's the most spoken language in the world.

DEA Warns of Counterfeit Prescription Pills

Fentanyl is involved in more deaths than any other illicit drug.

(SEATTLE, WA) - The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans.

Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America.

Portland Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Assaulting Peacekeeper

Gage Halupowski assaulted a man during the June 29, 2019 mass demonstration in downtown Portland.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A person was being chased and fell to the ground where he wasvrepeatedly kicked, punched and hit with expandable metal batons. Adam Kelly entered the crowd and attempted to serve as a peacekeeper.

When Kelly left the crowd, law enforcement witnessed Halupowski run up behind Mr. Kelly and strike him on top of the head with an expandable metal baton. This was a powerful strike to the head. “The sound of the blow was sickening"...

Baseball`s Unwritten Rules

Follow These Rules or You’re Out!

(SALEM, Ore.) - Baseball is one of the most-watched sports in the United States. Sometimes it can be a confusing game even for fans dedicated to the MLB. Why are some of the rules in Baseball not written and yet expected to be followed?

We have broken down some of them so you can get your head around it. Read on to find out more about the unwritten rules of Baseball.

What is Old is New Again: Arts and Technology Students Are Reinventing the Music Video

Students today develop their own music video ideas

(SALEM, Ore.) - Most of the students at Centre for Arts and Technology weren’t alive to witness the launch of MTV in August 1981.

Many were born too late to witness the golden age of music video at all. So, why did a group of digital film students bother making not one but two music videos for a local rock band?

Jeffrey Epstein Again Disappears From View, but What About Mossad?

Will the three simultaneous investigations currently taking place seek to ask the right questions?

(UNITED STATES) - What Epstein did and how he did it was an intelligence operation in support of Mossad. There is no other viable explanation for his filming of prominent politicians and celebrities having sex with young girls.

Recruiting and running American movers and shakers like Bill Clinton, with his 26 trips on the Lolita Express, former Governor Bill Richardson, or former Senator George Mitchell are precisely the types of “agents of influence” that the Mossad would seek to coerce or even blackmail into cooperation.