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A fun-filled day can turn tragic from drinking while boating
PORTLAND, Ore. - The holiday weekend is fast approaching and for some of us that means taking the boat out on the water, even if the weather isn't exactly what we had hoped for. The Memorial Day weekend is typically the kick-off for the boating season and state officials want to remind folks to stay ...
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House votes to let Ore. community colleges compete
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon House has given final approval to a bill that would overturn a law barring public community colleges from creating new programs that compete with offerings of for-profit career ...
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Legislature OKs instant racing at Portland Meadows
Portland Meadows opened in 1946. It has not announced a 2013 schedule following a season in which it saw a steep drop in the amount of money wagered on live ...
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Study Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United ...
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The List Top residential remodelers
Top residential remodelers Remodeling work was big business for some of Portlands largest commercial contractors in 2012. We know because we asked the contractors surveyed for our list of top contractors, which you can see here. Top residential remodelers >> Ten contractors shared information about their Portland metro residential remodeling work. Collectively, they reported $42.7 million in ...
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Firefighters rescue missing cat from 25-foot hole Its a miracle
YAKIMA, Wash. -- It was a cry for help one woman couldn't quite pinpoint and a rescue call firefighters hadn't seen before."I had been planting these planters the day before and heard the cat," said Virginia Hislop. "I called out kitty, kitty, kitty and nothing happened."Hislop heard meowing coming from a bush, but couldn't find a cat."So I shrugged," ...
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Quagga mussels try to slip into Oregon get stopped at checkpoint
In this July 6, 2009 file photo, invasive quagga mussels cover this formerly sunken boat at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nev. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, ...
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Its Rose Festival time The fun begins Friday night
CityFair opens at 5 p.m. Friday at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland. It'll be followed by a fireworks show at 10 p.m. As always, there will be plenty of elephant ears, fun rides, musical acts and lots more to keep you ...
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Woman pleads guilty in Ore. robbery-killing case
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A woman accused in the kidnapping and killing of a man whose car was stolen for use in a Lane County bank robbery has pleaded guilty to murder and other ...
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Clever and very very funny
The result, however, is purposely outrageous, clever and very, very funny. Skillfully directed by SOU faculty member Chris Sackett and improbably choreographed by faculty member Jim Giancarlo, it also is impeccably performed and produced by SOU's Theatre Arts ...
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Quagga mussels found on boat entering E. Oregon
ONTARIO, Ore. (AP) -- An Eastern Oregon checkpoint aimed at keeping invasive species from hitchhiking into Oregon on boats has opened for the spring, and it found an infested boat the next ...
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Woman stabbed while trying to help her roommate
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police say a man accused of stabbing a woman at a northeast Portland apartment is the estranged husband of the woman's roommate. The crime happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Parkway Gardens Apartments at 14202 N.E. Sandy Boulevard. Police say the man went to the apartment and assaulted his wife and then stabbed the roommate when she intervened. The victim was ...
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The Collectors Power lawyer David Markowitz loves stamps and orbs
Dave Markowitz's law partner Barrie Herbold started the practice of collecting markers to celebrate trial victories. Markowitz chose marbles, and was urged after success in the courtroom to think bigger. After that, crystal orbs became his marker of choice. Marking trial victories with an object has been a tradition at Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf for 30 years. Begun by founding ...
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Oregon releases more docs in NCAA investigation
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon received a formal notice of allegations in December related into the NCAA investigation into its use of recruiting services.The notice, released in response to public records requests and first reported by The Register-Guard, follows reports that Oregon already met with the NCAA Committee on Infractions last month.The NCAA has been looking into payments Oregon made to ...
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An empress plies the Columbia River
The American Queen Steamboat Co. is adding a Portland vessel to its fleet. The Memphis-based company has purchased the Empress of the North from the U.S. Maritime Administration for an undisclosed amount. The company, which owns and operates the American Queen, will rename its new acquisition the American Empress. The American Queen Steamboat Co. will sail the American Empress from the home port ...
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An app to sell all thats good about Portland
Sean Robbins Looking for new ways to spread the gospel of Portland business, economic development organization Greater Portland Inc. has released an app thats full of data on the Rose City and its environs. The application, for now available only for iPad devices, is intended for anyone who wants to proselytize the region, said GPI President and CEO Sean Robbins. The goal is to get it onto the ...
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Family trapped when flames tear through their townhome
BEAVERTON, Ore. - A Beaverton family is in the hospital after their townhome went up in flames. The fire broke out early Thursday morning at a home in the 3100 block of Southwest Jaden Drive. When firefighters arrived, they discovered that three people were trapped on the third floor. They were able to get all three of them out. The victims were a mother, father and their 12-year-old son. ...
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Oregon got its notice of allegations in December
Oregon president Michael Gottfredson received a notice of allegations in the Ducks' ongoing NCAA investigation of its football recruiting practices on Dec. 5, 2012. The document was released [Wednesday] by the university in response to a public records request made ...
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Application filed for Coos Bay gas export terminal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An application for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Coos Bay has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
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First-time jobless claims drop by 23000
The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 23,000 to 340,000 in the week that ended Saturday. The department revised last week's estimate from 360,000 to 363,000, meaning the prior week's gain in initial claims filed came to 35,000, not 32,000. The four-week rolling average for the week fell by 500 to 339,500. The largest increases in initial claims ...
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Ore. trucker charged in NW Ind. officer attack
PRINCETON, Ind. – A woman has been shot dead while walking with her son in a restaurant parking lot in southwestern Indiana, and authorities say they have a suspect in custody. Princeton Police Chief ...
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Air Force team makes it to top of Mount Everest
Capt. Andrew "Drew" Ackles, 30, a 2001 graduate of Ashland High School, was one of the USAF 7 Summits team members who reached the top of 29,035-foot Mount Everest, according to Capt. Bryan Bouchard, a national Air Force spokesman based in New York ...
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Emergency food bank producing results
Barbara Rapp uncovers a planter bed Wednesday behind the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. The food bank hopes to raise $475,000 to purchase its current home by the end of August, ensuring a stable place to grow more produce for hungry families. Julia Moore / Daily ...
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City Council approves rate increases
Ashland faces years of water and sewer rate increases to meet regulatory requirements, maintain and upgrade its infrastructure and deal with inflation and rising ...
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Water fluoridation DEFEATED in Portland citizens overwhelmingly reject dumping toxic fluoride chemicals into the water supply
(NaturalNews) Voters in Portland, Oregon solidly defeated a city-wide water fluoridation measure yesterday, with 60% of the voters saying "NO!" to the practice of adding toxic fluoride chemicals to the water.The result is a huge victory ...
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Oregon's first wave-energy farm
The potential of waves to generate power is not disputed, the problem that researchers are presented with is how to convert hydrokinetic energy from waves into electricity to run cities. The problem is largely one of funding and motivation, but Oregon is a pioneering state in this area.
In an example of the globalisation of high-tech manufacturing, a recent project to have a wave-energy farm installed off the coast of Oregon near Reedsport involves a number of regional companies. The Oregon Iron Works, which is based in Portland, is building wave-energy buoys at its fabrication plant in Vancouver, Washington, which have been ordered by Ocean Power Technologies, which is based in New Jersey and will be the driving force behind the development of the wave-energy farm off Reedsport, Oregon. Read more
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