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Unions rally against state cuts

Posted: February 21, 2012

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SALEM — Hundreds of public employees asked the Oregon Legislature maintain funding for schools, prisons and workers who provide in-home care to seniors, using the Presidents Day holiday to rally Monday at the state Capitol.

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Survivors of avalanche endured true ‘horror story’

Posted: February 21, 2012

SEATTLE — The expert skiers wasted no time after an avalanche hit and swept their friends down a steep slope in Washington state. They immediately turned on their emergency beacons and began searching for signs of life.

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Salem Education Rally Draws Hundreds

Updated: February 21, 2012 - 2:10 pm

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Costly Davy Crockett Oil Spill Could Have Been Prevented

Posted: February 21, 2012

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Streetcar Tests To Close Lanes In Portland

Posted: February 21, 2012

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Avalanche survivor found by rescuers

Posted: February 20, 2012

STEVENS PASS, Wash. (AP) — Well-equipped and familiar with the terrain, about a dozen expert skiers were making their way through a foot-and-a half of fresh snow when an avalanche hit them in an out-of-bounds area near a popular Washington ski resort.

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Avalances in Washington Cascades kills four

Updated: February 19, 2012 - 6:24 pm

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STEVENS PASS - Avalanches less than an hour apart claimed four lives at two separate resorts Sunday - one burying three skiers at Stevens Pass ski resort and another sweeping a snowboarder off a cliff at The Summit at Snoqualmie.

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2 dead, up to 8 missing in Wash. avalanche

Posted: February 19, 2012

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Authorities say two people are reported dead and as many as eight more are missing after an avalanche near a Washington state ski resort.

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Details Emerging From Astoria Shootout

Posted: February 19, 2012

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Ron Paul wows the Tri-Cities

Posted: February 18, 2012

RICHLAND — Shortly after Ron Paul finished speaking in Richland on Friday, a grizzled looking man in a T-shirt supporting the presidential hopeful ran through the Red Lion Hanford House ballroom shouting excitedly and pumping his fist in the air.

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New Rep Meets Voters In NW Oregon

Posted: February 18, 2012

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Former Marine: ‘Nothing was as bad as Iwo Jima’

Updated: February 18, 2012 - 9:49 pm

Delbert Littrell expected the invasion of Iwo Jima would be a stroll in the park after what his Marine Corps artillery unit had endured in the island-hopping campaign aimed at Japan during World War II.

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Wheat values in Montana again exceed $1 billion

Posted: February 18, 2012

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s 2011 wheat crop is valued at $1.3 billion, surpassing $1 billion for the second consecutive year, according to the state bureau of National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Oregon Legislature aims for more power

Posted: February 18, 2012

SALEM — There’s a tug-of-war going on between Oregon’s executive and legislative branches about the role, size and efficiency of state government.

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Suitcase with woman’s ashes stolen before funeral

Posted: February 18, 2012

Portlander Wendy Conway, 25, spent weeks planning a memorial service for her little sister.

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State employees must still pay not to participate in wellness plan

Posted: February 18, 2012

State employees will continue to pay a monthly penalty if they don’t participate in a new wellness program, the directors of the Public Employees’ Benefit Board decided Thursday.

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Judge orders custody foR six kids of couple

Posted: February 18, 2012

EUGENE (AP) — A juvenile court judge in Lane County, Ore., has ordered temporary state custody for six children of a couple charged with second-degree manslaughter in a teenage son’s death.

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House votes: Two wolves can be killed

Posted: February 18, 2012

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SALEM  (AP) — The Oregon House voted Friday to allow state officials to kill two wolves that have been blamed for killing livestock, a priority for ranchers that is opposed by conservation groups.

