Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oregon News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Oregon Telegraph.com http://www.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/10/id/de51264898713a16/ en-us Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:28:37 -0500 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:28:37 -0500 30 The next stage for construction of the new Shady Bridge on Interstate 5 begins this afternoon with the closure of the southbound Green exit at Milepost 120.The offramp will remain closed for the next ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011188/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:54 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011188/ katpau4@msn.com . ROSEBURG Winter roller skating classes will begin Dec. 2 at Parkview Skating Center, 1151-A, Stewart Parkway, at the YMCA in Roseburg. The session will run from 5 to 6 p.m. Cost is $... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011183/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:07 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011183/ Santa unhooks after sliding down a rope to arrive at the annual Roseburg Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in front of the Douglas County Courthouse on Sunday. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011189/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:53 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011189/ BRUSH PRAIRIE, Wash. -- Students said they won't attend the next school dance if a high school principal's plan to crack down on dirty dancing at school functions is enforced.Not only has Prairie High... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20008287/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:09 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20008287/ ALOHA, Ore. -- A man held up a convenience store using a baseball bat and got away with cash Sunday night.Investigators said the robber threatened the clerk at a Plaid Pantry near the corner of Southw... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010426/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:05 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010426/ The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2468 will be accepting donations at a Roseburg grocery store this week. Members of the post will be at Sherms Thunderbird, 2553 N.W. Stewart Parkway, all day Sunday. ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011185/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:03 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011185/ NEW YORK -- Whitney Houston's publicist has issued a statement that squashes a report in the Chicago Sun-Times last week that the singer and ex-husband Bobby Brown were back together.Acting on behalf ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010123/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:00 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010123/ The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Jo... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010427/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:04 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010427/ Sutherlin residents will get the chance to tour the newly remodeled Senior Center this month.The Sutherlin Senior Center open house is from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 19 at the center, 202 E. Central Ave.The ev... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011184/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:02 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011184/ A Days Creek man was treated at the hospital after crashing a pickup while allegedly driving intoxicated on Woods Creek Road Sunday.Richard D. Slater, 35, was four-wheeling in the 1983 pickup when the... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011187/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:58 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011187/ Sophomore Seth Thomas, shown after winning the Class 6A state title at 130 pounds last February, is among the returnees this season for the Roseburg High wrestling team. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011180/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:12 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011180/ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon's only medical school and teaching hospital - Oregon Health & Science University - is imposing an immediate freeze in hiring and salaries, and expects to lay off some ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011191/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:42 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011191/ ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ Michael Wooten, the Alaska State Trooper at the center of the Troopergate scandal over whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, is now embroiled in a power struggle of his o... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20009004/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:39 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20009004/ Oregon political figure jailed after finding him in contempt of a previous court injunction."Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive," the http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011197/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:59 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011197/ GLADSTONE, Ore. -- An elderly man crashed his SUV into a sporting goods store Monday, destroying merchandise and displays inside, police said.Sheriff's deputies said Peter L. Day, 83, crashed his Ford... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010425/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:22:07 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010425/ Gov. Ted Kulongoski 's proposed state budget for the next two years would protect education from funding cuts but make deep reductions in some social services spending, including programs for the disa... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011199/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:56 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011199/ MILWAUKIE, Ore. - An elderly man driving a sport utility vehicle plowed into a Milwaukie sporting goods store Monday afternoon, sending one woman to the hospital and injuring a man, authorities said. ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011192/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:38 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011192/ Southwestern Oregon rivers are generally running low and clear, and fishing success for chinook salmon and steelhead has only been fair at best.Anglers are hoping for some rain that would freshen the ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011182/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:05 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011182/ & Co. will lay off 9,200 WaMu employees nationally, out of the company’s total work force of about 42,000. Of those workers, 4,000 will leave within the next 60 days and the remaining emplo... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010428/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:30 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010428/ These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center. They do not represent all the incidents or their final outcomes.POLICE LOGSaturdayDouglas Co... