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As of market close 4.20.26
Apple CEO Tim Cook to step down by September 2026, Hardware leader John Ternus tapped to take over (Apple)
Headline Roundup
Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as US labour secretary (BBC)
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer leaves Trump cabinet, Keith Sonderling takes over (Ground)
‘Missed the mark': Nike's Boston Marathon ad sparks backlash (NBC)
Boise State University to rename building — and receive $8.5 million (IDS)
Amazon’s Alleged Price-Fixing Targets Walmart, Home Depot (BBG)
Siemens will close most of its 53-acre Oregon campus, shut its childcare center (ORL)
20 affordable units sell for over $5M (DJC)
Billings schools ask voters to approve $5 million in new taxes (MTFP)
Salem’s “Bark Boys” Named Business of the Year by Salem Chamber of Commerce (SBJ)
Idaho unemployment rate holds steady at 3.7% (IDP)
Hundreds of homes, large park could be built near Boise River in large-scale development (BD)
Amazon to invest an additional $5 billion in Anthropic (IDS)
PGE buys portion of Tualatin business park for $14.5M (PBJ)
Portland is last among US cities in consumer sentiment (PBJ)
Update: BP refinery incident being examined by state labor and air agencies (CD)
Seattle entrepreneurs seek space for tech-forward sports park (PBJ)
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Black Panther Park honors Seattle chapter’s struggle and legacy (ST)
UW prof in political storm as Trump targets national weather lab (ST)
Rip’s Spotlight
The founder of a former disaster relief nonprofit is being sued for allegedly diverting nearly $837,000 in donations and grants for personal gain. (KATU)
“In Blue River, an unincorporated community in the McKenzie River Valley, the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire destroyed nearly 800 homes and burned more than 173,000 acres.
Just months after the fire, long-time Blue River resident Melanie Stanley said CRT stepped in and promised help to the community.
“For us, it was...like a savior at that point,” Stanley said.
Stanley was the manager for the Blue River Resource Center and worked for Brooks to help facilitate recovery efforts. She said CRT operations slowly became questionable.
“None of us knew the level at which all of this stuff that finally came out was at,” Stanley said. “We knew that there was some stuff that had started to look hinky or feel hinky, or there was just some lack of communication that was happening.”
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