A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Obama attracted a record number of supporters in Oregon on Sunday. That other candidate is somewhere in Kentucky, not setting record numbers. picked by unzercharlie 2 months ago

High winds, heavy rain and powerful surf pounding the Oregon Coast recently uncovered a ghost forest known mostly through legendary tales in the small community of Neskowin. More info here. picked by deEPCHill 3 months ago

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) -- The storms that have lashed Oregon's scenic coast this winter have dredged up an unusual array of secrets: old shipwrecks, historic cannons, ghost forests -- even strangely shaped iron deposits. picked by TchEngRox 5 months ago

SALEM, Ore. -- Scientists are offering a $100 reward to anybody who can lead them to a plant that may be extinct in Oregon, at least in its native form: the golden paintbrush. picked by bevissimo 4 weeks ago

The parent company of an Oregon railroad operation that shut down a line through the Coast Range has put up $24 million to help pop singer Michael Jackson keep his Neverland Ranch. picked by muppet 4 months ago

The law, one of several important health-related bills passed by the last Legislature, also requires hospitals to offer emergency contraceptives to women who seek care in a hospital after a sexual assault. picked by muppet 7 months ago

Ford vs. Chevy debate. And, ironic as it is, on this, the local new affiliate's page (1st post to hit the web), one of the ads on rotation to the right is for a Chevy dealer. Gotta love the USA... picked by DrNothing 9 months ago

Apparently Corvallis, Oregon is not a very diverse place picked by tigertony 2 months ago

A young boy in Oregon has a strange story to tell.
Doctors removed a butter knife from his head. picked by mutil8or 3 months ago

A man accused of bursting into a church, sloshing fuel onto congregants and setting a fire had spent five years in a psychiatric hospital after being convicted of killing his daughter. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

An Oregon federal magistrate has awarded nearly $108,000 to a Beaverton single mother who said the recording industry falsely accused her of illegally downloading music. picked by maxriter 2 months ago

Authorities say he had threatened over the Internet to carry out a Virginia Tech-style massacre. picked by muppet 4 months ago

Barbara Wagner, a lung cancer patient was prescribed chemotherapy. Instead of paying for the treatment, Oregon instead asked if she wouldn't rather have a peaceful death instead. After the health plan refused to pay for the medicine the drug manufacturer offered to pay for 1 year of the $4k/month treatment. picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

Deputies arrested an Eastern Oregon woman accused of running off with someone else's baby. picked by muppet 3 months ago

Wonderful animated commercial for the Oregon Humane Society picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

A pest-removal company has trapped and removed 788 rats from an infested house. picked by arsphidius 1 month ago

"They're a standard style," Eppley said. "I think in the right context they look fine. They just happened not to (look fine) here." picked by readingitall 1 year ago

A toxic fungus in the woods of the Pacific Northwest that drifts into peoples' lungs, causing illness and death. picked by DemureArt 7 months ago

"I will not title this article 'Fall of Troy', I will not title this article 'Fall of Troy'..." picked by misterc 2 years ago