Content Tagged 'State of Oregon'

Gov. John Kitzhaber says he recognizes he's asking state lawmakers to make politically risky decisions on public pensions and prisons, but he says tough choices are needed to boost school funding.

Those who are not yet registered to vote have very little time to get it done: the deadline to register in order to vote in the May 15 Oregon Primary Election is Tuesday, April 24.

The Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles says more customers are doing business with them on line, so it has decided to save money by closing the DMV Express Office at Eugene’s Valley River Center.

Oregon's Attorney General on Tuesday announced the largest consumer drug settlement ever for the state - $3.34 million from Pfizer Inc.

Some employers are now asking applicants for their Facebook passwords which brings up a slew of questions like: Is it legal? Is it ethical?

Oregon lawmakers have opened the 2012 legislative session, the first in an even-year since voters decided to send lawmakers to Salem annually.

Police say officers fired at a man on the roof of a downtown Portland parking garage early Wednesday, and the man was later found dead.

A 14-year-old La Center, Wash., boy who collapsed during a middle school basketball practice has died in a Portland, Ore., hospital.

One person died after a two-vehicle crash on Highway 26 near Sellers Road east of Manning early Wednesday, police said.

Dayton Leroy Rogers has three times been sentenced to death for the killings of six women in 1987.

Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers.

Fuqua Homes was operating a factory in Bend and a Eugene Super Sales Center in Coburg.

Oregon's attorney general releases his annual list of the worst-performing charities operating in the state.

Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber declared a state hiring freeze and spending cuts on Tuesday.

A woman was attacked by a shark near Seaside Tuesday morning but managed to make it to shore with the help of other surfers Video

Webcast of the State Board of Higher Education vote on future of UO President Richard Lariviere.

U. of O. President Richard Lariviere is apparently on his way out because of a difference of opinion with the state Board of Higher Education about the future of the university.

Current conditions from the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Oregon state representatives are talking strategy with Douglas County officials as they look to fill the county’s budget gap which would be left by discontinued federal timber payments. Video

A day after the former Penn State assistant football coach who is charged with sexual abuse of boys declared his innocence in a television interview, an email surfaced from a key witness against him, saying he stopped an alleged attack in the team's showers.

A 39-year old Seattle helicopter pilot was injured when he crashed in a holiday tree farm.

A short list of some of the public events honoring veterans in our area.

On Wednesday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m. Oregonians will hear on their radios and see on their televisions a test of the emergency alert system (EAS).

A supersonic jet bomber is traveling through Oregon this week, but at far less than the speed of sound. Video

Oregon State Police say a 40-year-old man riding his bicycle on U.S. Highway 101 on the Oregon coast was shot in the leg. A 70-year-old man has been arrested.

New online process offers easy search for your money.

Terry Schrunk Plaza is clear Tuesday after police moved in around 4 a.m. to help Federal Protective Service officers remove Occupy Portland demonstrators.

"Occupy Portland" demonstrators gave a rousing welcome Monday afternoon to popular provocateur Michael Moore.

An Oregon City couple who practices "faith healing" will spend the next six years in prison, as their sentence for the death of their newborn.

A Gresham man faces federal charges after admitting that he flew from Portland to Guam with 500 rounds of ammunition in his carry-on luggage.   |   Read the Federal Court Document (223.1KB)

Oregon State Police are investigating a hunter-involved shooting that resulted in a non-life threatening injury to an 11-year old boy waiting for a school bus.

A car belonging to Peter Wayne Hill of Cottage Grove was discovered early Friday morning.

A surfer off Newport encountered a shark Thursday afternoon.

The student body president at Oregon State University has been impeached and faces a trial Nov. 1 by the student Senate on a charge of overstepping her authority.

LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State hold the top four spots in the first BCS standings, setting up two potentially huge conference games that could determine which teams play for the national title.

Tillamook County Major Crime Team detectives are continuing the investigation following the arrest of two suspects related to a Saturday night disturbance at the Alderbrook Golf Course Restaurant and Bar north of Tillamook that resulted in the stabbing of 3 adults.

A special music foundation has been created for underprivlidged children, in the memory of slain Oregon teen Cody Myers.

The estranged husband of murder suspect, Holly Grigsby said he’s still trying to comprehend what she’s accused of doing.

"Occupy Portland" activists announced late Tuesday evening that they will remain in Lownsdale and Chapman Square parks in downtown Portland and will continue to block Main Street, which runs between the two parks.

Oregon Public Health officials said a 61-year-old Lincoln County woman was the season's first instance of an influenza hospitalization.

A 48-year old Jefferson man is lucky to be alive this morning after being arrested for pointing a loaded firearm at a Marion County Sheriff's deputy.

The family of Cody Myers will be celebrating his life Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. with a celebration service open to the public.

A driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash near Salem that injured seven people was sentenced Monday to more than four years in prison.

"Occupy Portland" activists Monday moved back into Chapman Square, behind City Hall, where they said they would stay indefinitely.

Oregon State Police investigators have released the name of a man who was killed in a single-car accident Sunday morning.