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43 min ago | HeraldNet

Thousands of dead bumble bees found in Oregon

Thousands of dead and dying bees have been found in the parking lot of a shopping center in Wilsonville,southwest of Portland.

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Related Topix: Apiculture, Science, Agriculture

3 hrs ago | KEPR CBS 19

Tornado touches down near Roseburg, could be first on record in region

A Roseburg resident is cleaning up the mess, after a tornado, yes a tornado, touched down near Roseburg Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Weather

7 hrs ago | The Pordland Mercury

One State Employee is Guilty of a 'Minor' Fluoridated Transgression

Fluoride's resounding defeat in Portland is nearly a month behind us, but controversy around the most-contentious vote in Portland's memory lingers - sort of.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, US News

12 hrs ago | The Oregonian

'Grimmfest' attracts Oregon's digital media producers

Four Oregon companies will get a chance to pitch their ideas for "Grimm" to NBC on Friday.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, Grimm, Entertainment, Television, David Giuntoli, Oregon State University, Oregon City, OR, Movies

15 hrs ago | Bend Bulletin

University of Oregon plans to bar too-wide seat cushions

University spokeswoman Julie Brown says there have been “a few complaints" about extra-wide cushions taking up too much space at venues with bench-style seating, such as Autzen Stadium and Hayward Field.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon

20 hrs ago | NewsBusters.org

'Glock Block' in Oregon Neighborhood 10 Miles From Portland ...

Odds are that the ultraliberal, Occupy movement-supporting crowd in Portland, Oregon, which includes its mayor, who told the Los Angeles Times in late 2011 that "I support a lot of what the movement stands for, as a political leader" -- are already trying to figure out how to stop what they surely see as a dangerous idea which has sprung up about ... (more)

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Related Topix: Clackamas County, OR, Milwaukie, OR, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Statesman Journal

Oregon Garden unveils home designed to fight wildfires

The nation's first house designed with wildfires in mind will open for public touring with a ceremony at 2p.m. on Thursday at the Oregon Garden in Silverton.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, Fire, Oregon State University

OregonLive.com

Oregon Treasures bill for new wilderness designation passes Senate committee

The John Day River, as seen from Wagner Butte in the proposed Cathedral Rock wilderness area.

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Related Topix: Peter DeFazio, US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Ron Wyden, Earl Blumenauer, Democrat, Representative Kurt Schrader, Molalla, OR, Travel

OregonLive.com

Report blasts teacher prep at Western Oregon, UO, Lewis & Clark as among worst in U.S., but Oregon leaders dispute findings

Elizabeth Hendrie, a veteran teacher at Salem-Keizer's Yoshikai Elementary, won a performance bonus because she was found to do such a great job for students.

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Related Topix: Keizer, OR, Western Oregon University, University of Oregon, Education Etc.

The Oregonian

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum endorses bill legalizing medical marijuana outlets

A bill that would legalize medical marijuana retail outlets in Oregon has snagged a high-profile endorsement: Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum .

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Drugs, Washington County, OR

The Oregonian

Concrete leaves available from Oregon artist

I've had several requests from readers about where to find concrete leaves like the one in the garden of Jane Coombs and Peter Dowse that I featured in a recent story .

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The Oregonian

Bike ride in Eastern Oregon visits Painted Hills, John Day River, back side of cows

Pedaling and puffing up a sun-splashed canyon at about 6 miles per hour, I could see the cattle trotting down an off-road path on my left.

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Related Topix: Wheeler County, OR, Heppner, OR, Morrow County, OR, Monument, OR, Spray, OR

Times-Standard

FBI: Two indicted for helping couple accused of murdering Eureka man

Two Oregon residents accused of helping a self-proclaimed white supremacist couple go on a murderous crime spree in fall 2011 that left a Eureka man dead have been indicted on federal charges, according to the FBI.

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Monroe, OR, Prison

Mon Jun 17, 2013

The Oregonian

Golf: Beaverton High's Gigi Stoll leads after first round of Oregon Amateur

Gigi Stoll didn't repeat as state high school champion, but she is off to a strong start to her summer season.

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The Oregonian

Oregon legislators look at expanded tax options for financially troubled counties

Oregon legislators on Monday continued to work on a bill allowing the imposition of emergency taxes in financially ailing counties struggling to maintain basic law enforcement services.

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Related Topix: Josephine County, OR, Grants Pass, OR, John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Roseburg, OR

USA Today

Where Oregon pinot noir was born

HillCrest Vineyard in Roseburg, Ore., has been recognized for being the first in the state to plant pinot noir grapes.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Roseburg, OR, UC Davis, Linfield College, Travel

KVAL-TV Eugene

Man in wheelchair rescued from Oregon canal

A man jumped into an irrigation canal at Bend to rescue a man in a motorized wheelchair who accidentally fell in.

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Local TV Station KTVZ

Oregon Senate votes down schools budget

The Oregon Senate has voted down a $6.55 billion budget for primary and secondary schools after one Democrat and all 14 Republicans said it didn't provide enough money.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, US News, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, US Politics, Representative Ann McLane, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Education Etc.

OregonLive.com

Oregon Employment Department chief loses job; going without cable tv

Government : Rich Read and Molly Young's amazing reporting details that while the head of the Oregon Employment Department is about to retire, her deputy has also been forced out in a bureaucratic bloodbath that claimed a third veteran manager fired by the director on her way out the door.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government

Salem-News.com

Michael Francke Murder Mystery Solved

No murder weapon was ever found. There were no bloody clothes, ever, on Frank Gable, in Frank's house, or anywhere else.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Oregon Government

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