Oregon Headlines
Oregon State upsets Cal
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 9 P.M.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- California tailback Jahvid Best slammed to the ground after a terrifying fall into the end zone and the Golden Bears never recovered from losing their star....
No Jackpot Winner
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 8:59 P.M.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:...
North Dakota survives Southern Oregon 30-24
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 7:16 P.M.
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota narrowly dodged its second upset by an NAIA team this season Saturday....
Weather Service says tornado hit Oregon coast
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 6:44 P.M.
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) -- The National Weather Service has confirmed that stormy weather on the Oregon coast briefly produced a tornado near Lincoln City....
Underemployment suggests Oregon economy worse off
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 6:22 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Underemployment figures for Oregon suggest the state economy may be in even worse shape than indicated by a jobless rate of 11.5 percent....
Gerhart leads Stanford past No. 7 Oregon 51-42
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 6:05 P.M.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Toby Gerhart and Stanford did to the Oregon defense what the Ducks did a week ago to Southern California, opening up the Pac-10 race with a program-defining victory....
Montana State rolls past Portland State 28-10
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 5:02 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Blayde Becksted and Everett Gilbert each scored a rushing touchdown as Montana State used a balanced offensive attack to post a 28-10 victory over Portland State on Saturday....
Ore. police dog bites wrong man, intruder flees
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 4:44 P.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood....
Ore. crab fleet gets Coast Guard safety checks
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 4:01 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Coast Guard is conducting safety spot checks for the Oregon crab fishing fleet to prepare for the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season....
Don't blame Marcus Jordan for Nike spat
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 12:58 P.M.
The kid just wants to be like Mike....
Ore. man convicted of murder in drive-by shooting
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 12:49 P.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A Springfield man has been convicted of murder in a drive-by shooting after his co-defendant admitted firing the fatal shot....
Oregon teen survives head run over by tire
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 12:31 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A bicycle helmet helped an Oregon teenager survive without serious injury when her head was run over by a car following a collision....
Ore. medical marijuana raid seizes 200 pounds
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 11:59 A.M.
WILDERVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- More than 200 pounds of marijuana were seized in a raid on a growing operation in Southern Oregon that produced far more marijuana than allowed for the medical patients it supplied....
Vandal damages Eugene police substation, vehicles
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 11:31 A.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A Eugene police substation has been struck by vandalism for the second time in the past year....
New antenas help biologists study salmon
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 10:01 A.M.
WARREN, Idaho (AP) -- Biologists studying salmon in the Pacific Northwest have for decades lost track of the fish just as they set out on life's last leg, that final upstream lunge to spawn and die in the remote, backcountry streams and creeks in Oregon, Washington and central Idaho....
Woman creates marketplace to help African artists
AP - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009 MIDNIGHT
RAINIER, Ore. (AP) -- Haoua Cheick wants shoppers in the little city of Rainier to help women artisans in little villages in Africa. The goal may sound simple, but it's taken Cheick several decades of work in both Africa and the United States to assemble her marketing package....
Portland, Ore., woman among Fort Hood wounded
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:04 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A brother of a 47-year-old woman who grew up in Portland says Capt. Dorothy "Dorrie" Carskadon is among those wounded in the mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas....
Roy scores 24 to lift new-look Blazers over Spurs
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:34 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Brandon Roy had 24 points and five rebounds, Steve Blake added 15 points and the Portland Trail Blazers got a lift from their new-look lineup in a 96-84 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night....
Report: Lincecum has agreement on pot charge
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 10:16 P.M.
SEATTLE (AP) -- San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum has an agreement with a prosecutor in his home state of Washington that could settle his misdemeanor marijuana charge, The Columbian reported Friday....
Oregon's inmate release program draws flak
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 6:42 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Anti-crime activists and some prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature's move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money....
Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 4:41 P.M.
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River....
Correction: Sage Grouse-Fences story
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 3:38 P.M.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- In a Nov. 3 story about a Wyoming Game and Fish Department study of sage grouse colliding with barbed-wire fences, The Associated Press, relying on information in the study, misstated the duration of a portion of the study. The department now says 146 sage grouse struck a fence over a 31-month period, not a seven-month period....
Stanford loses top LB to knee injury
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 2:33 P.M.
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- The Stanford Cardinal will be without top linebacker Clinton Snyder for the rest of the season....
Pollard Concedes Vancouver Mayor's Race To Leavitt
OPB - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:35 P.M.
Royce Pollard has conceded the Vancouver Mayor’s race. It’s the beginning of the end of his fourteen years in office.
