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Hitchhiking cat Mata Hairi headed home to Oregon
HELENA, Mont. -- A well-traveled cat named "Mata Hairi" will soon be reunited with her owner after spending nearly 10 months traveling thousands of miles with a hitchhiker who rescued her from the rain.The feline adventure started in Portland, Ore., when the cat's owner, Ron Buss, let her out of the house on Sept. 1. The cat, white with patches of dark gray, usually left for no ...
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Temporary I-5 Skagit River bridge on track to open this week
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - The Washington Transportation Department says a temporary span on the Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge should open later this week, less than a month since a section of the bridge collapsed.Spokesman Travis Phelps says the framework is in place and workers are tightening bolts and welding sections on the temporary structure that's 24 feet wide and 160 feet long.He says ...
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Bogus rape kidnapping report ties up Gresham police
GRESHAM, Ore. - Fiction was stranger than reality this time. Responding to a report that a woman was being held at gunpoint and threatened with rape, Gresham police surrounded a building ...
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Salem group to fight downtown parking meters
A task force recommended metered parking replace free on-street parking. It said permits and a tax on businesses don't raise enough to pay for parking facilities, including $500,000 a year for parking garage ...
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Cat missing in Portland being returned to owner
HELENA, Mont. -; A Portland, Ore., man whose cat had been missing since last year will soon be reunited with the well-traveled feline, courtesy of the transient who's been caring for her more than nine ...
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New Maps Show Less High Ground In Oregon Tsunami
New tsunami maps being reviewed in northwest Oregon show there’s less high ground than previously thought if residents have to flee the most serious earthquake and tsunami projected. The Daily Astorian reported that Oregon officials have been showing them to city officials at council meetings recently. They’re to be released publicly on Tuesday, followed by a series of community ...
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Boeing long-haul jets get boost at Paris Air Show
Visitors walk near a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner, on the first day of the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Monday June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Remy de la ...
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Oregon man shoots dog after pet defecates in home
Medford man was jailed on Thursday for aggravated animal abuse, unlawful use of a weapon, reckless endangering and disorderly conduct. His bail was set at $17,000. A witness had been at Nixon's home and found the dead dog. The undisclosed witness collected the body of the dog out of the trash can and took the dog home. The witness turned the body over to authorities when they arrived. A ...
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Wheelchair man rescued from Bend canal
Police say 33-year-old Jesse Thomas of Bend held 56-year-old Randall Bush partly out of the water Saturday until help arrived. Bush was still attached to the wheelchair in shallow water. The Bend man was treated at a ...
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Police Tiny burglar accesses Seattle-area home through doggie door
Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Seattle police say the thief squeezed through the tiny door - then scooped up electronics and jewelry. The crime is hard to picture. The doggie door is just 15 inches tall and only 10 inches wide, so getting your body through this would require someone to be very small or very slight. It's so outlandish it could only happen in a movie - but this ...
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5-year-old expected to survive 72-year-old charged with DUII in crash
REDLAND, Ore. - A 5-year-old boy is expected to survive and a 72-year-old man has been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants after an ugly crash Sunday night ...
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Critics Oregon Bill a Sex Trafficking Magnet
Anti-trafficking advocates say a bill being considered by the Oregon Legislature could make the state a magnet for sex trafficking. The measure would penalize people who buy sex with children by charging them with a misdemeanor rather than a felony. Supporters of Oregon's bill say a felony is too harsh a punishment for those who inadvertently pay for sex with a minor. "Our laws ...
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Boy 5 seriously injured in crash near Redland
REDLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The Clackamas County sheriff's office says a 5-year-old boy was flown to a hospital with serious facial injuries after a collision Sunday night on a road near ...
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Homeless man spent 2 months in hospital
Singleton spent close to two months in Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center being treated for severe injuries to his head. He was discharged in late May, according to hospital spokesman Grant ...
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This Robin Hood tale will steal your heart
In the Robin Hood stories we all know, Robin is a nobleman, Robin of Locksley, who has retreated to the forest to become a sort of proto-Marxist who relieves rich evil-doers of their purses and distributes the swag to the proletarian ...
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Naked teen found walking on I-5
A girl believed to be autistic was walking naked along the shoulder of Interstate 5 early Sunday just north of Ashland, according to the Oregon State ...
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Bergreen stepping down as superintendent this month
Ben Bergreen is retiring from the Phoenix-Talent School District after 36 years in the education field, the past 10 as ...
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Area vintner traces his roots to France
Bruno Carle, 24, works with Joe Ginet of Plaisance Ranch in Williams. Carle is visiting from France, where ...
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The Path Less Taken
Cancer patients on the alternative path might be expected to use naturopaths, but naturopathic physician Lissa Mcniel of Medford says they should be an adjunct to medical ...
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Steady rainfall aids fire crews in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's ...
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Bend woman hikes Oregon Desert Trail
BEND — With a name like Sage, it's easy to imagine that a 33-year-old woman from Bend was destined to be the first to hike the 800-mile Oregon Desert ...
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Washington teens survey Scoring pots easy for most
SEATTLE — Don't expect teenagers to have a lot easier access to pot under Washington state's new law allowing adults to possess an ounce of ...
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Search and rescue looking for help
Jackson County Search and Rescue supervisor Sgt. Shawn Richards is facing finding new funding after federal budget cuts. Mail Tribune / Bob ...
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Homeless insurance on agenda
The Ashland City Council will tackle homeless issues, adopt a two-year city budget, and decide whether the city should cover health insurance costs for its own employees rather than paying an outside insurance company to provide ...
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17-year-old makes own guitars
The 17-year-old shredder from Ashland has been building his own axes and wailing on them since middle school, because "he who dies with the most guitars wins," he ...
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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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