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Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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• Hillsboro police seek drivers of 2 vehicles after possible deadly hit-and-run crash (kgw.com) — Hillsboro police are asking for the public's help identifying a white sedan and silver pickup seen near Southeast Tualatin Valley Highway and Southeast Cypress Street when a pedestrian was fatally struck on Sept. 19. If you were in the area or recognize either vehicle, investigators want to hear from you as they treat the case as a possible hit-and-run.
• CLP Announces Upcoming Conferences, Volunteer Opportunities, Mock Trials and More (bendsource.com) — Hillsboro will host one of Oregon's regional high school Mock Trial competitions on February 20th or 27th, and local residents are invited to volunteer as judges or coaches. The Civics Learning Project also outlines statewide civics conferences, We the People hearings, and professional development sessions in Portland and Salem, all aimed at helping educators and community members strengthen civic education.
• Outmaneuvered, outmatched and outspent: How data centers are overwhelming small-town America (oregonlive.com) — Hillsboro residents are pushing back as data centers consume former farmland and industrial land, prompting the city to approve controversial long-term tax breaks while also enacting a short moratorium on new applications. The story places Hillsboro's fight within a national wave of community resistance to large AI data centers, highlighting concerns over land use, secrecy, and local control.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly?" — Stationary (Thank you David H. for sending it in!)
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