OSU shooting victim says sentencing too light
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:24 P.M.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- A man shot in the leg while looking for cans in an alley behind an Oregon State University fraternity when he was homeless says he feels the student who shot him got too light a sentence....
Washington Gay Rights Referendum Passes; No Concession From Opponents
OPB - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 12:21 P.M.
Supporters of a Washington referendum to expand domestic partnership rights have secured a virtually insurmountable lead. However, opponents of Referendum 71 refuse to concede defeat.
No criminal charges in Ore. hunter fatal shooting
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11:37 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Wheeler County grand jury has declined to hand up any criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a Portland hunter at a remote John Day River campsite....
Oregon man charged with DUI after 911 call
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 11 A.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon police have charged a man with drunken driving after he called 911 to report his marijuana as stolen but the dispatcher couldn't understand him because he was vomiting while on the road....
Mexican national gets 10 years for meth operation
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:47 A.M.
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) -- A Mexican national has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for running a multistate methamphetamine operation out of southwest Colorado....
Eastern Oregon City Pushes Back The Floodwaters
OPB - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:30 A.M.
The 2000 residents of Stanfield, Oregon, are officially out of the floodplain.
In August, the Federal Emergency Management Agency told city officials that a new map had been approved, removing the entire city from the floodplain.
Paintball guns stolen from Oregon church, again
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 9:02 A.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The pastor of a Eugene church says he is going to find a safer place to store property after thieves made off with dozens of paintball guns for the second year in a row....
Man charged with drunken driving after 911 call
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 8:36 A.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A Salem man who called 911 to complain that his marijuana was missing from his truck was charged with drunken driving when sheriff's deputies found him....
No misconduct but Ore. deputy training questioned
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 8:22 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An investigation into whether the chief sheriff's deputy for Multnomah County falsified a training manual required for his police certification has found no evidence of official misconduct....
Ore. man faces 15 child porn charges
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 8:14 A.M.
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Central Point man is facing 15 child pornography charges as part of an investigation into the online exchange of videos and images depicting the rape and sexual abuse of children....
Cal QB looking to erase bad memory against Beavers
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:30 A.M.
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Two years after his fourth-quarter mistake against Oregon State cost California a shot at becoming the top-ranked team in the nation, Kevin Riley can't escape the images of his blunder....
Will he shoot? Ex-Trail Blazer eyes Ore. gov race
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1:14 A.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Chris Dudley's free throw shots were always iffy propositions. Now the former Portland Trail Blazer is in a new arena taking aim at a governor's chair - and Oregon's Republicans think he can score....
Fall angling opportunities abound in C. Oregon
AP - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 1 A.M.
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- The low-lying sun cast shadows on the basalt field across the river just upstream of the Big Eddy Rapids. The sounds of the stream echoing through the cold, quiet air soothed the soul. Rainbow and brown trout lurked somewhere beneath the surface, looking for food to sustain them through the winter months to come....
New Multnomah Co., Ore., sheriff sworn in
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 11:20 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Multnomah County has sworn in a new sheriff to replace one forced to resign. It's the second time in 16 months that's happened....
Ore. Zoo chimp died of blood clot in heart
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:33 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A popular Oregon Zoo chimpanzee who drew hundreds of people to his memorial service died of a blood clot in the heart....
Astoria hotel deck collapse sends 5 into water
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 10:02 P.M.
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) -- Astoria police say a deck outside a room of the Red Lion Inn of Astoria has collapsed, dropping five men into a mooring basin of the Columbia River....
Man fatally shot by ex-wife during Ore. break-in
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:29 P.M.
REDMOND, Ore. (AP) -- A man was shot and killed by his ex-wife after he broke into her house in Redmond and tried to attack her with an "improvised weapon" as she defended her children, authorities said....
Medford withdraws appeal of panhandling ruling
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 4:04 P.M.
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) -- The Medford City Council has withdrawn its appeal of a ruling that found its panhandling ordinance unconstitutional....
Ore. governor expands flu readiness authority
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:51 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed an executive order giving the state public health director more authority to prepare Oregon for a major flu outbreak and manage the response....
Portland Opera Records Philip Glass' Orphee
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:49 P.M.
Portland Opera raises the curtain Friday on the West Coast premier of Orphee, by Philip Glass. It’s based on Jean Cocteau’s classic 1950 film adaptation of the ancient myth of Orpheus - a gifted musician who defies death for love.
Two Oregon Soldiers At Ft. Hood Safe After Shooting
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 3:14 P.M.
The Oregon Military says it has two soldiers at the Fort Hood Army base where there was a shooting rampage Thursday, but they're okay.