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011190/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:51 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011190/ Portland by increasing its work force in the city from about 350 employees to at least 1,200 and building a roughly 500,000 square-foot office.The city offered Vestas $12.5 million in incentives in ho... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011198/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:17:57 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011198/ Head coach: Gabe Mazurkiewicz (third year). Last year: Girls first in Southwest Conference district meet with 409 points and boys second with 405; girls fourth in Class 6A state meet with 104 points a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011179/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:18 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011179/ Oregon Health and Science University announced a wide-ranging plan to cut costs after patient numbers fell short of projections. There will be staff cuts, OHSU President Joe Robertson announced Monday... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010429/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:29 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010429/ The Umpqua Starchasers Equestrian Drill Team is hosting a fundraiser to pay the medical expenses for a member who was injured while riding a horse this past summer. The dinner and dance is scheduled t... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011181/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:04 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011181/ SEE THE CARTOON ) The intact Tom turns to his headless companion and says: "Ha! That's nothing. You should see my 401(k)." If cartoonist Eric Devericks' art is a bit darker than usual these... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011193/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:38 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011193/ A 25-year-old Myrtle Creek man remained hospitalized this morning after crashing an all-terrain vehicle near his home Sunday.Ezekiel Clayton was operating a 1982 Honda three-wheeler on the side of the... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011186/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:25:00 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011186/ SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Monday released his proposed state budget for the next two years that he says will protect education from cuts despite the recession but require deep cuts in ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011195/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:36 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20011195/ Intel Oregon employees and retirees in 2008 donated $2.9 million to the United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, a 6 percent increase from last year and a new record for Intel. The Intel Foundation wil... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20007376/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:28 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20007376/ Vestas Wind Systems A/S said Monday it would consolidate its Portland-based North American headquarters into a new 500,000-square-foot building. While Vestas is based in Denmark, it has made Portland... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010430/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:13:26 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20010430/ PORTLAND, Ore. -- A man who implied he was carrying a gun robbed a Washington County bank Monday morning.The robber escaped from the Key Bank on 805 NW Murray Blvd. on foot at about 10:30 a.m.A gray o... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005064/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:25 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005064/ ASTORIA, Ore. -- Fire officials held off completing their investigation Monday into a fatal fire that damaged a major building on Commercial Street on Thanksgiving.Although police were waiting for an ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005065/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:24 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005065/ A spokeswoman, Darcy Donahoe-Wilmot, says the mood was upbeat as chief executive James L. "Jamie" Dimon met with about 200 WaMu employees Monday morning. She adds that those meeting with Dim... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005926/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:04 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005926/ CLARK COUNTY, Wash. - An 86-year-old woman and her 58-year-old son were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in an east Clark County home early Monday, authorities said. The Clark County Sheriff's... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005928/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:01 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005928/ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge has found Oregon anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore in contempt of a court injunction and ordered him jailed until he filed various tax forms. Judge Janice Wilson also orde... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005929/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:00 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005929/ News ) - State officials say the number of people who died in automobile accidents over the Thanksgiving weekend dropped to a nine-year low with two reported deaths on the state's highways this year. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005930/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:42 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005930/ "It's been very meaningful, particularly with people walking in silence," Holme said. "The whole idea was for people to contemplate the Advent, that is the coming of Christ." http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005061/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:45:19 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005061/ Dotted with relics of bygone eras, plans that didn't pan out and monuments to a seismic shift away from a natural resource-based economy, the one-time commercial spine of Central Point slowly withered... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20002641/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:38:51 -0500 Mail Tribune http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20002641/ Harrisburg .The county sheriff's office says deer hunters found the man's body Sunday afternoon near Dodge Island Road on the west side of the Willamette.Authorities say the body appeared to have wash... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005931/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:34:39 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/20005931/ The NBER said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began in December 2007.Meanwhile, President George W. Bush expressed remorse that t... