Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oregon News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Portland News.net http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/cat/de51264898713a16/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:57 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 16:29:57 -0400 30 David Lyle, CEO of the National Geographic Channel, has seen enough of the letters to know how they go. The writer is typically a longtime reader of the magazine, who perhaps recalls the times he leafed through its glossy pages while perched on grandpa’s ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694920/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:09:00 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694920/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. – Police are looking for scammers posing as fire inspectors and trying to trick businesses into paying for bogus inspections. Two men recently walked ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694314/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:23 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694314/scat/de51264898713a16 CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) - A man was arrested at the Centralia Police Station after showing up in handcuffs. The 21-year-old walked to the station Saturday and asked for help taking them off. He said a friend bought them at a second-hand store, put the cuffs on him as a joke and threw the key on the lawn. The ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694489/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:22 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694489/scat/de51264898713a16 Oregon Travel Experience will honor the spot where the state's first pinot noir was planted in 1961. A marker at HillCrest Winery and Distillery in Roseburg will honor an important moment in Oregon history. Oregon Travel Experience will install a plaque in early 2014 at HillCrest, which planted the states first pinot noir grapes in 1961. HillCrest released its first wine in 1967, signalling ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694546/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:31 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694546/scat/de51264898713a16 TiE Oregon President Nitin Rai. TiE Oregon debuts its new Pearl district incubator on May 29. Portlands newest tech incubator debuts with an open house and visit by one of the states highest officials next week. State Treasurer Ted Wheeler is the guest of honor as Tie Oregon launches its newest incubator, TiE Pearl at ISITE, just north of the Pearl District. The open house is from 6 to 9 p.m., ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694545/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:21:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694545/scat/de51264898713a16 TERREBONNE, Ore. (AP) -- Deschutes County authorities say a man who suspected his girlfriend was seeing someone else has been wounded trying to break into her ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214693941/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:36:51 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214693941/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. - A four-car crash shut down traffic at a southeast Portland intersection Wednesday morning. The crash happened just after 7 a.m. ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214691936/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214691936/scat/de51264898713a16 BORING, Ore. - A man who just bought a 1989 Chevrolet Corvette ended up crashing it into a power pole and knocking out electricity to folks in Boring. The crash happened just after 9 p.m. Tuesday ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214689803/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:20 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214689803/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. - A car crashed into a power pole overnight, cutting off electricity to thousands of people in southeast Portland. The crash happened just before 3 a.m. ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214689802/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:28:19 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214689802/scat/de51264898713a16 The Jackson County sheriff's office says they broke in sometime between mid-April and early May while the homeowners were out of town. Burglars cut through a gun safe and made off with 14 guns, two Rolex watches, gold, platinum and silver coins and ingots, plus some ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690612/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:17 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690612/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Volunteers have been passing out bars of soap at motels along a Portland street known for its "lingerie shows" and prostitution ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690614/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690614/scat/de51264898713a16 SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- The Oregon District Attorneys Association wants to cut prison costs by reducing sentences for some drug crimes such as marijuana ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690616/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690616/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Portland mayor's office says the police Mounted Patrol Unit would survive this year if a private fundraising effort comes up with $200,000 in ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690613/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690613/scat/de51264898713a16 HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) -- The Port of Portland wants authority to kill deer, coyotes or other animals seen as a risk to pilots at the Hillsboro ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690615/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:11:15 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690615/scat/de51264898713a16 David and Diana Lett were pioneers in Oregon's wine industry. This photo is part of the Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College, which just launched a new program to help prepare students for careers in wine. Been dreaming about leaving your office job to manage a vineyard or perhaps to put your love of wine to work as a sommelier? A new program at Linfield College could offer the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690439/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:38:50 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214690439/scat/de51264898713a16 The mayor of Portland, Ore., has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 percent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent. Mayor Charlie Hales supported fluoridation and said "the measure lost despite my own `yes' ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214688341/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:48:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214688341/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water. With more than 80 per cent of the expected ballots counted late Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 per cent to 40 per cent. Rejection of the proposal would keep Portland the largest U.S. city without ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214688264/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:46 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214688264/scat/de51264898713a16 Bear Camp Road, which traverses the Siskiyou Mountains between the remote Rogue River outposts of Galice and Agness, was expected to be blanketed this morning with up to 6 inches of snow, leading federal land managers to recommend motorists steer clear of the road for ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685268/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:17 