06/20/11 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries have announced that the Oregon coastal salmon is retaining its threatened status under the Endangered Species Act.
06/20/11 An Oregon man has given the Library of Congress a rare and unusual gift: a 120-year-old map supporting the theory that the Earth is flat.
06/20/11 In an international singles final, former University of Oregon player Alexander Cornelissen recovered from a dismal opening-set loss to defeat Michel Hu Kwo 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2 in the 15th annual Rogue Valley Swim & Tennis Club Open & Senior Championships on Sunday.
06/20/11 The Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties will register players for the upcoming flag and tackle football seasons beginning today.
06/20/11 It's hard to say Val and Diane Barnes are back at Oak Knoll Golf Course because the husband-and-wife owners never truly left.
06/13/11 The Oregon House has voted to make it illegal to assist another person in committing suicide, a move that targets so-called suicide kits that can be bought on the Internet.
06/13/11 SALEM, Ore. -- A proposed state ban on plastic bags will not become law in Oregon - at least not this year. Senator Mark Hass (D-Beaverton) initially drafted SB 1009, which would allow stores to offer only paper and reusable bags for customers. The bill also called for a 5-cent charge on paper bags. More: Read the plastic bag bill - SB 1009 (PDF) The latest change was that the bill failed to ...
06/06/11 CORVALLIS - Oregon State defeats Georgia, 6-4 on Sunday, to win the Corvallis regional. The Beavers will play Vanderbilt in the best-of-three super regional beginning Friday or Saturday, likely in Nashville, Tenn.
06/06/11 EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Eugene delivered a "wow" moment for "The Antiques Roadshow" on Saturday after a Norman Rockwell painting was deemed to be worth an estimated $500,000, tied for the second most valuable item ever appraised in the 15-year history of the Public Broadcasting Service television program. The daylong taping of the show involved about 6,000 local ticket holders who brought their ...
06/06/11 Here's a look at Major League Baseball's annual draft - a potential 50-round odyssey where grown men working for the 30 teams try to project how 17-year-olds are going to turn out. The craps tables in Vegas have better odds.
05/31/11 A Gresham man - driving with a suspended license and not wearing his seat belt - was killed late Monday night when his pickup left Highway 26 about a mile west of Government Camp and struck a guardrail, throwing him out of the truck and to the ground, Oregon State Police said. It was Oregon's third fatal crash of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
05/31/11 Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure that will ensure that a National Guard soldier whose sibling dies while he or she is serving will not have to deploy.
05/31/11 Interest in organic farming courses is growing at Northwest universities. The Capital Press in Salem reports that a lot of aspiring farmers arriving on campus these days may come from big cities in addition to rural areas. And many of them are interested in organic and small-scale agriculture instead of larger production farming. So far, Washington State University officials say the school ...
05/31/11 After making their founders billionaires, buyout specialists such as Carlyle Group and KKR & Co. are turning into asset managers that run hedge funds and strip malls as fresh capital and takeover targets become scarce.
05/31/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. A Republican state lawmaker is challenging a proposed $2 million campaign to promote carpooling in Oregon. The Oregonian reports that freshman state Rep. Mike McLane of Powell Butte says that money could be better spent on transportation for seniors and people with disabilities. The newspaper says the 46-year-old McLane is taking on some ...
05/24/11 Students reflect on how a 9.2 percent increase would affect education ASPSU has collected student testimonies that document the ways in which Portland State students believe the proposed 9.2 percent tuition increase will affect them. ...
05/24/11 The Oregon Senate on Monday gave final approval to legislation intended to make employers pick up the costs when they stiff workers with payroll checks that bounce because of insufficient funds.
05/23/11 Albany City Council members Monday questioned the size of a rate increase for trash and recycling service proposed by Allied Waste.
05/18/11 Salem-Keizer Education Foundation is having an online auction, working with local businesses and appealing to the community to save eight after-school programs set to close next year.
05/18/11 Oregon's largest business groups and labor federation, often at odds with each other, joined Tuesday in support of Gov. John Kitzhaber's proposals to create jobs and spur an economic recovery already under way. | 
