The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams television series (Photo by Getty)
It’s not often that you come across a man named Grizzly with a pet bear named Ben. While in pursuit of a new life in the American West, John “Grizzly” Adams found companionship not in the other gold rush forty-niners, but in a bear cub he had captured while hunting. The bear, which he decided to call Ben Franklin, became so loyal to his master that he risked his life saving Grizzly from another, fiercer grizzly.
The tale became so popular it spawned a novel that later became a television series –
One in four Oregon prisoners has been infected with COVID. When should they get the vaccine?
Right now, the state has prisoners in group 1b and Oregon’s Vaccine Advisory Committee has put them on a proposed priority list. Author: KGW Staff, Dan Haggerty Published: 3:28 PM PST January 27, 2021 Updated: 3:28 PM PST January 27, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore A staggering number of Oregon prisoners have been infected with the coronavirus. According to the state s Department of Corrections, as of Jan. 27, 3,305 inmates have been infected since the pandemic began.
Currently, there are 333 active cases of coronavirus across the state s prison facilities. Forty-one inmates have died, including 11 inmates at Two Rivers Correctional Facility who died just between Jan. 20 and Jan. 26.
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Today is Friday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2021. There are 350 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 15, 2020, Chinese officials said they couldn’t rule out the possibility that a new coronavirus in central China could spread between humans, though they said the risk of transmission appeared to be low.
On this date:
In 1862, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Abraham Lincoln’s choice of Edwin M. Stanton to be the new Secretary of War, replacing Simon Cameron.
In 1865, as the Civil War neared its end, Union forces captured Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina, depriving the Confederates of their last major seaport.
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Today in History: Chinese officials say they can’t rule out human transmission of novel virus, 2020
Jan 15, 2021
Today is Friday, Jan. 15, the 15th day of 2021. There are 350 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 15, 2020, Chinese officials said they couldn’t rule out the possibility that a new coronavirus in central China could spread between humans, though they said the risk of transmission appeared to be low.
On this date:
In 1862, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Abraham Lincoln’s choice of Edwin M. Stanton to be the new Secretary of War, replacing Simon Cameron.
In 1865, as the Civil War neared its end, Union forces captured Fort Fisher near Wilmington, North Carolina, depriving the Confederates of their last major seaport.