Concern Over Salmonella in Hazelnuts Spreads

Concern over the exposure to Salmonella in hazelnuts spreads to more companies in Oregon.  The FDA has issued an alert regarding hazelnuts that may have been exposed to Salmonella bacteria during...

Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon.

Salmon spawning in the US Northwest - a weakened phenomenon in the Sacramento River these days due to a recent stocks collapse there."It's a credit to the Central Coast fishing industry that it voluntarily...

Tualatin Shooting At Drug Test Lab: One Person And Gunman Dead

Tualatin shooting at Legacy Medical Laboratories near Portland, Oregon, has left two people dead. An unidentified woman was killed and two more people were injured. The name of the woman is not being released. The gunman died from a self-inflicted wound. The shooting took...

Jahvid Best Concussion Video: Cal RB Suffers Scary Injury

Cal's RB Jahvid Best suffered a serious injury on a touchdown scoring play in the 2nd quarter against Oregon State. Best was catapulted into the air on a hit from behind that sent his entire body into a mid-air...

New data offers first demographic picture of same-sex couples

The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at UCLA Law analyzed newly released data by the U.S Census Bureau that offers the first demographic picture of same-sex couples. Advancing...

Sea Slime is Killing Birds in Pacific Northwest

More bad news is coming in about climate change as the phenomenon of sea slime killing birds in the U.S. Pacific Northwest is reaching epidemic proportions.  The sea slime is a naturally occurring event that happens when the nutrients and water temperature can support...

Summit Gives "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" The Green Light

A press release today states that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" has been given the green light to begin initial production by Summit Entertainment. There is still speculation as to whether "Breaking Dawn"...

THE PRICE OF GLORY - Tragic Sports Stories

In recent months there have been a flurry of tragic sports stories from Athletics to Boxing. One recent case is the death of 19 year old LEON ROACH, UC san Diego Pole Vaulter following a tragic accident/ In boxing...

Oregon Bear Drowns In Creek After Being Tranquilized

An Oregon Bear had been seen in downtown Medford's Hawthorne Park ealry Monday, then ODFW biologist, Mark Vargas, had told the Mail Tribune newspaper "I planned to tranquilize the bear and release it in the...

Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids

An article in Live Science advocates having less kids to reduce carbon outputs.  This really is a modest proposal. "For people who are looking for ways to reduce their "carbon footprint," here's one radical idea...

Salvia Divinorum Prohibition Era

It's too bad seeing Salvia Divinorum plant put through trials like the Cannibis Sativa plant. The marijuana prohibition itself was the lamest government scheme to this day.  Which has been hurting our nation for over 70 years now,with it's imaginary drug wars.The...

Rise in Repo Home Listing, Falling Prices in Oregon

The housing market in Oregon is experiencing a decline in prices due to the increasing number of properties in the state’s repo home listing. However, the median home price is expected to stabilize for the rest...

Mom Accused in River Drowning of Child

PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon mother was arrested Saturday in the drowning of her 4 year old son after the boy and his 7 year old sister ended up in the chilly Williamette River. Residents heard screams on the...

Foal Born in Oregon April 6th Provides great Pictures

The following pictures arrived in an e-mail to me and I would like to share them This newborn foal, offspring of Taskin and Gypsy Stallion is owned by Villa Vanners.  The foal was born in Oregon.. These...

Oregon Proposes Medical Marijuana Tax

Following in the footsteps of California, Oregon has its own proposal for  taxing marijuana... and this one's from a Republican. Currently, medical marijuana is legal in Oregon, but grow sites are private....

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