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685268/scat/de51264898713a16 Capt. Andrew "Drew" Ackles, 30, a 2001 graduate of Ashland High School, was one of the USAF 7 Summits team members who reached the top of 29,035-foot Mount Everest, according to Capt. Bryan Bouchard, a national Air Force spokesman based in New York ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685269/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685269/scat/de51264898713a16 A bill that would make it illegal to tie a dog in a fixed place for 10 hours a day or leave outside pets exposed to the elements appears poised to jump its next hurdle through the Oregon ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685267/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685267/scat/de51264898713a16 The margin was razor thin in Josephine County, where a three-year levy proposal was trailing 51 percent to 49 percent in initial returns. It would start at $9.1 million a ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685271/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:15 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685271/scat/de51264898713a16 Jackson County Fire District No. 3 firefighters work to knock down a blaze that consumed a 20,000-square-foot barn at the Rogue River Ranch off Table Rock Road in Central Point Tuesday. Mail Tribune / Julia ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685270/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:15 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685270/scat/de51264898713a16 I was driving along the highway near Valley of the Rogue State Park recently looking at the railroad tracks. I noticed that there are still telephone poles near the tracks with drooping lines. I was wondering if the lines we see around the valley still work, and were they once used as telegraph ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684766/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:14 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684766/scat/de51264898713a16 LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County district attorney's office plans to retry the case against Bell council members accused of misappropriating public funds by overpaying themselves for sitting on city boards and authorities that rarely met, according to defense attorneys connected with the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684728/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:14 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684728/scat/de51264898713a16 ROGUE RIVER — More than $171,000 worth of property pilfered from a safe in a Rogue River house between mid-April and early May has not been recovered, and the Jackson County Sheriff's Department wants the public's help in tracking it ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685272/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:13 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685272/scat/de51264898713a16 California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy — known allergens — which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said on Tuesday. There have been ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684687/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:13 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684687/scat/de51264898713a16 LAKE OSWEGO — Adam Goeken had the date, the boutonniere and the new suit when he arrived for Lake Oswego High School's prom Saturday night at the Bossanova Ballroom in ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685273/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:12 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685273/scat/de51264898713a16 Atrio of Eagle Point School Board candidates who were considered supportive of the school district's administration were on their way to winning contentious races that included accusations of conflicts of interest and election ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685274/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:12 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685274/scat/de51264898713a16 Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker sorts the incoming election envelopes by precinct using an automated sorter Tuesday. Turnout was low, just 17 percent, but the election may be an important factor in the Medford School ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685276/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685276/scat/de51264898713a16 WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook strongly defended the company's tax practices Tuesday at a Senate hearing highlighting the technology giant's use of Irish subsidiaries to shelter billions of dollars in income from U.S. ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685277/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685277/scat/de51264898713a16 WASHINGTON — The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials say. But there isn't enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685278/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:10 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685278/scat/de51264898713a16 WASHINGTON — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685275/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:44:10 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685275/scat/de51264898713a16 Tuesday's district elections garnered a voter turnout of just 15.13 percent, or 17,923 votes countywide, according to the Jackson County Elections ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685279/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:39:06 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685279/scat/de51264898713a16 Rather than endorsing a compromise proposal, the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission is standing its ground and asking the Ashland Citizens' Budget Committee to continue a tradition of giving the parks system half of city property tax ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685281/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:39:05 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685281/scat/de51264898713a16 The commission voted to allow leashed dogs in most areas of Garden Way, Clay Street, Garfield, Hunter, Railroad, Scenic, Sherwood and Triangle parks. They'll no longer be restricted to within 6 feet of paved or cement surfaces, but they'll still have to stay off ball fields and out of children's ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685280/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:39:05 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214685280/scat/de51264898713a16 Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Now, her dad is hoping a review of the newly released case file - containing tens of thousands of pages of detective reports, maps, interview transcripts and more - might turn up something the investigators ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684256/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:26:52 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214684256/scat/de51264898713a16 SEATTLE -- A local dog named Tucker has a very special talent for tracking, and scientists say he's helping save animals -- including whales -- all over the world. Tucker's special skill is his ability to smell feces, or scat, from orca whales up to a mile away. While that might seem like an odd talent, scientists from the University of Washington say it could help protect wildlife ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214682326/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:22:59 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214682326/scat/de51264898713a16 Posted: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 Lincoln County Health and Human Services announces that the Environmental Health and Vital