Oregon News

An estimated 51,400 Oregonians worked in so-called green jobs last year, according to a new report from the state Employment Department.

"A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks," the Associated Press ...

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.

The Oregon Air National Guard provided this file photo of an F-15. Story Published: Jul 2, 2009 at 12:29 PM PDT This is a press release courtesy of the Oregon Air National Guard The Oregon Air National Guard will conduct Independence Day flyovers for various ceremonies at locations throughout Oregon, Southwest Washington, and Northern California.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden clearly relishes his place in the center of the nation's stormy debate over health care reform.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski, rebutting critics who said he is waiting to sign two tax measures to hinder efforts to refer them to the ballot, said through his spokeswoman Thursday that he will sign them into law in the next week or two.

You may have noticed a few new faces around town performing an assortment of good deeds.

The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after an Oregon doctor operated on him have agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit for $200,000. The parents of Ian McClellan contended Dr.

PORTLAND, Ore. - President Obama's transportation secretary, Ray LaHood, had words of praise during a Portland, Ore., visit for both the city's mass transit and the first U.S.-made streetcar in decades.

Photos of his wife and daughter above his desk, Sergeant Tim Sparks surfs the Web on this base less than a marathon run away from Iran.

One in four Oregonian adults is obese, putting Oregon smack in the national midriff bulge -- 28th among states -- according to a new report on America's weight problem.

A federal appeals court says a man whose conviction for child molestation was overturned by a federal judge must remain under strict supervision at least until October.

After the state Democratic party filed a complaint, the Oregon secretary of state's office has asked Republican Mayor Sid Leikens of Springfield for records of campaign filings.

With Oregon's unemployment rate second highest in the nation, Democratic legislative leaders used state bonds and raised taxes to put thousands of people to work on public works projects.

Audubon sues FEMA over issuance of flood insurance in Oregon The Audubon Society of Portland and other environmental groups are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency over its issuance of flood insurance in Oregon, saying the government doesn't adequately consider the effect of floodplain development on wild salmon and steelhead.

On Wednesday Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski singed a law that will finally allow small moving van companies to exist in Oregon unmolested.

Oregon becomes the sixth state in 2009 to take control; pressure to grow hemp continues to mount as business booms.

Firefighters and state police work to control fires at the scene of a 21-vehicle pileup near Albany on Interstate 5 where seven people died.

Raising tax rates of any kind risks impairing the private sector's motivation to invest in activities that support job and income growth.

Smuggler's Cove in Oswald West State Park Oregon even sounds like a comfortable resting spot for your vacation, doesn't it? Wait until you are given all the wonders of the area and the truly relaxing atmosphere, you will be totally convinced it is your kind of getaway.