Northwest pilots appeal license revocation
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:38 P.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board....
Ore. police say 3 dead in double homicide-suicide
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:24 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The deaths of a young woman, her 4-year-old son and her boyfriend are being investigated by Portland police as an apparent double homicide-suicide....
Focus key to No. 7 Oregon's success
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:23 P.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- It was the only way that No. 7 Oregon could rebuild its season following the drama of its opener: Forget, focus and forge ahead....
Ore. jewelry store robbed as family held hostage
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 1:44 P.M.
BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) -- A Beaverton jeweler was forced to let thieves steal from his store by holding his family hostage at gunpoint....
Oregon judge rejects chemical weapons lawsuit
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 1:33 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A judge has rejected a lawsuit challenging state approval for the disposal of aging chemical weapons stockpiled in Eastern Oregon....
Wind, rain, snow expected with Oregon storm
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 1:16 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- High winds, heavy rain and even some snow are expected with a storm making its way into Oregon....
Official: discipline needed for Ore. custody death
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:53 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland city commissioner who oversees police has recommended that two officers be disciplined in the custody death of a mentally ill man in 2006....
Governor Sympathizes With Seattle Mayoral Candidates
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:37 P.M.
The neck-in-neck Seattle mayor's race could narrow more as another batch of ballots is counted Thursday.
Multnomah County D.A. Investigating Certification Complaint
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:27 P.M.
Multnomah County District Attorney Michael Schrunk has confirmed he's investigating a complaint that a chief deputy in the Sheriff's Department did not complete state certification training requirements.
Staton Sworn In As Interim Multnomah County Sheriff
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:23 P.M.
Dan Staton was sworn in Thursday as the interim sheriff of Oregon's most populous county.
Grand Ronde Chairwoman Attends White House Tribal Conference
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:13 P.M.
The Obama administration will spend the day meeting with American Indian leaders. Thursday is the White House Tribal Nations Conference.
Ore. judge says furrier protected from elder abuse
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 11:56 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities....
Senate blocks census citizenship question
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 11:45 A.M.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens....
Northwest Republicans Predict 2010 Success
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9:56 A.M.
Republican leaders in the Northwest are hoping that GOP victories in a pair of east coast governor's races foreshadow similar results here.
Changed Oregon Law Makes Passing Property Taxes Easier
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9:37 A.M.
26,000 voters in central Oregon voted 'yes' to raise property taxes to pay for an expansion of the local college. But the college bond passed this year only because Oregon voters changed state law last year.
Recession Means Mixed Results for Tax Measures
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9:24 A.M.
Even though it was an off-year election Tuesday, without big-name races, hundreds-of-thousands of Oregonians voted on taxes and bonds.
Ore. index: Recession near end but no job growth
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 9:06 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A monthly index of economic indicators suggests the recession may be nearing the end in Oregon but the state economy is still too weak to show any job growth....
Ore. prison officers reject contract proposal
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 8:49 A.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon corrections officers have rejected a tentative contract offer over concerns about proposed pay cuts tied to unpaid furlough days....
LA man gets 9 years in takeover-style bank robbery
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 8:40 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for his role in an armed takeover-style bank robbery in Portland....
High-speed chase leads police to robbery suspect
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 8:15 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A high-speed chase may have led police to a suspect in a string of Portland-area robberies by the so-called "Fantasia Bandit."...
Software Could Speed Up Stream Bank Recovery Projects
OPB - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 6 A.M.
Environmental advocates have complained for years that Oregon has thousands of miles of degraded streams, and that current efforts to improve the streams are moving too slowly.
OR jury rejects suspect's insanity defense
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 2:26 A.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A Lane County jury has rejected the insanity defense of a man who confessed to kidnapping and raping a 10-year-old girl....
Girls cross-country benchmark times drop
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 1 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- In Oregon high school girls cross-country, 19 is becoming the new 20....
Thousands of NW seabirds killed by algal foam
AP - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009 12:08 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands....
4 rescued from burning Ore. apartment building
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:53 P.M.
WILSONVILLE, Ore. (AP) -- Firefighters have rescued four people, including an infant, from the third floor of a burning apartment building in Wilsonville....
Fined: Man who called 911 with fast-food complaint
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 7:13 P.M.
ALOHA, Ore. (AP) -- A 20-year-old man who called 911 to get his fast-food order straightened out has been told to pay a $300 fine....
Vernonia Celebrates Approval Of Funding For New Schools
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:33 P.M.
