First-time jobless claims stay high in Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October. Figures released Wednesday put initial jobless claims at 12,681 for the last week of the month. That s 54,514 for...
 0.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 63.0 Thousands of NW seabirds sickened with killer foam
PORTLAND (AP) The killer foam that hit Northwest seabirds has subsided but conservationists are worried about a death toll they say numbers in the thousands. The first algal foam that hit Washington s Olympic Peninsula in mid-September claimed more...
2.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 63.0 Beverly Ann Conway
A farewell gathering will be held for Beverly Ann (Pugh) Conway, 77, of Coos Bay, at 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3355 Virginia Ave. in North Bend to thank her for her loving support and bless her...
2.5K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 99.0 Sheriffs' group opposes guns for pot smokers
SALEM The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat. Advocates for the state s medical mar...
3.6K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 63.0 No tsunami generated by 5.3 quake
PORTLAND (AP) Federal officials say a 5.3 magnitude quake off the Oregon coast this morning did not generate a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site did not have any initial reports that the quake was felt on the coast. The USGS reports the ...
0.7K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 63.0 Hawks beat Blazers with strong finish
PORTLAND Jamal Crawford is happy with his new team and his new role. This is the most fun I ve had because I haven t had these kinds of athletes, ever. So it feels good, he said after scoring 27 points off the bench to lead the Atlanta Hawks to a ...
3.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 218.0 Tigers take Sunset s No. 2 seed
BANDON Bandon s volleyball team is picking a great time to peak. The Tigers played their best ball of the season in the first two games of their Sunset Conference playoff match against Coquille on Tuesday and walked off the court with the league s ...
5.3K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 63.0 State overhauls 'green' tax breaks
SALEM (AP) Oregon s Department of Energy has issued new rules aimed at curbing a state program that grants lucrative tax credits for wind, solar and other renewable power plants. The changes are intended to trim the program s cost by making it hard...
2.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 63.0 Sports Briefs: NHL will buy Phoenix team
PHOENIX The Phoenix Coyotes bumpy six-month journey through U.S. Bankruptcy Court has come to an end with a judge s approval of the sale of the franchise to the NHL. Judge Redfield T. Baum signed the order after a quiet, brief hearing in a mostly ...
6.8K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 63.0 This little piggy used hand wipes
The best thing to be said about the swine flu epidemic is, it could be worse. Vaccines have been slow to arrive. Even high-risk population groups remain mostly unimmunized. The illness has decimated classrooms and offices. But some things are going w...
1.9K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 63.0 Activists rally to OK gay nuptials
SALEM Gay rights backers kicked off a voter education campaign Monday aimed at eventually overturning Oregon s ban on same-sex marriage. Evan Wolfson of the national gay rights group Freedom to Marry said Monday he thinks hearts and minds are chan...
3.4K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 63.0 Man who walked onto I-5 arrested
WOODBURN (AP) A 28-year-old Portland man described as unhappy about police response time to his 911 call walked onto Interstate 5 near Woodburn in an apparent attempt to get assistance more quickly. No one was injured Monday but Marion County sheri...
1.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 63.0 Blazers top Thunder despite Roy's struggles
OKLAHOMA CITY Brandon Roy couldn t get his shot going for a second straight night. So, he used what energy he had left for one final charge. Tuckered out after a 42-point performance the previous night, Roy scored 16 and got aggressive late to fini...
5.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 200.0 Reports: Federal stimulus sends $1.8B to Oregon
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon has received about $1.8 billion in the first eight months of the federal stimulus program credited with saving or creating nearly 10,000 jobs in the state. Reports released Friday showed the largest number of jobs saved by...
3.1K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Flocking to see a rare bird
Coos Bay got a bit of a tourism boost over the last several days, as 200 or so birders came to the bay to see a rare brown booby that is hanging out near Charleston. People came to scope out the tropical bird from places including Eugene, Portland, B...
0.6K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Will cook for food
NORTH BEND Some cooks would find it difficult to make a meal with $8 worth of ingredients. Stretch that sum weekly between 25 culinary students, and the menu sounds meager at best. Culinary teacher Mary Willson says that s the difficult realit...
4.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Hang up and drive law comes Jan. 1
SALEM As of Jan. 1, you can get slapped with a $90 fine if you use a hand-held cell phone while driving in Oregon. Will that be enough to encourage motorists to keep their full attention on the road? And how well can the law be enforced? Orego...
6.2K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Fisherman presumed drowned in Sandy River
PORTLAND (AP) Authorities have called off weekend rescue operations for a fisherman swept down the Sandy River in Clackamas County. The sheriff s department says 55-year-old Yevhen Savchenko is presumed drowned. He and his 16-year-old son, Olexande...
0.7K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 63.0 Tax breaks cost state more than predicted
PORTLAND (AP) State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were t...
11.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 126.0 NW energy efficiency better in 2008
PORTLAND (AP) Improved energy efficiency reduced power demand by an amount equal to about 148,000 homes across the Northwest last year. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council said regional energy savings in 2008 were the best for any year sin...
0.9K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 99.0 | 