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995749/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:45 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995749/ LONGVIEW, Wash. -- Three men accused of holding a Longview man at knifepoint on Thanksgiving morning have been arrested.Police said Brian Clark, Joshua Clark and Eugino Colon broke into an apartment a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999220/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:47 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999220/ MOUNT HOOD, Ore. – It’s quite a contrast from last year. In 2007, heavy snowfall early in the fall had Mount Hood ski resorts opening early and it piled up all winter. There were smiles ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995232/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:17 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995232/ SALEM, Ore. -- Five people inside a Salem home were able to avoid injury Sunday when someone fired several shots into the house.Marion County deputies are investigating the shooting, which occurred at... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999219/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:55 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999219/ Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s 2009-11 budget, released Monday, calls for about 6.8 percent less, or about $1.2 billion, than the state had to spend during the current biennium. “This, with... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999227/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:17 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999227/ reported Monday. The San Jose, Calif.-based trade group said October sales were 2.1 percent lower than the $23 billion in September 2008. Sales for the first 10 months of 2008 were $216 billion, an i... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999228/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:02 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999228/ An array of frozen appetizers beckons from the freezer case of your local grocery store. Whatever your taste, from dips to dumplings, from pizzas to pirogue, there's something for just about everyone.... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999226/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:39 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999226/ VANCOUVER, Wash. -- A man and woman were found shot to death Monday in an east Clark County home.911 dispatchers first received an incomplete phone call from a home on Northeast 212th Avenue at 4:55 a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999224/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:54 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999224/ Clearwire Corp. Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire announced Monday that it has received the cash. The investment was announced in May. Intel is the only company of the investors that now holds a seat ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995877/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:06 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19995877/ SHERWOOD, Ore. -- Police are pushing city leaders to install red-light cameras at four intersections of Highway 99W in Sherwood.A recent study found a surprising number of violators at the intersectio... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999223/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:53 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999223/ Earth Class Mail has opened a Los Angeles retail location. Customers that sign up for Seattle-based Earth Class Mail can choose 8605 Santa Monica Blvd. (the retail location’s address) as their ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19998260/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:00 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19998260/ "); $jQ('#search_jobs,#search_news,#search_companies').css('font-weight','normal'); $jQ('#search_site').css('font-weight','bold'); $jQ('#searchform').attr("action",'/search/results.html'); } func... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19996245/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:04 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19996245/ Tina Fey's husband has revealed to Vanity Fair how the former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" star got the facial scar that has been a mystery to her fans for years.In an interview with the comedy... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999225/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:41 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999225/ HARRISBURG, Ore. -- Deer hunters found a body that appeared to wash ashore off the Willamette River on Sunday.The body was discovered near Dodge Island Road in Benton County at about 2 p.m.Sheriff's d... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999222/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:50:50 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999222/ Fog Cutter Capital Group Inc. ’s Fatburger unit has opened its first Middle East restaurant at the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates. The new restaurant of Santa Monica, Calif.-based Fatbu... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19998738/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:40:58 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19998738/ Federal bailouts, equity buys into banks and investment houses, liquidity infusions by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, loan guarantees and economic-stimulus checks now total $8.5 trillion. That equals... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999229/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:40:56 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999229/ is lowering some rates for 2009 to coincide with falling gasoline prices. The 2009 rates, used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, medical or moving purposes, a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999230/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:40:54 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19999230/ Salem has boasted about its high-quality and abundant water supply, but a National Marine Fisheries Service report suggests that the city's water consumption poses a threat to Upper Willamette River C... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993629/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:35 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993629/ Diane Downs, who fatally shot one of her children and badly wounded two others in 1983 in one of Oregon's most infamous crimes, comes up for parole consideration for the first time Dec. 9. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993630/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:34 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993630/ The latest step is a public hearing today before Keizer City Council on a text amendment to city code allowing a transit center to be built in a residential area by conditional use permit. The amendme... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993631/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:33 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993631/ The holiday season is a time when you can help less fortunate children, whether it be helping out a local food bank or donating to the Toys for Tots foundation. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993633/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:30 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993633/ DALLAS — The Dallas Volunteer Fire Association will host its annual "Breakfast with Santa" from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Dallas Fire Station, 915 SE Shelton St. