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The parents of a 4-year-old Salem boy have been cited on child neglect charges after the child was found alone running across the intersection of two main streets.

The biggest political campaign contributor in Oregon history has donated another $175,000 for two crime-related measures on the Nov.

Oregon environmental regulators have reached a deal with Owens-Brockway Glass Container on a partial cleanup of Johnson Lake along the Columbia River near Interstate 205.

While John McCain and Sarah Palin were the flavor of the day all over the Northwest, the Corvallis Gazette-Times was giving good play to a classic Oregon story -- one that never seems to go away.

Prosecutors in Oregon say they will not seek criminal charges against a convicted rapist who allegedly threatened one of his victims.

Oregon State Public Health Division and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials today announced a recall of Sprouter's Northwest brand alfalfa sprouts due to a Salmonellosis outbreak.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski has proposed a ban on all grass field burning in the Willamette Valley by 2011.

Colleges experiencing larger-than-expected freshman enrollments are scrambling to relieve overcrowding in dorms, classrooms, cafeterias and elsewhere.

Republican U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith has been airing TV ads accusing Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley of cutting funding for a program that provides home care for seniors.

An Oregon National Guard unit has been chosen to field the newest version of the Army's main battle tank.

Friends of an Ashland man charged with money-laundering conspiracy related to an offshore tax-avoidance operation have urged a judge to allow him to remain at home until his trial begins in Florida.

A man has been charged with stealing the American flag he burned to protest the Iraq war.

Middle and high school students across Oregon aren't improving on state tests in math and reading, new data from the Oregon Department of Education show.

Uninsured people in Marion County and across the state have two more shots at playing Oregon's health care lottery.

By Kelley Ashford September 1, 2008 MEDFORD, Ore. -- A group of Oregonians began the walk of a lifetime Monday, looking to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.

The Labor Day weekend death count matched the deadliest of the decade as state police learned of another traffic fatality in Eastern Oregon.

The desk used for legislation-signing ceremonies sits under a blue tarp in Gov. Ted Kulongoski's ceremonial office after a three-alarm fire Saturday.

Next year, the Oregon Legislature may consider expanding a medical provider tax to pay for health insurance for children and 100,000 low-income adults.

She's afraid he would come after her if he got out. And she figures she owes it to the girl he killed.

This photograph shows one of the nine fatal accidents in Oregon over the Labor Day holiday weekend.