07/12/11 share: digg facebook twitter While scrolling through some of the blind auditions from The Voice, I immediately recognized Dia Frampton (or at least was able deduce who she was from her not so popular first name and her sister/bandmate Meg in the friends and family room) from the rock band Meg and Dia. For those going through Dia withdrawals after The Voice wrapped up, Cocoon is a great album to ...
07/12/11 If you are going to the coast, visit Canyon Way, Umpqua Oysters and Tillamook Country Smoker.
07/12/11 The Mrs. and I went north last week to Tillamook, Ore., the place where they make the cheese. In previous years we've dragged along the kids, but they're hardly kids, and couldn't even be bribed into vacationing with us this year.
07/11/11 State budget cuts have forced the Oregon Youth Authority to cut a number of "close custody" units, requiring a transfer of about 150 offenders to other facilities. Some are headed for community-based residential programs.
07/09/11 Rosemary Ellis, Mike Darcy and others share stories about Dulcy and her column.
07/08/11 Alaska State Troopers cited dozens of commercial and others July 1-6 for violations ranging from fishing in closed waters of Bristol Bay to having unlicensed crew members on board, as well as sport fishing violations.
07/05/11 Central Oregon firefighters were scrambling Monday night to handle a flurry of fires across the region, most apparently sparked by illegal fireworks -- but some also by the big professional Fourth of July pyrotechnic displays igniting grass and brush below.
07/04/11 TILLAMOOK, Ore. -- A nine-year-old girl from Southeast Portland drowned Monday morning at Cape Lookout State Park at the Oregon coast. Police identified her Tuesday morning as Angelica Fisher. According to police, the girl was at the park as part of a large family gathering. She and three other children were playing in the surf about 30 feet from the shore. They were on a floatation toy ...
07/03/11 Alaska State Wildlife Troopers during the past week reported citing more than three dozen individuals for commercial and sport fishing violations and operating power boats without valid Alaska boat registration in Bristol Bay
07/01/11 The old Milwaukee Road tunnel under Snoqualmie Pass, thought to be closed for good, reopens on July 5 to hikers. It's the longest railway tunnel in the country that is a recreational trail. Here's a preview, as well as a review of railroad and cross-Cascades lore.
06/29/11 Contact: David Roberts, +1-202-693-5945, roberts.david@dol.gov; Joshua Lamont, +1-202-693-4661, lamont.joshua@dol.gov
06/25/11 The Vietnam veteran is convinced that the ocean saved him. Photography saved him.
06/17/11 The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon.
06/15/11 The state of Washington will try to keep its edge over Oregon in high school basketball when the 19th annual Bud Clary War of the Border tournament begins in Longview and Kelso on Friday.
06/15/11 The biologists are counting birds, eggs and eventually chicks. Wielding antenna and receiver, they also record electronically tagged cormorants moving from one side of an experimental 10-foot-high fence to the other. Thirteen researchers will spend four months on this island five miles from the Pacific Ocean. They are the front edge to try to fix a man-made mess by moving some cormorants to ...
06/14/11 The back end of a cow provides the front end of the green-energy business that Kevin Maas is slowly expanding in Western Washington and Oregon.
06/13/11 A little investigation into the history of an unusual building in North Portland offers hints of a sad story.
06/13/11 A Rockaway Beach police officer is on leave pending an investigation.
06/10/11 Thanks to the Internet, I can no longer think about Megan Fox without imagining her licking off the lipstick off her teeth.
06/08/11 Where: 73-675 Highway 111 Hours: 4 p.m. to midnight, Wed.-Sat. Information: (760) 341-2900, www.sensepalmdesert.net Sense is a stunning new restaurant born in January, tucked into the little alcove of businesses and next to Las Casuelas Cafe on Highway 111 between San Pablo and San Luis Rey avenues. | 
