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In a white-walled hospital room, pancreatic cancer slowly drained all the life that remained in Carolyn.
A 15-month-old girl whose parents' church shuns doctors in favor of faith healing appeared to be malnourished after her death from pneumonia, a deputy medical examiner testified in the manslaughter trial of her parents.
Washington County's "Bunny Lady" is back in the hutch after violating a court order banning her from owning animals for five years.
For decades Benny Goodman and his clarinet popped up just about everywhere, and when they did, just about everyone knew it.
In the world of intercollegiate Ultimate Frisbee, it's ultimately not cool to go without pants. So said a student board that governs club sports at the University of Oregon when it ended a highly-ranked team's season after five players shed their pants and underwear April 11 during sectional play at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a sea lion trapped below Bonneville Dam is the first to die in a campaign to protect the salmon the animals feed on.
Shivering, weak and injured in a snow cave, on a mountain he and two climbing companions had tried to conquer, Kelly James managed to reach his wife on his cell phone.
Oregon's governor unwrapped an ambitious 2009 legislative climate change package with proposals for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for homes and buildings by 2030, with benchmarks to be sure the goal is reached.
In three elections, three out of every four people who bothered to vote supported giving more funds to a fire district in central Oregon's high desert. That wasn't enough, because in this state, not bothering has about the same effect as voting no.
At the request of a lesbian couple, the Coquille Indian Tribe on the southern Oregon coast has adopted a law recognizing same-sex marriage.
An environmental activist and former fugitive who once won thousands of votes in a congressional election pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges under a deal that would send him to prison for two years.
Acupuncture is not just for people. It's also for cities — if the city is Portland.
In tiny Elgin, six of the seven City Council members are quitting. The entire five-member planning commission resigned last week.
The authorized killing of California sea lions at a dam on the Columbia River would be postponed under a proposal reached Tuesday by the Humane Society of the United States and federal and state governments.
Along the main drag of this Columbia River town, the signs of despair read "closed" and "for sale."
Traps, pyrotechnics and beanbags shot at sea lions have failed to deter the annual springtime feast of threatened salmon at a Columbia River dam, so federal authorities gave some of them a death sentence on Tuesday.
An environmental activist and former fugitive who once won thousands of votes in a congressional election pleaded not guilty Monday to ecoterrorism charges and was ordered held as a flight risk and public danger.
From Arizona to Oregon and east to Kentucky, county sheriffs are bracing for stiff cuts in a federal funding program that has helped them battle drug cartels.
"Bush's Last Day" digital keychains count down the time until noon on Jan. 20, 2009. "Final Countdown" hot sauce features a cartoonish portrait of the outgoing president. "Bush Biskits" dog treats are marketed with an impolite "crunch crunch, he's gone."
A federal agency recommended killing about 30 sea lions a year at a Columbia River dam where the marine animals feast on salmon migrating upriver to spawn. By many estimates, the sea lions devour about 4 percent of spring runs. Fishermen and Columbia River tribes have urged action for years against the sea lions at Bonneville Dam.
A pair of climbers who misjudged the weather on Mount Hood and got caught in whiteout conditions were taken to safety Tuesday after spending a night in a snow cave.
CENTRALIA, Wash. — A storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two days moved on Tuesday, leaving behind flooded homes, fallen trees and washed-out roads, including the region's largest highway, which was covered with 10 feet of muddy water.
Downed trees blocked roads and power outages were widespread Tuesday across much of the Northwest, where residents prepared for a massive cleanup effort after being battered by back-to-back storms.
Illegal drug use in the United States has dropped sharply since 2001 but abuse of prescription drugs remains a problem, the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said Friday.
The discovery of a dead climber in a snow cave up Mount Hood brought a sad conclusion to a long week of anxious optimism among family and friends gathered here to await news of three missing men.
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