Obama faces mixed emotions in Oregon
October 8, 2015
When President Barack Obama arrives here Friday, he will find a timber town still in mourning over the shooting that killed eight community college students
A lot of death with little sympathy
October 5, 2015
The gunman had already shot several students at close range when he stood inches from Lacey Scroggins and demanded she stand up. It was only
Veteran shot five times while helping students
October 3, 2015
When the gunshots started at Umpqua Community College, some people mistook them for falling books. But Army veteran Chris Mintz quickly recognized the threat. “He
Lots of support for guns in Oregon
October 2, 2015
Hunting deer, elk and bear in the surrounding hills and fishing for salmon and steelhead have strong followings in southern Oregon’s timber country, made famous
Oregon expands gun sale background checks
May 5, 2015
An Oregon bill expanding background checks to encompass nearly all gun sales in the state made it through the Legislature on Monday, overcoming obstacles that
Oregon goes to automatic voter registration
March 17, 2015
Seventeen years after Oregon decided to become the first state to hold all elections with mail-in ballots, it took another pioneering step on Monday to
Challenges face Oregon’s new governor
February 18, 2015
Incoming Oregon Gov. Kate Brown faces a monumental challenge as she takes the reins of a state government mired in scandal on less than a
Oregon governor resigns amid corruption probe
February 14, 2015
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber resigned on Friday amid influence-peddling allegations involving his fiancée that have triggered a criminal corruption probe and led to a frenzy
Pressure increases for Oregon governor to resign
February 13, 2015
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is showing no sign of walking away from a decades-long political career, even though he’s been abandoned by most of his
More wins for legal marijuana advocates
November 5, 2014
Marijuana activists who have longed for decades to end America’s drug war pocketed more major victories Tuesday, with Oregon and the nation’s capital approving recreational