The Oregon Department of Agriculture says Pacific Air Research has violated state pesticide laws multiple times, and may have violated federal laws as well. At a news conference yesterday, the ODA said their investigation showed the company allowed herbicides to … Continue Reading
Oregon Zoo investigators will perform a necropsy on Nicole, the Amur tiger who died Monday, to determine what happened. The 15-year-old big cat suffered an apparent seizure, and vets were unable to revive her. She and her brother Mikhail have … Continue Reading
The Washington Post reports the National Security Agency is recording every single phone call from one unnamed country. A program called MYSTIC tapes the calls, and a tool called RETRO allows the NSA to access the recordings for up to … Continue Reading
Investigators are piecing together what happened, after a Portland man died during a kayaking trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The National Parks Service says the body of 31-year-old Curtis Joyce was discovered early Tuesday night in … Continue Reading
Lux, the Portland cat who cornered his owners in a bedroom until they called 911, is getting help. Animal Planet’s show “My Cat from Hell” is sending its star, Jackson Galaxy, to counsel the family. Galaxy tells the Associated Press … Continue Reading
Portland’s Japanese Garden is under consideration as one of the top ten gardens in North America. USA Today is conducting a contest among 20 public gardens.
We may think the Japanese Gardens are top notch–and they are–but it’s facing serious … Continue Reading
Oregon Health Authority officials have changed their minds: they’ve decided to share statewide cancer data with the parents of West Salem children who’ve contracted a rare form of bone cancer, and then make the data publicly available. Osteosarcoma has struck … Continue Reading
National Transportation Safety Board investigators are combing through the aftermath of Tuesday’s helicopter crash in Seattle. Seattle television stations KOMO and KING leased the aircraft jointly. Pilot Gary Pfitzner and news photographer Bill Strohman died on impact. The copter came … Continue Reading
For the first time since the Great Recession started more than five years ago, Oregon’s unemployment rate has dropped below 7%. February’s rate was 6.9%, down a tenth of a percent from January, state analysts reported Tuesday. Oregon employers have … Continue Reading
Senator Ron Wyden speaks Tuesday night in Portland, the first of four lecturers in a series marking the 50th anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. Wyden tells the Salem Statesman-Journal he’ll be speaking about his ongoing battle with the … Continue Reading
If you’re among the ten percent of Starbucks customers who pays for your grande half-caff soy milk hazelnut moccachino with a mobile app, you can tip your barista on it too starting next week. The Associated Press says tipping arrives … Continue Reading
Cover Oregon, the state’s troubled health insurance exchange, can’t get a break. Officials had hoped the U.S. Health and Human Services Department would give Oregon an extension on the open enrollment period, which closes at the end of March. The … Continue Reading
The Oregon Republican Party says, ignore the recent Dorchester Conference vote supporting overturning Oregon’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage–we’re still against it. Delegates to the annual GOP meetup at the coast voted 60 to 40 percent in favor of a … Continue Reading
Supporters of an Oregon ballot initiative to allow businesses to refuse services to gay weddings on religious objections say they’ll “very likely” appeal its official title to the state Supreme Court. Friends of Religious Freedom, the initiative’s main backer, tells … Continue Reading
Drivers on Barbur Boulevard will notice a new addition tomorrow morning: bicycle warning signals. Bikers on Barbur have a dedicated bike lane except at the Newbury Street and Vermont Street bridges, where they get dumped into traffic. Bike Portland reports … Continue Reading
Oregon opens its medical marijuana registration program Monday at 8:30 am. Dispensaries are already legal, but had no state recognition until now. They’re still subject to local government bans, and the state won’t offer protection should the federal government come … Continue Reading
JP Morgan Chase stockholder Michael C. Davidson is trying to get the Securities and Exchange Commission to approve his proposal to break the bank up. If the SEC allows it, the proposal will go to the bank’s shareholders. JPMorgan is … Continue Reading
The parents of a Portland bicyclist killed in a 2012 accident downtown have settled their wrongful death suit against a truck company. Quality Custom Distribution Services and its parent company, Golden State Foods agreed to pay the parents of Kathryn … Continue Reading
High schools with Native American mascots will soon have to negotiate with local tribes to continue using certain names and images. The Oregon Legislature passed a bill yesterday amending an education board ruling that would have required schools to rid … Continue Reading
The Oregon Senate is considering making ignition interlock devices optional for some drunk driving offenders, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving is, well, MADD about it. The Salem Statesman-Journal reports the Senate Judiciary Committee tacked an amendment to a House bill … Continue Reading
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