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993635/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:27 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993635/ From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Marion County Sheriff's Traffic Safety Team patrolled areas where numerous traffic crashes have occurred in the past, including Lancaster Drive NE and streets crossing th... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993634/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:29 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993634/ Tim Buckley has watched the sagging economy entice a growing number of people across Salem to abandon their automobiles in favor of bicycles. What the veteran cyclist is seeing isn't entirely good. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993636/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:47:26 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993636/ PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police are investigating a deadly overnight crash in southwest Portland.Officers said a car rolled over on Interstate 5 near the Terwilliger exit at around 11:30 p.m. Sunday.Crews we... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19990990/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:16 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19990990/ The Thanksgiving shopping weekend doesn't appear to have been the disaster some had feared, but tempered buying and unprecedented deep discounts likely resulted in soft sales. Now, online retailers ar... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19991203/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:40:14 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19991203/ Photo: Michael Zamora G-P's Joey Sanchez gets tripped up by a Killeen defender during the Class 4A Division I regional semifinal at the Alamodome in San Antonio on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993639/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:43:33 -0500 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19993639/ Winters said he has seen fertilizer, propane tanks, human waste, food wrappers and rat poison (to keep pesky animals from eating the profits) at pot gardens. Some gardens can stretch across 10 to 20 a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19986818/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:50:01 -0500 Mail Tribune http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19986818/ A 33-year-old woman died after sliding up to 1,500 feet while climbing Mount Shasta in California on Friday, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989438/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:50:00 -0500 Mail Tribune http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989438/ A $28 million village known as Generations could take shape in east Medford in the next two years, providing housing that would pair senior mentors with young families trying to put their lives back t... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19987146/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:49:59 -0500 Mail Tribune http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19987146/ The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) of Jackson County isn't the latest organization to receive a retired ambulance from Mercy Flights — that distinction goes to the National Park Service ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989439/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:49:58 -0500 Mail Tribune http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989439/ Democratic officials said Obama will announce that President Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, will stay in that post. Obama also plans to name Eric Holder as attorney general, and Arizona Gov. ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19986949/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:49:37 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19986949/ University of Oregon . But another project set to break ground will affect a greater number of students.The university is upgrading the physical plant - the operation that provides heating, cooling an... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989440/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:45:49 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19989440/ AUBURN HILLS | LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and Greg Oden had a career-high 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 96-85 Sunday. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985169/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:58:28 -0500 The Ledger http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985169/ African drums boomed and pipe organ music swelled as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opened for worship Sunday after years of cleanup from a fire that struck the world's largest Gothic cathedral ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985490/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:51:31 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985490/ LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and Greg Oden had a career-high 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 96-85 Sunday.Brandon Roy scored 19 points and Oden finished w... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985170/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:50:17 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19985170/ NEW YORK -- In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans a... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982362/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:59:35 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982362/ COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ore. - Authorities are trying to identify a body found floating Sunday in the Columbia River near St. Helens. A fisherman discovered the body shortly before 2 p.m. on the Washington ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982677/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:59:21 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982677/ BEND, Ore. (AP) _ Several times a week Ryan Strasshofer sifts through the list of homes entering the foreclosure process, punches a list of addresses into his GPS had heads out on what could be called... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19981185/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:59:21 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19981185/ FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ Oregon State snapped a 25-game losing streak and won its first game under first-year coach Craig Robinson in downing Fresno State 62-54 Sunday. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982676/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:59:21 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19982676/ Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy takes a shot against Detroit Pistons forward Walter Herrmann, right, of Argentina, in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, in Auburn... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19980425/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:05:48 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19980425/ News ) - Police identified a man found dead in a southeast Portland home as 54-year-old Roland J. Dir.An autopsy determined that Dir died from homicidal violence.No arrests have been made. Detectives ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19980426/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:02:45 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19980426/ Portland's LaMarcus Aldridge gets fouled by Detroit's Rasheed Wallace in the Trailblazers' 96-85 win over the Pistons on Sunday. Aldridge led all scorers with 27 points while teammate Greg Oden record... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19979906/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:55:54 -0500 USA Today http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19979906/ Weather posed a problem for some holiday travelers returning home Sunday.Rain was forecast along the East Coast, with rain and snow possible in northern New England, and snow in the upper Mississippi ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19976084/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:15:43 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19976084/ Baker County .A moist and mild fall has turned the meadows green and the mule deer plump.That's a good sign for the deer and for the two-legged shooters who prey on them."It's a phenomenal green-up," ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977675/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:13:03 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977675/ NEAR NESKOWIN, Ore. - The Coast Guard was unable to rescue a 22-year-old woman who fell off a cliff and was swept out to sea Saturday on the Oregon Coast. It happened about 3:30 p.m. near Neskowin Be... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977673/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:15:26 -0500 KATU 2 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977673/ Oregon Lottery is hoping more people venture into any of Oregon's 2,353 video lottery retailers after a Jan. 1 smoking ban forces all the establishments to go smoke free.It will be the first time in O... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977676/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:13:02 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977676/ Consumers this weekend spent 7.2 percent more than last year's Thanksgiving weekend, according to results released on Sunday.The National Retail Federation surveyed more than 3,300 shoppers who were o... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19976165/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:15:41 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19976165/ United States called "bridge jacking," a method of replacement that cuts the time the spans are closed from six months to six days.The rapid bridge replacement method is common in http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977677/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:13:01 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977677/ BEND, Ore. (AP) -- A 51-year-old homeless man has been accused of setting a fire that damaged two vehicles and a building at Central Oregon Forklift in Bend. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977680/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:59:35 -0500 Associated Press http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977680/ Pacific-10 Conference ) soundly defeated Oregon State (8-4, 7-2) Saturday in the 112th Civil War, 65-38.With a win, the Beavers would have been headed to http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977674/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:13:04 -0500 Examiner http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19977674/ PORTLAND, Ore. -- Last week, House Democrats unveiled an ambitious economic plan to help Oregon weather the economic storm ahead. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on state-funded construction ... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19973730/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:33:05 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19973730/ Building on their success with Medford Power Sports, the Saunders and Metcalf families recently purchased Power Sports in Sutherlin from Randy Wing and reopened it as T & F Cycles Inc. On Tuesday,... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19971204/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:06:52 -0500 News-Review http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19971204/ CHICAGO -- Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton to be his secretary of state Monday. Obama plans to announce the New York senator as part of his nat... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19970699/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:04:16 -0500 Fox 12 http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19970699/ Johnson gained 203 of his 219 rushing yards in the first half of the Ducks' 65-38 victory, likely putting a dagger in Oregon State's Rose Bowl dreams. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969263/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:13 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969263/ Help support a local school by donating to the Mark O. Hatfield Library and The Willamette Store's fourth annual Tree of Giving Book Drive through Dec. 12 at Willamette University, 900 State St., Sale... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969259/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:08 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969259/ Gov. Ted Kulongoski started his tenure in the depths of an economic downturn, and the final two-year budget he will unveil Monday will anticipate more hard times before things get better. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969262/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:11 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969262/ Still, after winning the presidency on Nov. 4, Obama has tried to reclaim as much as he can of the family focused routine he sacrificed while campaigning for nearly two years. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969267/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:05 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969267/ Perhaps symbolizing the emergence of Marion County among Oregon's leading wine-producing counties, Trinity Vineyards of Salem opened its tasting room this weekend. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969261/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:10 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969261/ -- Jacquizz Rodgers watched solemnly on the sideline wearing his No. 1 jersey over his street clothes as Oregon State's Rose Bowl aspirations slipped away. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969268/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:09:45 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969268/ PORTLAND — Anthony LaCoste ran for 194 yards and three touchdowns and West Albany earned its third consecutive trip to the title game with a 35-14 victory Saturday against Jefferson in an OSAA C... http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969265/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:07 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969265/ The fire started under a modular building that makes up the school's music and special-education classes about 8:40 p.m., Dallas Fire Inspector Sean Condon said. http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969264/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:06 -0500 Statesman Journal http://story.oregontelegraph.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/de51264898713a16/id/19969264/