School boosters in Columbia County celebrated Wednesday, after voters approved a bond measure in Tuesday's election to help build new schools in Vernonia.
Oregon St. RB adds dimension to his Quizz Show
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 6:02 P.M.
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- The Quizz Show is full of surprises....
State finds child abuse and neglect at school
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:59 P.M.
The state of Oregon has shut down a boarding school for troubled teens in Central Oregon after allegedly finding a pattern of child abuse and neglect of its students, forcing parents around the country to scramble to bring home their children....
Should Ore. let medical marijuana users pack heat?
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 4:53 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat....
Oregon farm settles EEOC sex harassment lawsuit
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:59 P.M.
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) -- Schiemer Farms of Nyssa has settled a federal sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit involving one of its drivers and two female employees....
LaMike keeps No. 7 Ducks grounded
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:53 P.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has shortened LaMichael James' name to "LaMike."...
Central Oregon Votes To Support Property Tax, College
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:35 P.M.
One of the biggest local votes in Tuesday’s election was a $41 million bond for Central Oregon Community College.
New York A.G. Cuomo Brings Antitrust Suit Against Intel
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 3:26 P.M.
New York's attorney general filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against Intel -- following the lead of other regulators in Europe and Asia.
Kings sign Ime Udoka
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 2:48 P.M.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The Sacramento Kings have signed swingman Ime Udoka to a contract....
2 drivers charged after Ore. bicyclist killed
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:41 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Two drivers were charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants after a bicyclist was killed on a street near the University of Portland....
Ore. vineyards report good yields, volume, quality
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:14 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- It may turn out to be a very good year for Oregon vineyards....
First-time jobless claims stay high in Oregon
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:14 P.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October....
Masoli's knee scare familiar for Duck fans
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1:07 P.M.
The reports of Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli's demise were (apparently) greatly exaggerated....
Washington State Loses Last Rural Democrat Lawmaker East Of The Cascades
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 12:33 P.M.
Voters in southeast Washington appear to have rejected the last rural Democratic state lawmaker east of the Cascades.
Vancouver Voters Appear To Be Ready For A New Mayor
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 11:01 A.M.
Tim Leavitt appears to have unseated long-time incumbent Royce Pollard as Mayor of Vancouver, Washington.
Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 10:33 A.M.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine....
New York Files Antitrust Suit Against Intel
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 10:10 A.M.
New York's attorney general filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Intel Wednesday -- following in the footsteps of other regulators in Europe and Asia.
Government Revenue Growth Cap Defeated Washington
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:40 A.M.
Washington voters have soundly defeated anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman's latest ballot measure.
Washington Gay-Rights Initiative Ahead In Early Results
OPB - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:34 A.M.
The Washington state ballot measure to confer additional rights to gay couples and other domestic partners has a slight lead after the first round of statewide vote counting.
Second Oregon medical marijuana lounge to open
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:25 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A second medical marijuana smoking lounge is expected to open in Portland by next week....
Review finds Ore. officer justified in Taser use
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8:18 A.M.
SUTHERLIN, Ore. (AP) -- Douglas County sheriff's investigators have ruled that a Sutherlin police officer was justified in using his Taser to subdue a woman who injured her head when she fell after being shocked....
Early returns show Vernonia school bond passing
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 8 A.M.
VERNONIA, Ore. (AP) -- Vernonia schools damaged by Nehalem River flooding in 2007 may be replaced if early returns in a $13 million bond measure hold up....
Ill. man gets 50 days in jail after sex with teen
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 7 A.M.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- An Illinois man who hired a prostitute who turned out to be 15 has been sentenced to 50 days in jail....
No tsunami from 5.3 quake off Oregon coast
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 5:29 A.M.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Federal officials say a 5.3 magnitude quake off the Oregon coast Wednesday morning did not generate a tsunami....
Guard troops prepare for departure next week
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 4:18 A.M.
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) -- Members of the Arkansas National Guard's 1037th Engineer Company, 875th Engineer Battalion are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan....
Bend company's products to preserve national tree
AP - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009 1 A.M.
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- Santa Claus isn't the only one with a lot of responsibility this Christmas. A Bend company is tasked with keeping the nation's Christmas tree fresh from its cutting later this week until its arrival in Washington, D.C., three weeks later....
New Ore. rules for 'green' tax breaks
AP - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:36 P.M.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's Department of Energy has issued new rules aimed at curbing a state program that grants lucrative tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable power plants....
R-71 Supporters In Spokane Look Ahead
OPB - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 11:09 P.M.
If Referendum 71 passes in Washington, it will be because of support west of the Cascades.
