Articles for Columbia County

Oregon school worker fired for hunting deer to ‘blow off steam’ during break from work
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Oregon school worker fired for hunting deer to ‘blow off steam’ during break from work

The Independent  

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Swing states
3 months, 1 week ago

Swing states

China Daily  

Reader question: Please explain “swing states” in the United States. “We need someone who’s going to be dedicated to what’s happening for us.” Wade’s voting history mirrors Columbia County – known as a pivot county – one of several in the state that voted twice for Obama and then flipped to Trump in 2016. President Joe Biden’s rather surprising Georgia …

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Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street. The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center cited an “enhanced …

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Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon
3 years, 7 months ago

Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon

Associated Press  

SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a rural Oregon county, one of a wave of U.S. counties declaring itself a Second Amendment sanctuary. A gun shop owner in Columbia County said he supports background checks and believes that “state law trumps the county …

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Georgia teachers honk horns in protest of return to school
4 years, 4 months ago

Georgia teachers honk horns in protest of return to school

CNN  

CNN — Teachers in Gwinnett County, Georgia, staged a socially distant protest Thursday of the district’s plan for students to return to school as hundreds of district employees have tested positive for Covid-19 or are in quarantine because of potential exposure. pic.twitter.com/pvlfcbVoyA — Natasha Chen August 6, 2020 The school year has not yet started in Gwinnett County, but already …

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