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Political Chat: Timber Payments, Health Care, GOP In The NW

Posted: February 17, 2012

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Portland Man Arrested On Insider Trading Charges

Posted: February 17, 2012

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Oregon AG Files Brief In Support Of Obamacare

Posted: February 17, 2012

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Senators Ask EPA For More Time For Bend Water Solution

Posted: February 17, 2012

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Oregon House votes to ease killing of Oregon wolves

Updated: February 17, 2012 - 3:07 pm

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SALEM — The Oregon House voted Friday to allow state officials to kill two wolves that have been blamed for killing livestock, a priority for ranchers that is opposed by conservation groups.

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Ron Paul Makes Stops In Vancouver, SeaTac

Posted: February 17, 2012

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Benefits Managers Can Slow Pharmaceutical Deliveries

Posted: February 16, 2012

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Two Reed Students Arrested On Drug Charges

Posted: February 16, 2012

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Real Estate Market Shows Positive Signs

Posted: February 16, 2012

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FAA Bill Puts Park Managers In Charge Of Air Tours

Posted: February 16, 2012

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Screenings May Detect Fatal Heart Flaws In Young Athletes

Posted: February 15, 2012

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Deschutes Forest Rethinks Rec Site Naming Policy

Posted: February 15, 2012

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School Measures Pass Easily In SW Washington

Posted: February 15, 2012

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Merkley: Election Spending Out Of Control

Posted: February 15, 2012

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Portland Mayor Says Emergency Test Fell Short

Posted: February 15, 2012

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Prison cuts may go deeper than Salem

Posted: February 15, 2012

The Oregon Department of Corrections is considering closing multiple prisons in the state’s 14,000-inmate, 14-prison corrections system, going far beyond previously disclosed plans to shut down one Salem facility.

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2,000 vaccinated against meningitis in Prineville

Posted: February 15, 2012

PRINEVILLE — A push to protect against bacterial meningitis in Crook County has resulted in more than 2,000 people getting vaccinated in the past two weeks.

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Court Considers Whether Murder Suspects Should Have Snacks

Posted: February 15, 2012

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Tigard Man Returns To Portland After FBI Detainment In Libya

Posted: February 14, 2012

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Portland Police See Increase In Suicide Calls

Posted: February 14, 2012

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OSU Gets $600K To Study Wind Power's Affect On Birds, Bats

Posted: February 14, 2012

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Idaho governor offers wolf swap with Oregon

Posted: February 14, 2012

BOISE — Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has offered to send Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber 150 wolves, saying his own state could spare a few of the predators.  

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Timber payments avoid axe

Posted: February 14, 2012

WASHINGTON — In a boost to financially strapped rural counties in Oregon and across the West, the Obama administration on Monday included $294 million to extend the county payments program in the next fiscal year.

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Study Shows Inaccuracies In Voter Registration System

Updated: February 14, 2012 - 3:30 pm

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Portland Police Arrest Man Accused Of Assaulting Bus Driver

Posted: February 13, 2012

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Local Soccer Coach Charged With Rape, Sex Abuse

Posted: February 13, 2012

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Clackamas County Light-Rail Opponents Gather Signatures

Posted: February 13, 2012

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Crook Co Battles Meningococcal Outbreak Through Vaccinations

Posted: February 13, 2012

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PPS Recommending Against Letting In Additional Students

Posted: February 13, 2012

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Kids Without Vaccinations Face 'Exclusion' Wednesday

Posted: February 13, 2012

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Former residents sought in Walla Walla now hunted in Idaho

Posted: February 13, 2012

MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho - Authorities in Elmore County are searching for two former Walla Walla residents wanted in connection with vehicle theft and eluding and officer.

According to the Idaho Press-Tribune and other news agencies, Vernon Ray Johnson and Myranda Raeann York were involved in a seven-mile, high-speed vehicle chase on Feb. 4 near Glenns Ferry, Idaho; both Johnson and York got away.

Walla Walla Police said Johnson is wanted here for escaping community custody, possession of dangerous drugs, eluding and possession of stolen property; York is wanted for possession of stolen property.

Johnson and York are believed to be traveling to either Oregon or Colorado.

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Couple Gives U of O California Farmland Worth $5M

Posted: February 13, 2012

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