Oakridge News

It's the first Friday of the month again, and that means it's time for "Beer Blogging Friday" - AKA The Session , the monthly collaboration of beer bloggers across the world to write about a common topic.

OAKRIDGE, Ore. - Efforts to change American Indian mascot names at Oregon high schools has stalled more than two years after a state advisory group suggested a ban on them.

Cheers! According to the Oregon Brewers Guild, Oregonians gain more than $2.25 billion in economic impact from the beer industry as the No.

"He has to come home." Phyllis Heltay's words hang between desperation and disbelief.

Oregon State Police and the Lane County District attorney have determined a 91-year-old woman caused a crash involving an Oakridge police officer last October.

Oregon State Police say a 91-year-old woman killed in a crash last October was to blame for the collision with an Oakridge police patrol car.

A man who appeared on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" wanted for three bank robberies in Eugene, Oregon was apprehended in Illinois on Wednesday night, police said.

A man who appeared on Discovery Channel's " Deadliest Catch " is wanted for three bank robberies in Eugene, police said.

Here are some of Lewis L. McArthur's favorite names, as found in "Oregon Geographic Names": Quitters Point: A steep-sided nub on the west shoulder of Mount Jefferson, where new Forest Service trainees tended to poop out.

Annual bird counts are a Christmas tradition for nature lovers around the country.

Despite the cold weather, hundreds came out Saturday for the 57th annual Springfield Christmas Parade.

Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through. Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.

OAKRIDGE, Ore. - When Michelle Ledbetter describes the opening of a coin-operated laundry as the best thing that's ever happened to the Cascade Range town Oakridge, it's not hyperbole.

I never knew A.D. Kern, but I know what he did for a living, and I know what happened to his handiwork 82 years ago right outside my Portland house.

November 10, 2009 - A former Westfir City Recorder has been arrested for allegedly embezzling 11-thousand dollars.

Former Westfir city recorder Elizabeth Murray has been accused of embezzling more than $11,000 during a one-year period.

Oakridge Police have arrested a former Westfir City Recorder for embezzling over $11,000. A Elizabeth Louise Murray, age 55, was arrested Sunday on charges of aggravated theft, official misconduct, theft, possession of a forged instrument, and forgery.

If rain materializes this week, fire season, the burn ban and regulated use will end this week.

An Oakridge police officer, seriously injured Oct. 12 in a car accident in which an elderly woman was killed, has been released from the hospital.

Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving an Oakridge police officer and an adult female motorist at the intersection of Highway 58 and Crestview Street in Oakridge, Ore.