Statistics offices have moved from its Nye Street location to the second floor of the Western Title Building at 255 SW Coast Hwy in ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681427/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:15:53 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681427/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND -- Residents are voting to keep Portland as the largest U.S. city without fluoride in the water or any plans to add it. With more than half the expected ballots counted, the Multnomah County election website shows the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 percent. Voters in Portland twice rejected fluoridation before approving it in 1978. That plan was overturned two years later, ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681311/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:04:21 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681311/scat/de51264898713a16 SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A bill that would give Oregon distillers more opportunities to market and sell their spirits earned final approval from the state Senate Tuesday, and now heads to the governor's ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681428/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:57:07 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214681428/scat/de51264898713a16 BEAVERTON, Ore. – Early results showed that voters appeared to pass a levy that will fund more teacher positions in the Beaverton School District. The Beaverton district has been hammered by cuts in recent years; district officials have been forced to cut 16 school days and 640 teacher positions to make up for a $142 million budget shortfall. This levy will restore 150 teaching ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680460/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:04:34 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680460/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. – Unlike hundreds of schools in Oklahoma, the two schools hit by the tornado Monday did not have safe rooms. Seven students of Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., were killed in the monstrous tornado. We checked into what measures that schools locally have in place in the case of a natural disaster. Tornadoes are uncommon in Oregon and Washington, but they ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679958/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:04:33 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679958/scat/de51264898713a16 who went missing on Oahu has been found dead, Honolulu police said Tuesday. The body of Ivanice "Ivy" Harris was found along the Waianae coastline on the west side of Oahu on Monday. The cause of death of Ivanice "Ivy" Harris has not been determined and requires further investigation, police said in a news release. Police said Saturday that Ivanice "Ivy" Harris ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680274/scat/de51264898713a16 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:04:33 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680274/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The mother of a 5-year-old Portland boy who investigators say died of abuse has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a 12-year ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680461/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:48:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214680461/scat/de51264898713a16 SEATTLE (AP) - Washington became the fifth state this year to sign into law protections of social media passwords at the workplace and job interviews. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill Tuesday, wrapping up a session of negotiations between privacy advocates and business lobbyists who were worried that the new law would hamper security for proprietary or confidential information. The measure, ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679373/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:49 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679373/scat/de51264898713a16 SEATTLE -- Pot-infused bacon? There's a shop for that. A Seattle butcher said he's found a way to marry marijuana and meat - by feeding pot plants to pigs. "We're able to make anything you can imagine," said William von Schneidau, who ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679261/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:49 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214679261/scat/de51264898713a16 VANCOUVER, Wash. – A Vancouver couple with deep ties to Oklahoma said Tuesday they worry for their family members in the tornado-stricken town of Moore, but believe "they’re not just going to give up." "They just rebuild and go on," Kathy Horne said. "The Oklahoma people are very strong people." Kathy Horne and her husband, John, have family members ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214678264/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:44:38 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214678264/scat/de51264898713a16 A woman drops off her ballot Tuesday at an official drop-off box. Portlanders are voting for the first time in 30 years whether fluoride should be added to its ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214677393/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:22 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214677393/scat/de51264898713a16 Eastern Oregon University 30-year average income versus the total cost: $100,400 Average total cost to earn a 2012 bachelor's degree: $84,910 Average financial aid awarded: $4,852 The cost of a college education continues to increase, as does the burden on graduates in terms of debt. The average university graduate is expected to leave college with $25,000 in debt, which makes finding the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214677266/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:23:34 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214677266/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Once in jeopardy because of looming city budget cuts, the Portland Police Bureau's mounted patrol has been saved, thanks to donations from boosters. Friends of Mounted Patrol has promised to donate $200,000 per year to keep the program alive -- at least for another two years, said Dana Haynes, spokesman for Portland Mayor Charlie Hales. Hales made the announcement about ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676234/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:16 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676234/scat/de51264898713a16 TIGARD, Ore. – Tigard police arrested five men in a prostitution sting last week. Police said detectives and officers converged on a Tigard area hotel on May 16. They earlier placed two ads online advertising prostitution and said they received 75 calls from interested men within 24 hours. Tigard police spokesman Jim Wolf said prostitution is mostly arranged online. Police have received ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675448/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:27:15 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675448/scat/de51264898713a16 GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Timber counties in western Oregon are unhappy that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is taking so long to send out $2 million in federal subsidies withheld under the mandatory budget cuts known as ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676235/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:28 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676235/scat/de51264898713a16 I find it incredibly unbelievable that a city has a 'fragrance free policy'. WTF??! People can't wear perfume or cologne now?? Sounds like something the whack job Mayor of ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675444/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:56:19 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675444/scat/de51264898713a16 Tim Oakley in his downtown Portland studio with his prized Rat Fink, a creation of famed illustrator Ed Roth - part of his eclectic design collection Tim Oakley started collecting at the tender age of 6, when he bought an Aurora model kit of Frankenstein for 89 cents as a gift for his older brother. The Collectors: Tim Oakley's extensive film set memorabilia His brother gave the gift back, ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694530/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:55:06 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214694530/scat/de51264898713a16 Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Renovations are being done throughout the existing store, and a new location in Portland is scheduled to open in the spring. Additional store will add more than 100 jobs in the Coastal ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676088/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:54:24 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214676088/scat/de51264898713a16 The Xbox One is billed as a module that'll revolutionize home entertainment. In her analysis of the new Xbox system that ran this afternoon, my esteemed Seattle colleague Emily Parkhurst may have put it best. Video-game console? Parkhurst wrote. What video-game console? Very true, Microsoft Corp.s newest version of what was once a video-game console is, and Im borrowing from Parkhurst here, a ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675429/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:50:48 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214675429/scat/de51264898713a16 Corey M. Lohman, local senior executive, Emerick Construction Co. Most important lesson learned: Work hard and play harder. First choice for a new career: Professional golfer. Word that best describes you: Motivated. The lists the Portland Business Journal publishes ranking Portland-area businesses in specific industries and sectors have always been popular with our readers. In fact, our annual ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214674136/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:42:36 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214674136/scat/de51264898713a16 Today in Oregon, voters are deciding whether to raise their own taxes to make up for lost timber payments from the federal government. Hundreds of counties in Western states are facing a financial crisis due to the loss of timber payments. Property taxes usually pay for county services such as law enforcement. But counties in states from Colorado to California have vast national forests and ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671145/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:47 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671145/scat/de51264898713a16 HELENA -- About a half-dozen tea party activists have gathered outside the federal building in Helena to protest IRS scrutiny of conservative ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214672098/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:53 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214672098/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking water.Voters had weeks to make their choice in the mail-ballot election. It's now too late to rely on the postman, so drop boxes have been placed across the city to accommodate those who waited until the final day to ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671263/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:33 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671263/scat/de51264898713a16 The Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center is warning grass seed growers to be alert for ergot.The alert notes that ergot spore production is coinciding with flowering in perennial ryegrass in the Columbia Basin.Spores typically are produced ahead of flowering."When they coincide, then we have big ergot years," said Phil Hamm, director of the center and a plant ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671963/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:11 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671963/scat/de51264898713a16 Cowlitz County commissioners approved a contract Tuesday with a consultant to conduct the environmental review for a proposed coal export terminal on the Columbia River at ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671985/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:53:30 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214671985/scat/de51264898713a16 SEATTLE (AP) - The lawyer for the family of a missing Utah woman said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance.Anne Bremner made the announcement at a Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case.Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214669772/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:31 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214669772/scat/de51264898713a16 Rogue Creamery's co-owners, David Gremmels and Cary Bryant, received the Small Business Administration Director's Impact Award at the Small Business Week Luncheon Monday at the Portland Art ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670390/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:31 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670390/scat/de51264898713a16 Soup will be served in style at the annual Empty Bowls Supper, a fundraiser sponsored by Peace House, from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670389/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:31 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670389/scat/de51264898713a16 Capt. Andrew "Drew" Ackles, 30, a 2001 graduate of Ashland High School, was one of the USAF 7 Summits team members who reached the top of 29,035-foot Mount Everest, according to Capt. Bryan Bouchard, a national Air Force spokesman based in New York ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670391/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:30 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670391/scat/de51264898713a16 CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon Tax Court judge ruled that Hewlett-Packard's campus in Corvallis was overvalued on property tax bills from 2008 until 2011, a decision that could cost Benton County $9.5 million in tax ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670393/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:46 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670393/scat/de51264898713a16 District Attorney Justin Nelson says Ida Anna Powers was indicted on a manslaughter charge in the death of Anna Lyons, who developed the bed sore in the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670392/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:33:46 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214670392/scat/de51264898713a16 ALBANY, Ore. - The whereabouts of a man reported missing May 2 remain unknown, and the sheriff's office is now asking for the public's help locating him. The family of David Wayne Hultberg, 52, reported him missing after he didn't return home, according to Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller. The disappearance is being treated as suspicious. Anyone with information about Hultberg ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667560/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:29 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667560/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. – Police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot twice outside a Northeast Portland apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Officers received a report of shots fired in ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668675/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:29 