Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC
WASHINGTON (AP) An Oregon company that makes electric motorcycles thinks it has a homegrown solution to the nation s energy woes. To prove it, the company sent two riders on a 10-day odyssey from Detroit to Washington, re-creating the 2008 trip of ...
 3.4K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 249.0 Oregon congressman likely has H1N1 virus
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Rep. Greg Walden likely has the H1N1 virus. Walden missed votes Tuesday night and his spokesman says he likely will be out of action for the next several days. The spokesman, Andrew Whelan, says Walden thought he had a cold but...
0.8K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 249.0 West s wild horses may move East
WASHINGTON Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said ...
3.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 249.0 Government wants more protection for salmon
PORTLAND (AP) Calling it an insurance policy for salmon, the Obama administration has offered up a tougher conservation plan for the Pacific Northwest that includes monitoring for climate change and possible dam removal. But a top official also s...
3.3K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 249.0 Government wants more protection for salmon
PORTLAND (AP) ” Calling it an insurance policy for salmon, the Obama administration has offered up a tougher conservation plan for the Pacific Northwest that includes monitoring for climate change and possible dam removal. But a top offi...
3.2K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 249.0 Agriculture secretary calls for new emphasis on forests
SEATTLE U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday outlined a vision for managing the nation s forests that placed a high priority on restoration to protect water resources and combat climate change. Conserving our forests is not a luxury, b...
3.7K - Aug. 15, 2009; scored 249.0 Oregon lawmaker slams Palin on 'death panel' comment
WASHINGTON For more than decade in Congress, Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer has been known for his ever-present bow-tie and tireless advocacy of bikes. So it is something of a surprise to the Portland Democrat that he has earned a new measure of fame...
4.9K - Aug. 13, 2009; scored 249.0 U.S. court halts new timber roads
WASHINGTON A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction in at least 40 million acres of pristine national forests. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstates most of a 2001 rule put in place b...
5.7K - Aug. 6, 2009; scored 249.0 Sports Briefs: Football will return at Pacific U
FOREST GROVE Former UC Davis assistant Keith Buckley has been named the new football coach at Pacific as the Boxers prepare for a return in 2010. Pacific last fielded a football team in 1991. School officials decided this spring to revive the progr...
4.7K - Aug. 1, 2009; scored 249.0 New Forest Service Chief vows quick spending
WASHINGTON - New Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell says he will move quickly to ensure that his agency spends its $1.15 billion share of federal economic stimulus funding. The Forest Service has spent $643 million of its stimulus mon...
2.9K - Jun. 19, 2009; scored 1000.0 Senate bill takes aim at 'tobacco candy'
WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the newest smoke-free tobacco products - dissolvable pellets or strips that don't require users to chew or even spit. Sold in shiny plastic cases, the products melt in your mouth like breath mints. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Comp...
3.8K - Jun. 11, 2009; scored 1000.0 Forest Service: $228M to fix roads, bridges
WASHINGTON National forest roads and bridges in 31 states will get long-needed repairs under an economic stimulus spending plan announced by the Obama administration. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday that $228 million in econ...
2.9K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 249.0 Wyden fires back on health ad
WASHINGTON Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is firing back at labor unions that have criticized him for supporting a health care plan that could tax some health care benefits for upper-income workers. Three labor unions have spent $60,000 on radio ad...
3.4K - May. 23, 2009; scored 249.0 Marshfield graduation June 6
Marshfield High School's graduation is set for June 6 at the school's gymnasium in Coos Bay. The graduates The Marshfield High School Class of 2009: Jacob Adamson, Ashley Akhtar, Josh Anderson, Gabe Anderson, Miranda Anderson, Diana Avila, Ella Baer,...
6.2K - May. 22, 2009; scored 249.0 Sports Briefs: Former Pistons coach Daly dies
DETROIT Chuck Daly, who coached the Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons, has died. He was 78. He died Saturday morning in Jupiter, Fla., with his family by his side, the...
6.9K - May. 11, 2009; scored 373.0 Commerce Department releases $53 million for salmon disaster
WASHINGTON (AP) The Commerce Department has released $53 million to Oregon and California to help West Coast salmon fishermen after the third fishery failure in four years. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke made the announcement Thursday in a ...
1.0K - Apr. 30, 2009; scored 249.0 Merkley pushes aid for counties
WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley introduced his first piece of legislation Monday - a measure to create a 15-member task force to study ways to help timber-dependent counties in Oregon. Merkley, who took office in January, had promised durin...
3.6K - Apr. 28, 2009; scored 1000.0 Marshfield announces honor roll lists
Marshfield High School has released its second trimester honor roll information. Here are the school's top grade-earners. 4.0 Seniors: Jacob Adamson, Diana Avila, Carissa Bunnell, Shane Daly, Kelsey Flathers, McKenzie Freeman, Brianna George, Tun Ha...
5.8K - Apr. 3, 2009; scored 322.0 DeFazio stimulus vote gets Obama's attention
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Peter DeFazio calls it a badge of honor. The veteran Oregon Democrat was on the receiving end of some needling from President Barack Obama this week but said it s all for a worthy cause. At a meeting with the president Monday...
2.0K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 249.0 New law protects wild areas in nine states
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama signed legislation Monday setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. Obama called the new law among the most important in decades to protect, preserve and pass down our nation...
4.1K - Mar. 31, 2009; scored 1000.0 | 
