
Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate
A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is ...
Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation
The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 percent of the expected ...
Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
An Oregon funeral home in Eugene offers natural burials where the ride to the person's final resting place is on the back of a three-wheeled bicycle.
Investigation into Powell disappearance may close
After a two-day search in rural Oregon failed to yield any trace of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, authorities said Thursday they may close the ...

Man dribbling soccer ball to Brazil killed by car
A Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on ...
US judge in Ore. dismisses movie pirating lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a movie company's Internet piracy complaint against 34 Oregonians, saying the company was unfairly using the court's ...

Top prep prospect Andrew Wiggins signs with Kansas
Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas.

Vt. poised to allow lethal meds for terminally ill
Vermont is poised to join three other states permitting doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication to terminally ill patients after the state ...
Ore. smokejumpers skydive into illegal pot garden
A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing ...

Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive ...

Timber! Forest Service asks states to return cash
The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across ...

May Day activists cheer state immigration laws
As Congress debates the first national immigration overhaul in decades, a state-level push advancing rights for people in the U.S. illegally has ...
2 pounds of loose skin removed from fat Oregon dog
Obie the formerly obese dachshund is recovering after surgery at an Oregon veterinary clinic that removed 2 1/2 pounds of loose skin. Owner Nora ...

Damian Lillard is NBA Rookie of the Year
It's unanimous: Damian Lillard is the NBA's Rookie of the Year. No, it never was in question. Lillard, the sixth overall pick in last June's draft out ...

Ore. shooter bought 6 boxes of ammo before attack
The man who killed two people and wounded another at a suburban Oregon mall bought more than 100 rounds of ammunition in the days before the December ...
Judge rules against Ore. jail's mail practices
For two years, the Columbia County Jail north of Portland restricted inmates' personal mail to the sending and receiving of postcards. The practice ...
Judge: Limiting inmates' mail unconstitutional
A federal judge in Oregon has determined limiting inmates' mail to only postcards is unconstitutional, throwing into question the legality of a ...

Ore. department's concrete police pig back in pink
The Astoria Police Department's concrete pig is back in the pink and ready for another 20 years of duty. The Daily Astorian reports (http://bit.

Search for Oklahoma teen turns to sightings in NW
Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday followed up on reported sightings around the Northwest of an Oklahoma teenager whose truck was found on a remote ...
Oregon juror jailed for texting during trial
A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror's chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial

Air search finds no trace of missing Okla. man
A short break in windy weather on Thursday allowed a rancher with a helicopter to search a rugged mountainside in southeastern Oregon for a young ...

Documents: Oregon proposed 2-year probation
The University of Oregon has acknowledged major NCAA violations in connection with football recruiting and proposed a self-imposed two-year probation ...

Timbers' Johnson answers slur with winning goal
After Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon directed a slur at Will Johnson, the Timbers midfielder responded with the game-winning goal. Johnson's goal on ...
Organic apples, pears to be antibiotic-free
The organic apples you buy in the grocery store will soon be free of a widely used antibiotic. The National Organic Standards Board late Thursday ...