FORMER OREGON CONGRESSMAN LORI CHAVEZ-DEREMER IS OUT AT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS SHE RESIGNED HER LABOR SECRETARY POSITION MONDAY. THIS IS IN THE WAKE OF AN INTERNAL MISCONDUCT PROBE ALLEGING SEVERAL ABUSES OF POWER INCLUDING DRINKING ON THE JOB, HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A MEMBER OF HER SECURITY TEAM, AND USING GOVERNMENT-PAID TRAVEL FOR MOSTLY PERSONAL REASONS. THE ADMINISTRATION SAYING THE CHAVEZ-DEREMER HAS RESIGNED TO TAKE A POSITION WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT NOT GIVING ANY MORE DETAILS.
A PROPOSED TRUCK STOP IN EAST PHOENIX IS DRAWING SOME FIRE. KOBI 5 REPORTS A GROUP OF RESIDENTS COMING OUT AGAINST THE TRUCK STOP WHICH WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FERN VALLEY AND GROVE ROAD. SOME ARE SAYING IT WOULD IMPACT AIR QUALITY, OTHERS SAY IT WOULD DUPLICATE SERVICES AT AN EXISTING TRUCK STOP ACROSS THE STREET. ONE RESIDENT EVEN SAYING IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO EVACUATE THE AREA IN EVENT OF A WILDFIRE. THE CITY IS STILL GATHERING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROJECT AND WILL SUBMIT A SUGGESTION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
A KITCHEN FIRE IN A WILDERVILLE HOME ENDS UP SENDING TWO RESIDENTS TO THE HOSPITAL WITH SMOKE INHALATION AND BURN INJURIES. NEWSWATCH 12 REPORTING THAT FIRE HAPPENING SUNDAY AT THE 5200 BLOCK OF FISH HATCHERY ROAD. ONE PERSON INSIDE HAD GRABBED A GARDEN HOSE TO KNOCK THE FIRE DOWN WHILE FIREFIGHTERS PULLED THREE PEOPLE TO SAFETY.
MONEY CHALLENGES IN PORTLAND AS MAYOR KEITH WILSON REVEALED A PROPOSED 8 AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. THE CITY’S FACING A 160 MILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL AND THE PLAN IS TO SLASH MILLIONS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES INCLUDING PARKS, POLICE, AND SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS, WHILE PROTECTING CORE CITY FUNCTIONS.