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Curtis Salgado shares how the Blues Fest began

Portland musician Curtis Salgado at the Waterfront Blues Festival, July 4, 2023 (KOIN)

WSU study finds most cannabis users ditch sleep aids

Ecliptic Brewing sells off rare beer archive

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Behind the scenes for the Waterfront Blues Festival fireworks …

OR beach town revealed as popular family vacay spot

People walk along the beach in Seaside during the beginning of a storm

Gary Houston: The artist behind Waterfront Blues Fest …

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Smoke & Brine brings BBQ to the Waterfront Blues …

Portland, OR Waterfront Blues Fest features BBQ from Smoke & Brine

Without Clay Fuller, ‘Blues Fest wouldn’t be here’

Clay Fuller, the producer for the Waterfront Blues Festival, June 2015 (KOIN)

Entertainment

Police charge director of Miss Nicaragua pageant …

FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 6, 2018. The U.S. State Department called Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States on Sunday, Nov. 19, “another step away from democracy.” The regional body, known by its initials OAS, has long criticized rights violations under Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Ortega, who governs alongside his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has rejected those criticisms and started the two-year process to leave the OAS in November 2021. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Biden is heading to Hollywood for a major fundraiser …

President Joe Biden meets with Angola's President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco in the Oval office of the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Cin-Emma Extra: Guilty Pleasures

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in May December. (KOIN)

Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s …

FILE - Jussie Smollett arrives at the BET Awards, June 26, 2022, in Los Angeles. An appeals court on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and then lying about it to Chicago police.(Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Tony winner Audra McDonald to serve as grand marshal …

Alex Aghajanian, President and Chairman of the Board for the 2024 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, left, announces actor-singer Audra McDonald as the 2024 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal on the front steps of Tournament House in Pasadena, Calif., Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. The 135th Rose Parade presented by Honda, themed "Celebrating a World of Music," and the 110th Rose Bowl Game will be on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

King Charles III draws attention by wearing a Greek …

King Charles III attends a group photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Climate protesters twice interrupt Wagner’s `Tannhäuser’ …

FILE - People appear in Josie Robertson Plaza in front of The Metropolitan Opera house at Lincoln Center in New York on March 12, 2020. . (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

A look back at 50 years of Kiss-tory as the legendary …

FILE - Members of the band Kiss, from left, Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and Eric Singer attend the premiere of A&E Network's "Biography: KISStory" during the 20th Tribeca Festival in New York on June 11, 2021. The band's final two shows are scheduled for Dec. 1 and 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Spend safely this holiday shopping season

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Music Oregon helps turn dreams into reality

Light up the night at Abbey Road Farms

Holiday lights light up the night at Carlton OR's Abbey Road Farms

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Northwest Grown

Huber’s Cafe boasts generations of year-round turkey

A Spanish Coffee being made at Huber's Restaurant in Portland, November 2023 (KOIN)

Award-winning restaurant hosting book promotion

Award-winning McMinnville restaurant hosting wine journalist's book promotion

‘All we knead is love’ at Hapa Pizza in Beaverton

Hapa Pizza in Beaverton offers merchandise like this tote bag, November 2023 (Carter Hiyama)

When you think of Dayton, think ‘olive oil festival’

The only commercial olive oil mill in Oregon is at Durant Vineyards & Olive Oil Mill in Dundee (Courtesy: Durant)

Celebrate World Vegan Month in Portland

Woman’s plant-based milk ‘creates a community’

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News

Trump and DeSantis will hold dueling campaign events …

Huskies defeat Ducks in Pac-12 Championship

With ‘shuttle diplomacy,’ step by step, Kissinger …

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, shakes hands with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat at Tahira Palace in Cairo, Egypt during their meeting on the Mideast crisis, Nov. 7, 1973. Henry Kissinger's legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what's possible, not necessarily peace, in one of the world's most intractable conflicts. The former U.S. secretary of state, who died this week at age 100, did just that after Egypt and Syria pulled of a surprise invasion of Israel 50 years ago. (AP Photo/File)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor paved a path for women …

FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor paved a path for women …

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is shown before administering the oath of office to members of the Texas Supreme Court in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 6, 2003. For more than a decade, O'Connor was the only woman on the Supreme Court. And she was the first. Now the court has a record four. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File )

With the expulsion of Santos and ouster of McCarthy, …

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., talks with reporters after Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., was expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber's history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

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