PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon State Police say they have
arrested a motorcyclist who zipped along Interstate 205 in east
Portland at 122 mph, weaving among the slower vehicles.
Officers say they chased 20-year-old Ryan Robert Dowley of
Portland... Full story
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Police in Northern California have made an
arrest in the cold-case murder of a Meals on Wheels recipient.
Sacramento police on Friday arrested 56-year-old Donald Carter
in the 1989 killing of 80-year-old Sophia McAllister. Authorities
had... Full story
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Tribe, city dispute contract for casino services
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NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - A dispute over a contract for government
services has the potential for a court test involving an Oregon
city and a sovereign... Full story
Senator Ron Wyden introduced a set of five bills to help National Guard members and their families with the transition back to civilian life. The bill also includes a way to keep wounded soldiers in the military and give more information about medical... Full story
MEDFORD -- "Red, White and BOOM" fireworks start at 9:45 p.m. at
Medford's Harry and David Field, 2929 S. Pacific Highway. Seating is on
a first-come, first-served basis, and gates open at 6:30 p.m. Beach
chairs and blankets will be allowed on the... Full story
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is crediting four people with saving the life of a man whose truck crashed into the Hopkins irrigation canal Thursday, becoming submerged.
Deputies responded at about noon to a reported single-vehicle rollover crash... Full story
PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US Airways flight while carrying a concealed weapon.
Twenty-nine-year-old Damien Young pleaded guilty Thursday to sneaking a handgun into Philadelphia... Full story
WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of
the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left
open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
Palin,
45,... Full story
AP-OR--Tribe-City Contract,0136
Tribe, city dispute contract for casino services
Eds: APNewsNow.
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) - A dispute over a contract for government
services has the potential for a court test involving an Oregon
city and a sovereign... Full story
Senator Ron Wyden introduced a set of five bills to help National Guard members and their families with the transition back to civilian life. The bill also includes a way to keep wounded soldiers in the military and give more information about medical... Full story
MEDFORD -- "Red, White and BOOM" fireworks start at 9:45 p.m. at
Medford's Harry and David Field, 2929 S. Pacific Highway. Seating is on
a first-come, first-served basis, and gates open at 6:30 p.m. Beach
chairs and blankets will be allowed on the... Full story
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is crediting four people with saving the life of a man whose truck crashed into the Hopkins irrigation canal Thursday, becoming submerged.
Deputies responded at about noon to a reported single-vehicle rollover crash... Full story
PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US Airways flight while carrying a concealed weapon.
Twenty-nine-year-old Damien Young pleaded guilty Thursday to sneaking a handgun into Philadelphia... Full story
WASILLA, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
abruptly announced Friday she is resigning from office at the end of
the month, a shocking move that rattled the Republican party but left
open the possibility she would seek a run for the White House in 2012.
Palin,
45,... Full story
MEDFORD, Ore. -- Conservationists are proposing a third national monument in southwestern Oregon to protect rare native plants and wildlife corridors.
The proposed Siskiyou Crest National Monument would be made up of federal land straddling the Oregon-California... Full story
EUGENE, Ore. -- A former University of Oregon journalism student has been sentenced to a dozen years in prison for a string of robberies he pulled off to help pay gambling debts.
Eugene police Detective Jeff Donaca said Thursday that Samuel Sourikoff... Full story
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Butte Falls Hatchery in southwestern Oregon will not be closing after all.
Located high in the Cascade Range community of Butte Falls outside Medford, the 94-year-old hatchery was slated for closure last April as part of a 30-percent... Full story
WICHITA, Kan. -- A man charged with murdering Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable.
Scott Roeder sent Oregon anti-abortion activist Linda Wolfe, of Grants... Full story
