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Oregon Attorney General John Kroger plans to step down from office on June 29. Gov. John Kitzhaber is expected to name an interim replacement early next week.

Gov. John Kitzhaber will apppoint an interim attorney general soon to replace outgoing John Kroger, who will vacate the post at the end of June.

The Oregon visual artists Ellen Lesperance , Akihiko Miyoshi and Michelle Ross have been named 2012 Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts, bringing each of them a $25,000 award from the Ford Family Foundation .

On Wedn, May 30, Noon, Oregon Area Jewish Committee will host Kathleen D. Saadat to speak On Being Black in Portland and in America- Pre and Post Trayvon Martin.

Dr. Eduardo M. Ochoa, U.S. assistant secretary for postsecondary education, has been named as interim president of CSU Monterey Bay.

A college student couldn't solve the final puzzle on Wheel of Fortune even though nearly every letter was already revealed.

Almost by accident, we did in fact travel to Europe twice in 2005. And Nan and her sons and grandson planned a week in exotic Costa Rica in late July of this year.

The Rose Festival gets into full swing this weekend with the opening of the Rose Festival CityFair.

An Oregon task force is considering changes in how suspects in crimes are identified because DNA testing has exposed the danger of relying entirely on eyewitnesses.

Editor's Note: Be sure to check out Rebecca Hoeffner's take on "Blue Like Jazz" in her commentary in Saturday's Religion section.

Sarah Schaack, biology professor at Reed Colleg e in Portland, has won a $986,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support her research on the genetics of mutation.

By Jack Roberts You know it's an unusual election when the most interesting statewide races are those in which only lawyers and judges are running.

A college student couldn't solve the final puzzle on Wheel of Fortune even though nearly every letter was already revealed.

Rebecca Sullivan came into her own as a jazz vocalist in Chicago, where she's been based since 2006 and where she's frequently gigged with guitarist Mike Allemana.

PORTLAND, Ore. Vote returns in the race for Portland's next mayor released Tuesday night show candidates Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith leading the pack of over 20 candidates followed by Eileen Brady.

They grew up watching "Sex and the City," but no one could mistake the girls of "Girls," HBO's new... Oregon Attorney General candidate Ellen Rosenblum, right, holds hands with former Oregon Gov.

Georgia Kirkpatrick prepares to launch her retail line for the first time Saturday at a trunk show in Tiffanee Bean's Mabel & Zora boutique , 748 N.W. 11th Ave., Portland.

It is understandable that she has not had time to put pen to paper; her schedule has been filled with thesis work, the Stumptown Comics Fest , and a book release.

Karin Melnick of the University of Maryland has been awarded the prestigious AMS Centennial Fellowship for the 2012-2013 academic year.