Day: July 28, 2021
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Former competitive gymnast finds her voice and makes peace with the sport
For the average fan, gymnastics is a popular sport every four years when the Olympics come around. Not me. I think about gymnastics every day. With the … Read Full Article
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Wildfire updates: Dixie Fire, at 200k acres, is California’s 14th largest fire of all time
The fire now spans 208,200 acres (325 square miles), making it California’s 14th-largest fire by acreage. Over 5,100 firefighters are battling the blaze, which ignited July 13 above the Cresta Dam in … Read Full Article
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Suni Lee Helps USA Win Silver Medal
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Photo by USA Gymnastics via Wikimedia Commons Hmong American gymnast Suni Lee helped lift the USA women’s gymnastics team to an Olympic silver medal with a stellar performance on bars, beam and floor, … Read Full Article
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Sunisa Lee’s Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Sunisa Lee is one of the gymnasts competing for Team USA at the Olympics in Tokyo. Lee comes from a large family. She has five siblings and her parents raised them in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lee is also … Read Full Article
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Amanda Nigon-Crowley plays in the dirt for a good cause
Amanda Nigon-Crowley finds no greater pleasure than connecting with people who like to play in the dirt. Nigon-Crowley is the executive director of The Village Agricultural Coop, an organization … Read Full Article
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For exceptional Black women like Simone Biles, greatness is never enough
Simone Biles wasn’t the GOAT. Even though that’s how the announcer on NBC Sports described her as she prepared for the vault in the women’s gymnastics team finals Tuesday in Tokyo. She wasn’t the … Read Full Article
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Racial Tensions Surface In Siskiyou County Ahead Of Vote On Water Restrictions
In recent weeks, protests have roiled Siskiyou County. They’ve focused on an officer-involved shooting of a local Southeast Asian American man and restrictions on water used to grow illegal marijuana. Read Full Article
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JBLM officer killed in fall at Mount St. Helens ‘lived his life courageously,’ sister says
Wennicha Yang remembers feeling nervous when she transferred to a new school in fifth grade. But she also remembers how her younger brother, Brian Yang, helped her get through that feeling. Read Full Article
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‘We Were Pretty Loud’: Sunisa Lee’s Dad Beams With Pride After Olympics Performance
Minnesota gymnasts Sunisa Lee and Grace McCallum stepped up at the Olympics after Simone Biles exited the team final competition. Read Full Article
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JBLM soldier who died while hiking Mount St. Helens ‘lived his life courageously,’ sister says
Brian was the 25-year-old Army soldier who was found dead near Mount St. Helens on Wednesday, July 21. He was last seen Sunday, July 18 at the South Coldwater Trailhead. The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s … Read Full Article
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Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey will represent the U.S. in the all-around with Simone Biles out.
Simone Biles’s withdrawal from Thursday’s individual all-around final has opened a spot in the competition for her teammate Jade Carey, who would have qualified for the event if not for a rule that … Read Full Article
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Inside the Police Killing That’s Rocking Cannabis Country
Tou Ger XiongAs a raging wildfire burned behind him late last month, Soobleej Kaub Hawj drove a white GMC pickup truck away from his new home in Siskiyou County, a mountainous region in Northern … Read Full Article