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The division chief of the Lebanon Fire District has been tapped for Forest Grove's fire chief.

At their monthly meeting Oct. 10, the commissioners of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission ratified the following sanctions to Oregon licensees as agreed in stipulated settlements.

Incumbent U-S Senator Gordon Smith and challenger Jeff Merkley sparred on several issues last night in Medford.

That wasn't enough, because in this state, not bothering has about the same effect as voting no.

Led by a surge in Democratic voter signups, Oregon voter registration has set a record for the Nov.

Richard Gillmore, the "jogger rapist" who lost his contested bid for parole, has been transferred from the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem to a state prison near Umatilla in Eastern Oregon.

Daimler AG said Tuesday that its North American truck division will drop its Sterling brand and end truck production at two plants in the U.S. and Canada by mid-2010 as it moves to deal with depressed demand.

Police say a man injured during a fight at Autzen Stadium has been released from a Springfield hospital.

PORTLAND - Not a week passes without Jan Abushakrah getting calls from students who want to come to Portland Community College to find themselves.

The state's latest unemployment report showing 7,300 job losses last month and an unemployment rate hovering at 6.4 percent is triggering calls by legislative leaders for state government action.

For eleven years, Oregon's death with dignity law has served Oregonians well. Now Washingtonians will vote on a similar measure.

In July 2007, Lovelle Svart, a retired researcher from The Oregonian who was suffering from lung cancer, introduced herself to the newspaper's readers in an online-video journal.

To avoid the crowds and find a decent place to camp, Cory Crebbin saw nowhere to go but up.

SALEM - Oregon officials are urging families who invested in Oregon's college savings plans not to panic.

The entire Oregon coast has been closed to mussel harvesting due to marine toxins.

Julie McCauley counts herself lucky. When she began her career as a Spanish teacher at North Eugene High School 23 years ago, two experienced colleagues 'kind of took me under their wing,' she said, steadying ...

Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith was for the Iraq war before events turned him against it.

An Oregon man pleaded guilty to the murder of a daughter who died last year from injuries she sustained as a 6-year-old girl in 1991.

Astronaut Don Pettit is heading back to space. Pettit, a native of Silverton, will be aboard the next space shuttle mission to the International Space Station, his second trip to space.

The emotionally charged battle over end-of-life decisions has taken to the airwaves as Washington state voters decide whether to allow doctors to prescribe lethal medication to terminally ill patients.

Recent TV and radio ads by opponents feature actor Martin Sheen, who calls the measure a 'dangerous idea' that could be used by the most vulnerable in society. Supporters are on TV with an ad spotlighting a widow who says it lets those who are suffering have control over their final days.

With both sides having raised a combined $3.5 million, much of it still unspent, more ads are expected in the coming weeks.