Sports Briefs: Woods holds share of lead with Watney
SHANGHAI Tiger Woods has shot another 5-under 67 in the HSBC Champions, this one giving him a share of the 36-hole lead with Nick Watney in the final World Golf Championship of the year. Woods overcame mild frustration early in his round Friday by ...
 6.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 281.0 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 1000.0 BPA proposes new high-voltage power line
PORTLAND (AP) The Bonneville Power Administration wants to build a new high-voltage power line to serve increasing demand for electricity between Portland and Longview, Wash. The agency said Tuesday the existing system is nearly full due to growing...
0.8K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 218.0 Sports Briefs: NBA will allow refs to use instant replay
NEW YORK ” NBA referees will be able to use instant replay on shot-clock and out-of-bounds calls this season. The NBA Board of Governors approved the expanded use on Friday. Referees will be permitted to check replay to see if the 24-secon...
5.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 218.0 Klamaths seek land south of Portland
PORTLAND (AP) The Klamath Tribes are seeking to buy 385 acres along Interstate 5 near Wilsonville for commercial development that leaders say would not include a casino. In a letter to tribal members, Chairman Joseph Kirk said the venture would hel...
2.6K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 873.0 Eugene firm launching electric vehicle
Tim Christie, The (Eugene) Register-Guard EUGENE Tucked away in a nondescript garage off an unpaved alley in Eugene s Whiteaker neighborhood, a group of young entrepreneurs is trying to catch the next wave of human transport by building an affordab...
6.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 218.0 I-5 Columbia River bridge project faltering
PORTLAND (AP) ” The $4 billion effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River is faltering because of political squabbles and lack of money. Metro Council President David Bragdon told The Oregonian newspaper the...
0.9K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 873.0 Man accused of setting brush fire
ROSEBURG (AP) Deputies say a 39-year-old man has been jailed on 60 counts of arson after setting a brush fire near Interstate 5 in Southern Oregon with a butane lighter and lighter fluid. Firefighters said they found more than 60 separate fire igni...
0.6K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 218.0 Oregon couple pulled from wreck before explosion
WOODBURN (AP) A Portland-area couple was pulled to safety from their burning pickup Monday afternoon just before an explosion engulfed the entire vehicle in flames on Interstate 5 south of Woodburn, Oregon State Police said. Fred and Claudine Stock...
1.5K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 281.0 City, tribes clash over an 1855 fishing treaty
ARLINGTON More than 150 years after signing a treaty ceding land but preserving their hunting and fishing rights, Columbia River tribes are locked in a legal dispute with this tiny port over whether those rights can change with the course of the ri...
5.4K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 218.0 Portland renames 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard
PORTLAND (AP) The City Council voted Wednesday to rename 39th Avenue as Cesar Chavez Boulevard after a two-year debate that brought charges of racism and government heavy-handedness, and groans from residents who wanted the late Hispanic labor lead...
3.3K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 325.0 Firebomb blamed for I-5 blaze in Medford
MEDFORD (AP) The authorities say it appears a firebomb ignited the southeast Medford blaze that closed Interstate 5 for several hours on Sunday. Medford police Lt. Tim Doney says fire inspectors found the device in the brush where the flames starte...
0.7K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 281.0 Blaze closes interstate near Medford, Phoenix
PORTLAND (AP) A grass fire forced a two-hour closure of Interstate 5 in southern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Transportation says the highway was closed Sunday afternoon in both directions between Medford and Phoenix because of the blaze near m...
0.7K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 218.0 Stimulus money slows traffic on highways
Oh, so you've noticed there are few more cars, trucks, pickups, RVS and motorcycles on the highways these days. OK, a lot more. Here's a rundown of road construction to help you plan your travels through July 10. Coos County Where: U.S. Highway 101 b...
3.6K - Jul. 3, 2009; scored 325.0 Quick session saw fee increases to fund health care, transportation
SALEM - The 2009 Oregon Legislature adjourned Monday night, ending a session shaped almost entirely by the recession. As the session concluded, Democrats labeled the past six months as a jobs session, while Republicans derided it as a taxes sessi...
4.0K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 218.0 Sports Briefs: Reinsdorf will make bid to buy Phoenix Coyotes
PHOENIX Chicago Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf has promised to make an offer by Friday to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and keep the team in Arizona. Reinsdorf s attorney Alan Klein said his client is in the midst of conversations wit...
5.3K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 218.0 Two injured in I-5 crash south of Portland
CANBY (AP) - The Oregon State Police says a Junction City man has been hospitalized in critical condition after the car in which he was a passenger collided with a semi on Interstate 5 between Salem and Portland. Sgt. Daniel Swift says 65-year-Daniel...
0.6K - Jun. 22, 2009; scored 218.0 Cascade bus hits car after game
COTTAGE GROVE The Oregon State Police says two players on the Cascade High School softball team sustained injuries when the team bus struck a vehicle that stopped on Interstate 5 south of Cottage Grove. Lt. Gregg Hastings says the two players and t...
0.8K - May. 27, 2009; scored 218.0 Bill proposes ESD consolidation
Local school officials aren t seriously considering merging districts to cut administrative expenses. But state lawmakers are, and some officials aren t happy. If a senate bill passes as currently written, the South Coast Education Service District w...
5.1K - May. 11, 2009; scored 344.0 Bill proposes ESD consolidation
Local school officials aren t seriously considering merging districts to cut administrative expenses. But state lawmakers are, and some officials aren t happy. If a senate bill passes as currently written, the South Coast Education Service District w...
5.3K - May. 9, 2009; scored 344.0 | 
