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Rogue Creamery owners get award
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 ...
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Empty Bowls Supper set for Friday
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., ...
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Climbing team tops 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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Hewlett-Packard tax decision stings Oregon county
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 ...
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E. Ore. woman 64 charged in death of mother
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 ...
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Sheriff Mans disappearance suspicious
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 ...
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Man shot twice outside NE Portland apartment
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 ...
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Naughty 9 banned from downtown Ashland
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 ...
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Senior couldnt go to prom because ballroom had no wheelchair access
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 ...
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Plans for natural gas power plant at Kalama stall
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 ...
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Who wants Monaco Coach now
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 ...
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3 Oregon timber counties seek tax hikes
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 ...
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Decision time for Portland fluoridation
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 ...
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Oregon Historical Societys Brian Carter is in heaven
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 ...
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Detroit Lake fishing derby Even though it was wet we still had a blast
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 ...
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A light at the end of the tunnel Portland schools get a bigger budget
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 ...
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Judge fines TriMet tells them to hand over documents
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 ...
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Man hit by bullets when shots are fired into Beaverton condo
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 ...
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Fate of pit bull that attacked girl 3 unknown
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 ...
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Threats get Oregon prison inmate 5 more years
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 ...
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Springfield councilor told to pay for own lawyer
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 ...
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Utah police close missing mom case after 3 years
Dear Miss Manners o The time for school graduation ceremonies is upon us again. Unfortunately, I've been witnessing that in recent years, ...
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Eugene council sees problems with homeless camps
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 ...
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UW Medicine PeaceHealth announce affiliation
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 ...
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2 AHS students involved in hazing get sanctioned
Two of the players, who also faced charges of conspiracy to attempt to commit unlawful sexual penetration in the first degree, were placed on a formal accountability agreement for hazing, said Joe Ferguson, deputy director of Jackson County Juvenile ...
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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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