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A judge has refused to dismiss a multibillion dollar securities fraud case against former officers, directors, accountants and underwriters of Washington Mutual Bank, which collapsed last year in the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.

ONTARIO -- The Ontario Growth Association will have a free Candidates Night on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Ontario Middle School commons.

Dr. Phil Leveque Salem-News.com "Lets get Leveque" was the chant of the Oregon Medical Board during the early years of medical marijuana.

A Nyssa-area attorney died Wednesday morning while driving to Burns for a hearing in Harney County Circuit Court when his vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a pickup pulling an empty livestock trailer on Highway 20 east of Burns.

Oregon state troopers say at least four vehicles hit a cow that wandered onto Interstate 84 Friday night, killing it.

Accountants and Journalists: Get the Facts Straight on the Revenue Measures and Stop Scaring People! Chuck Sheketoff Dick Warrington was understandably concerned.

The Ontario Growth Association will hold a Candidates Night at 6:30 p.m. in the Ontario Middle School on Tuesday, October 20.

Oregon's Malheur Bell, whose roots stretch back to 1895 before its initial telephone exchange in Vale, Ore., was connected with the outside world, this December will process its last call as an independent phone company.

Eric and Michele Fisher wanted to own a family business that offers a deli with Amish-made meats and cheeses.

Fire crews spent the morning battling a four-alarm fire in the 1500 block of N. Oregon St.

A mobilization order is still needed to establish specific time frames and location of duty.

Tammy Grauer, of Shiloh, and Trish Fulmer, of Ontario, are among the many mothers spending time with their kids in 4-H this week at the Richland County Fair.

A new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to cut payments for radiation therapy treatments would cause many cancer centers to close, stop accepting Medicare patients, lay off support staff and reduce services to cancer patients, according to a survey conducted by ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

Not long before many of the West's most respected Buddhist teachers were driven from Tibet by the Chinese, a similar catastrophe unfolded for Japanese American Buddhists.

A unique Buddhist temple with roots in a dark chapter of World War II faces an uncertain future, along with this Snake River town's once-thriving Japanese American community.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon state police say a 57-year-old Baker City man has died in a motorcyle crash.

The High Desert Motorcycle Rally is this weekend at the Malheur County Fairgrounds in Ontario, Oregon.

John Dillon, the advertising director of the Argus Observer newspaper in Ontario, has been named publisher.

Treasure Valley Community College will offer classes in viticulture--the growing of wine grapes--for people interested in an industry on the rise in Eastern Oregon.

A s some readers have noticed, this column now appears every other week. But the wines -- and wine values -- keep coming.