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Oregon leads Week 5 of college football uniforms

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September 28, 2024

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Oregon leads Week 5 of college football uniforms

Week 5 of college football brings uniform heat that combines history with style.

The Oregon Ducks will make their Big Ten debut Saturday, renewing their Pac-12 rivalry against the UCLA Bruins.

In their matchup with an old foe, the Ducks will wear their “Mighty Oregon” throwback uniforms. The jerseys were inspired by the Ducks’ 1997 game against the Washington Huskies, where Oregon held a 24-3 lead before allowing Washington to score 25 consecutive points. Oregon then scored a touchdown in the final minutes to secure the victory.

Here are the rest of the best uniform combinations from Week 5 of college football.

It’s homecoming week for theMiami (Ohio) RedHawks, and their threads pay homage to history. The RedHawks will honor the legacy of the Western College for Women with blue jerseys, white pants and red trim against the Massachusetts Minutemen. The colors on the uniform represent the merging of Miami and Western College in 1974.

The jersey features a Miami logo patch on the right shoulder of the jersey that can be tapped by phones. The patch connects to a website that gives information about Miami’s homecoming, according to Miami’s athletic department.

Penn State has gotten off to an undefeated start this season. In their biggest test yet, the Nittany Lions will break out their “Generations of Greatness” threads against the No. 19-ranked Illinois Fighting Illini. The jerseys pay homage to the best Penn State teams since the late 1950s, with numbering, lion shrine, pant stripes and helmets.

The Boise State Broncoshave made their way into the AP Top 25 after a promising start to the beginning of their season — falling only to Oregon in Week 2, 37-34. With the Broncos looking to defend their No. 25 spot, they’ll break out a flashy blue look with gray lettering and orange trim against the Washington State Cougars.

The Arizona Wildcats will have another test in Week 5 after falling to the No. 14 Kansas State Wildcats in Week 3, but no loss can stop their style. The Wildcats are going all white against the No. 10-ranked Utah Utes.

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No utility rate increases until wildfire lawsuits resolved, Oregon lawmakers propose

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December 25, 2024

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No utility rate increases until wildfire lawsuits resolved, Oregon lawmakers propose

Three Oregon lawmakers say they plan to introduce a bill that would bar utilities from raising rates if they have unresolved wildfire lawsuits for three or more years, describing it as an effort to hold PacifiCorp accountable as the utility faces a series of lawsuits stemming from the deadly 2020 wildfires that ravaged the state.

Republican state Reps. Jami Cate, Virgle Osborne and Ed Diehl announced their proposal in a statement Monday, on the heels of an approved rate increase for PacifiCorp customers and a federal lawsuit against the electric power company.

The federal government sued PacifiCorp last week over the Archie Creek Fire, which ignited in Oregon’s Douglas County in September 2020 and burned more than 200 square miles, about half of which was federal land. The complaint accuses the company of negligence for failing to maintain its power lines to prevent wildfires. In its filing, the government says it brought the suit to recover “substantial costs and damages.”

A PacifiCorp spokesperson said in an emailed statement Monday that the company was working with the U.S. government to resolve the claims.

“It is unfortunate the U.S. government decided to file a lawsuit in federal district court, however PacifiCorp will continue to work with the U.S. government to find reasonable resolution of this matter,” the statement said.

The federal lawsuit was filed on the same day the Oregon Public Utility Commission approved a 9.8% rate increase for PacifiCorp’s residential customers next year. In its rate case filings, the company said its request to increase rates was partly due to higher costs stemming from wildfire risk and activity.

When the new rate takes effect in January, PacifiCorp rates will have increased nearly 50% since 2021, according to the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board, which advocates on behalf of utility customers.

The three lawmakers said they will introduce their bill in the upcoming legislative session, which starts in January.

“The federal government is doing the right thing by filing this lawsuit, and we stand firmly behind it,” Osborne, who is set to be the future bill’s co-chief sponsor, said in a statement. “PacifiCorp needs to pay up and take responsibility for the destruction they’ve caused, and putting a stop to rate hikes is the best way to achieve it.”

PacifiCorp is poised to be on the hook for billions in damages in the series of lawsuits over Oregon’s 2020 fires.

The company has already reached two settlement agreements over the Archie Creek Fire, including one for $299 million with 463 plaintiffs impacted by the blaze and another for $250 million with 10 companies with commercial timber interests, according to its website.

In other litigation, an Oregon jury in June 2023 found it liable for negligently failing to cut power to its 600,000 customers despite warnings from top fire officials and determined it should have to pay punitive and other damages — a decision that applied to a class including the owners of up to 2,500 properties. Since then, other Oregon juries have ordered the company to pay tens of millions to other wildfire victims.

The wildfires that erupted across Oregon over Labor Day weekend in 2020 were among the worst natural disasters in state history, killing nine people and destroying thousands of homes.

— The Associated Press

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North Central Oregon and Central Oregon under a wind advisory until Thursday morning

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December 25, 2024

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North Central Oregon and Central Oregon under a wind advisory until Thursday morning

On Wednesday at 2:18 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a wind advisory valid from 10 p.m. until Thursday 10 a.m. for North Central Oregon and Central Oregon.

The weather service states, “South winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.”

“Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result,” adds the weather service. “Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.”

Advance Local Weather Alerts is a service provided by United Robots, which uses machine learning to compile the latest data from the National Weather Service.

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