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668675/scat/de51264898713a16 ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Nine people have been affected by a three-strikes-and-you're-out policy that prohibits repeat troublemakers from venturing into downtown ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668837/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:22 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668837/scat/de51264898713a16 LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. – A Lake Oswego High School senior couldn’t get into prom last weekend because the venue didn’t have wheelchair access. Adam Goeken uses a mechanized wheelchair. The prom was on the second floor of ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667011/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:19:26 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667011/scat/de51264898713a16 LONGVIEW, Wash. — Plans for a $400 million natural gas-fueled power plant at Kalama are on hold after one of the partners dropped out of the project. Energy Northwest says it's looking for another company to replace Canada-based Veresen, which withdrew last month due to market conditions. The Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/10MepAQ) the uncertainty prompted Williams Northwest to ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214665477/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:15 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214665477/scat/de51264898713a16 The Monaco RV brand has been sold to Allied Specialty Vehicles. Monaco Coach, once a dominant name in Oregon manufacturing, continues to get tossed around. Truck maker Navistar International Corp. of Lisle, Ill., which bought the bankrupt Monaco Coach in 2009 for $47 million and eventually stopped producing the motorized coaches in Coburg, Ore., has sold the brand and the rest of its recreational ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668592/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:21 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214668592/scat/de51264898713a16 Three Oregon timber counties are asking voters to raise taxes to restore deep cuts to law enforcement forced by the expiration of a longstanding federal ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667012/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:25 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667012/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Procrastinators dropped off their ballots Tuesday as Portlanders decided for the first time in more than 30 years whether to add fluoride to their drinking ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667013/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:24 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667013/scat/de51264898713a16 Brian Carter, the Oregon Historical Society's new Director of Museum and Education, will preside over its comeback exhibit looking at the lives of U.S. presidents. "Windows on America" debuts June 15. Just three months after signing on with the Oregon Historical Society, Brian Carter gets to preside over the society's biggest exhibition in decades. On June 15, the society mounts ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667874/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:27 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214667874/scat/de51264898713a16 DETROIT, Ore. - The skies might have been gray and the rain a little heavy at times, but that didn't stop hundreds of anglers from casting their lines into Detroit Lake over the weekend to catch some trout. "The fish don't know it's raining," said Dean O'Donnell, owner of Mountain High Grocery in Detroit, Oregon (located about 45 miles southeast of Salem) and ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664285/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:31 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664285/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. - Portland Public Schools will have a bigger budget next year that will add teachers and let high school students take a full course load. The school board voted unanimously on a $487 million budget. The district will add 65 staff members next year, although one in three schools will have to lose a staff member because of federal budget cuts and expiring grants. The budget ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664422/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:30 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664422/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. - A federal judge has fined TriMet, saying the agency isn't playing ball with a lawsuit filed against it. The lawsuit surrounds an incident in Old Town where a bus driver made an illegal left turn and killed two people. It happened on April 24, 2010. The bus, which was out of service, was heading west on Northwest Glisan Street when the driver made a left turn onto ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214663598/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:29 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214663598/scat/de51264898713a16 BEAVERTON, Ore. - A man ended up in the hospital with gunshot wounds after someone fired several shots into a condo in Beaverton. The shooting happened overnight ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664626/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:28 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664626/scat/de51264898713a16 HAZEL DELL, Ore. – A 3-year-old girl who was attacked by a pit bull on Sunday has been released from the hospital. Meanwhile, the fate of the dog responsible remains in question. Clyde, the pit bull that bit toddler Janessa Sutterfield in the face in Hazel Dell, is now under quarantine at the Southwest Washington Humane Society. There’s fear the dog may have rabies because his last ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664627/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:28 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664627/scat/de51264898713a16 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate had five years added to his prison time Monday for crimes against law enforcement while he's been in ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664628/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:25 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664628/scat/de51264898713a16 EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Springfield City Councilor Dave Ralston asked for a court-appointed attorney but was told to pay for his own lawyer Monday after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664630/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:51:23 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214664630/scat/de51264898713a16 Dear Miss Manners o The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214661955/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:02:01 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214661955/scat/de51264898713a16 EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The Eugene City Council discussed a possible ordinance to permit overnight camping at undeveloped city parks but ran into questions about helping the ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214663004/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:08 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214663004/scat/de51264898713a16 The taxpayer-supported UW Medicine includes the University of Washington and Harborview medical centers in Seattle as well as Northwest Hospital, Valley Medical Center, neighborhood clinics and Airlift ... http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214662665/scat/de51264898713a16 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:35:47 -0400 http://www.portlandnews.net/index.php/sid/214662665/scat/de51264898713a16