OREGON LOCAL NEWS

Real-Time updates and breaking news from Portland and Oregon

Four Whitman College students heading to an environmental convention in Eugene were injured in a collision with a truck off Interstate 84 near Irrigon, Oregon State Police reported.  Full story »

Police officers responded to the corner of Southeast 80th Avenue and Foster about 12:50 a.m. today on reports of an injury accident involving a pedestrian. Full story »

Twenty-six California sea lions near Bonneville Dam have been euthanized, relocated or accidentally killed since 2008, but salmon consumption at the dam rose anyway.  Full story »

In April, Beaverton police officers stopped a car near Southwest Millikan Way and Tualatin Valley Highway in Beaverton. A subsequent search turned up about 32 grams of meth, a digital scale, plastic bags and three cell phones in a backpack worn by David M. Guajardo, 35, a passenger in the car. Full story »

Federal officials ordered an early halt to a cardiac arrest study in Portland and nine other cities because preliminary results showed none of the treatments improved survival. That goal continues to prove exceedingly difficult. Full story »

News broke just as thousands of police left a memorial service for Officer Timothy Brenton at KeyArena.  Full story »

The American Forest Foundation named Clint Bentz, a Scio forest owner, chairman of its board of trustees on Friday.  Full story »

A grand jury finds that a group of hunters shot Howard Franklin Means in self-defense after Means aimed a handgun at one man and accused him of trying to steal his deer.  Full story »

Michael G. Dick, 47, is sentenced in the December 2008 attack of a 5-foot, 103-pound lady in her home east of Gresham. Full story »

Oregon's winemakers like very much what they are seeing and tasting.  Full story »

After three years sitting empty, the legendary downtown French restaurant and jazz club tries to recapture the old magic again. Full story »

Jail staff found Larry Fournier of Salem unconscious and not breathing about 12:50 a.m. in the jail's medical unit, where he had been transferred after complaining of pain. Full story »

The new dorm, expected to open in fall 2012, will be paid for with state-backed bonds, which will be paid back over 30 years with students' housing payments. Full story »

Cheyenne Evans pleads guilty but his motive for the shooting remains unclear. Full story »

Assimilation leaves Native Americans in the Northwest and across the U.S. struggling with issues of identity and tribal resources  Full story »

Branch at Fred Meyer robbed for the second time in five weeks. Full story »

Police said that 21-year-old Christopher Keith Eells was arrested Tuesday and charged with 15 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse. Full story »

A storm barrels out of Alaska bringing strong wind, heavy rain and snow. Full story »

A former member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity served 150 days in jail after he was convicted of shooting Sanderson in October 2006. Full story »

Oregon State Police say a Klamath Falls woman drove a pickup into a telephone pole while texting on her phone and being under the influence of intoxicants early Friday morning.  Full story »

Michael Grant Cahill, 62, was a physician assistant who worked at the base as a contracted civilian.  Full story »

The rise in joblessness, while not welcome news for the economy, reassured some investors that the Federal Reserve will have to hold interest rates low for some time.  Full story »

Mayor-elect Tim Leavitt defeated the incumbent Royce E. Pollard in Tuesday's election. Pollard, in a speech today to supporters at City Hall, announced he will continue to be active in public life after leaving office. Full story »

The prank was "just an absolutely monumental waste of time and resources," said Woodland's police chief. Full story »