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Oregon releases more docs in NCAA investigation
EUGENE, Ore. - Oregon received a formal notice of allegations in December related into the NCAA investigation into its use of recruiting services.The notice, released in response to public records requests and first reported by The Register-Guard, follows reports that Oregon already met with the NCAA Committee on Infractions last month.The NCAA has been looking into payments Oregon made to ...
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An empress plies the Columbia River
The American Queen Steamboat Co. is adding a Portland vessel to its fleet. The Memphis-based company has purchased the Empress of the North from the U.S. Maritime Administration for an undisclosed amount. The company, which owns and operates the American Queen, will rename its new acquisition the American Empress. The American Queen Steamboat Co. will sail the American Empress from the home port ...
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An app to sell all thats good about Portland
Sean Robbins Looking for new ways to spread the gospel of Portland business, economic development organization Greater Portland Inc. has released an app thats full of data on the Rose City and its environs. The application, for now available only for iPad devices, is intended for anyone who wants to proselytize the region, said GPI President and CEO Sean Robbins. The goal is to get it onto the ...
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Family trapped when flames tear through their townhome
BEAVERTON, Ore. - A Beaverton family is in the hospital after their townhome went up in flames. The fire broke out early Thursday morning at a home in the 3100 block of Southwest Jaden Drive. When firefighters arrived, they discovered that three people were trapped on the third floor. They were able to get all three of them out. The victims were a mother, father and their 12-year-old son. ...
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Oregon got its notice of allegations in December
Oregon president Michael Gottfredson received a notice of allegations in the Ducks' ongoing NCAA investigation of its football recruiting practices on Dec. 5, 2012. The document was released [Wednesday] by the university in response to a public records request made ...
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Application filed for Coos Bay gas export terminal
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An application for a liquefied natural gas terminal at Coos Bay has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory ...
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First-time jobless claims drop by 23000
The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 23,000 to 340,000 in the week that ended Saturday. The department revised last week's estimate from 360,000 to 363,000, meaning the prior week's gain in initial claims filed came to 35,000, not 32,000. The four-week rolling average for the week fell by 500 to 339,500. The largest increases in initial claims ...
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Ore. trucker charged in NW Ind. officer attack
PRINCETON, Ind. – A woman has been shot dead while walking with her son in a restaurant parking lot in southwestern Indiana, and authorities say they have a suspect in custody. Princeton Police Chief ...
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Air Force team makes it to top of Mount Everest
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 ...
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Emergency food bank producing results
Barbara Rapp uncovers a planter bed Wednesday behind the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. The food bank hopes to raise $475,000 to purchase its current home by the end of August, ensuring a stable place to grow more produce for hungry families. Julia Moore / Daily ...
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City Council approves rate increases
Ashland faces years of water and sewer rate increases to meet regulatory requirements, maintain and upgrade its infrastructure and deal with inflation and rising ...
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Water fluoridation DEFEATED in Portland citizens overwhelmingly reject dumping toxic fluoride chemicals into the water supply
(NaturalNews) Voters in Portland, Oregon solidly defeated a city-wide water fluoridation measure yesterday, with 60% of the voters saying "NO!" to the practice of adding toxic fluoride chemicals to the water.The result is a huge victory ...
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Ashland raises water sewer fees
ASHLAND — Water and sewer rates will both go up by 10 percent, and storm drain and transportation utility fees will each rise by 3 percent beginning July ...
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Empty Bowls Full Hearts
Cierra Vargas, senior, and Tim Grogan, senior, work on bowls for the Empty Bowls Supper during Spanish class at Eagle Point High School Tuesday. Mail Tribune / Jamie ...
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Transition crews are eligible for private sector jobs
The Board of Commissioners passed the resolution at its weekly public meeting Wednesday. It's a decision that reverses a historic trend where crews made up of Community Justice offenders making the transition back into mainstream society could do work only for public entities and ...
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Rogue River Ranch barn fire smolders
CENTRAL POINT — A fire that roared through a hay barn and caused at least $500,000 in damage a day after the Cow Creek Indians took possession of the Rogue River Ranch is both bad luck and good fortune, a tribal spokeswoman ...
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Medford voters return 2 incumbents to School Board
Medford School Board incumbents Tricia Prendergast and Jeff Thomas are retaining their spots on the board, according to the most recent unofficial results available, released at midnight ...
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County considers housing surcharge to help jail
Jackson County's Board of Commissioners will measure the popularity of a proposed monthly housing surcharge intended to generate $6.8 million in general-fund dollars for the 2013-14 budget and increase financial stability in coming ...
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Robbery suspect dies after apparently hanging himself
The suspect in a Central Point 7-Eleven armed robbery in March died Monday after apparently hanging himself while incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail, officials ...
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Oregon district attorneys want to reduce prison time for drug crime
OREGON CITY — Prosecutors who have resisted changes in Oregon's voter-approved mandatory minimum sentencing are proposing an alternative that includes reducing marijuana terms so that most offenders wouldn't go to ...
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Groups ask for big-picture look at coal ports
GRANTS PASS — Environmental groups and a public health organization want the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to consider the big picture — from mining in Wyoming to air pollution in China — before allowing development of three Northwest ports to ship up to 100 million metric tons of coal a year to ...
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Lane Countys narrowly focused levy may be lesson
GRANTS PASS — Voters in two Oregon timber counties with the lowest property taxes in the state — Curry and Josephine — turned down tax increases Tuesday that would have funded law enforcement, but a jail levy passed in a third, Lane ...
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Dont want raccoons Dont give them an opening
I have purchased expensive products that don't work. I even started putting the dishes away at night, but they still come in and use the water dish to wash up. What can I do? They scare me, and I'm afraid they will hurt my ...
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Holly Street extension project set for summer
Medford officials plan to connect a quarter-mile missing section of Holly Street from Holmes Avenue to Garfield Street at a cost of up to $2 million this ...
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Josephine Countys crime levy — close but not good enough
Of the county's 50,944 registered voters, 13,366 opposed the tax that would have cost property owners $1.48 per $1,000 of assessed property value, about $296 a year on a property assessed at ...
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Portland animal shelters need every bit of help available
Animal abandonment remains a problem across the United States and Portland is no different, the Oregon Humane Society in Portland and Multnomah County Animal Services, routinely receive hundreds of animals each year, many of which are brought to them by the public or authorities who have found the animals wandering the streets.
In 2008, Portland became the buzz of the web when Portland news media reported that a pit-bull had boarded a city bus without anyone accompanying him and went for a ride. On the web, Portland became known as a pet-friendly city because the bus driven had allowed the dog to ride the bus. Read more
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