Salem police were looking Tuesday night for the driver of a vehicle who killed a two-year-old girl and fled the scene. The girl was hit in a parking lot, but additional details were unavailable. –The Oregonian... Full Story »
"Leadership Day" canceled for this year but governor gives about 30,000 state workers a paid day off during the holidays. Full Story »
David Gertson is accused of touching the buttocks of a female student shortly after 2 a.m. in the student housing at Blumel Hall, according to university police Full Story »
Oregon State Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash at Oregon 18 and the Lafayette Highway. The crash was reported at 8:10 p.m. and involved two vehicles.--The Oregonian... Full Story »
The 338-person guest list was a mix of Washington and Hollywood A-listers, prominent figures from the Indian community in the U.S., and Obama friends, family and campaign donors. Full Story »
Oregon State Hospital's landmark 10-ton cupola was plucked off its perch atop the hospital's oldest building Monday afternoon. Full Story »
National health care reform would help thousands of Oregonians, the Obama administration said Monday. Full Story »
Another Santiam canyon-area company dependent on the ebbs and flows of the housing market is closing its Stayton plant. Full Story »
The Festival of Lights Parade will not be on hiatus this year after all, thanks to a generous gift approved by Salem City Council during a meeting Monday night. Full Story »
Become part of the Statesman Journal's Black Friday brigade. E-mail or tweet the Statesman Journal and tell us your game plan, pass along deals you've found, the doorbusters that have sold out or the secret parking spot you've discovered (after you leave it, of course). Full Story »
Prosecutors sought a far longer prison sentence for a Hillsboro abuser than the 11 years and six months he received for beating his wife as a form of discipline.Washington County Circuit Court Judge Rick Knapp said the sentence was “just... Full Story »
More than $80 million in federal stimulus projects have been reported on the Recovery.gov Web site, and while the majority of those reports appear to have accurate information, a review by the Argus shows some flaws in the site’s data. Full Story »
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Argus will be distributed on Monday and Wednesday this week.The Argus will return to its normal Tuesday-Friday publication schedule on Dec. 1.... Full Story »
Police fatally shot a motorist Saturday afternoon in Cornelius after the man opened fire on officers pursuing him from the site of another shooting in Hillsboro. Full Story »
Judge: Wife clearly assaulted; bruising like ‘lividity of a corpse’ Full Story »
A 2-year-old child has been killed in a hit-and-run in Salem, police said. Full Story »
The director of the state agency responsible for training and certifying police officers in Oregon has resigned amid an attorney general's investigation. Full Story »
The father of a Portland State University football player who was arrested over the weekend said Tuesday he was "surprised" about the charges against his son. Full Story »
Forest Grove police say the target of a manhunt Monday in Washington County is a person of interest in a homicide earlier this month. | Full Story »
Portland police officers rallied Tuesday in support of Officer Christopher Humphreys, who used a beanbag gun to shoot a 12-year-old girl on a MAX platform earlier this month. Full Story »
As local government support for Lane County Extension has waned over the past years, volunteers are looking for other ways to make sure the county's office remains open and viable. Full Story »
Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski used a tour of a social service agency in Portland Tuesday to advocate for a pair of tax hikes on the ballot in January. Full Story »
The Oregon political world is having strong reactions to Bill Sizemore's surprise entry into next year's race for governor. The initiative activist filed to run for the Republican nomination this week. Full Story »
Advocates hoped that Monday’s court debate over Northwest salmon and hydroelectric dams would be the last. But, the Obama Administration’s additions have sparked a fresh round of legal questions. Full Story »
More than 600 Portland Police officers and their family members, rallied in Tuesday, to show support for officer Christopher Humphries. Full Story »
A Beaverton couple is counting its blessings. Their son surprised them Tuesday when he was born in the front seat of a minivan on the way to the hospital. Laura Miller and Steven Thompson welcomed Christopher Jensen Thompson at about 12:51 p.m. The 6-pound, 14-ounce baby was born after his mother ... Full Story »
A 46-year-old Portland mortgage company operator was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to 41 months in prison for his role in nearly $4 million of mortgage fraud. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones also sentenced Lee Howlett to three years of post-custody supervised release. Howlett admitted in ... Full Story »
A man crossing the MAX tracks who was struck and killed by a train at the Gresham City Hall station Monday morning has been identified as a Gresham resident. Jose Lopez Rodriguez, 55, was on the north side of the platform, which is located just south of Gresham City Hall and east of Northwest ... Full Story »
Hundreds of police from Portland and other law enforcement agencies in the region rallied Tuesday morning in support of Officer Christopher Humphreys and in opposition to the decision last week by Police Chief Rosie Sizer and Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman to suspend Humphreys pending an ... Full Story »
There are so many questions, but very few answers. In just two days last week, two families in Washington County were ripped apart by the ultimate form of domestic violence. In Tualatin, 39-year-old Robert James Beiser shot and killed his estranged wife, 36-year-old Teresa Marie Beiser and ... Full Story »
The Woodland School District will ask voters in February to support a two-year maintenance and operations levy to help maintain school programs.The Woodland School Board on Monday evening... Full Story »
Six months have passed since a young Battle Ground woman, on the way home from a bar with a friend, was injured — and later died — in a single-vehicle accident.The driver,... Full Story »
• MAIL: No home delivery Thursday, except for Express Mail. Most post offices closed Thursday. The postal unit inside the Shell gas station at Fisher's Landing, 16320 S.E. Cascade Park Drive, is... Full Story »
BATTLE GROUND — The city of Battle Ground has received the Clark County Community Pride Design Award for its new community center. The award recognizes innovative approach to... Full Story »
CLARK COUNTY — It’s time to prepare for the 11th annual Community Youth Holiday Event next month, and organizers are calling for volunteers and donations of cash and Christmas... Full Story »
Police said they are concerned about some online ads offering women, who are in a tough financial situation, sex for rent money. Full Story »
A 13-year-old girl named Angel in Oklahoma City is doing the impossible: Bringing Ducks and Beavers fans together before the Civil War by coming together to bring her to the game. Full Story »
A cat found dead in a Northeast neighborhood was apparently suffocated and an animal abuse investigation has been launched to determine who killed it. Warning: Some of the details and video images of this story are graphic. Full Story »
A 2-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the parking lot of an apartment complex, Salem police said Tuesday night. Full Story »
The director of the state agency responsible for training and certifying police officers in Oregon has resigned amid an attorney general's investigation. Full Story »
Two armed and masked men entered Chuby’s Restaurant and Bar in Odell just before closing on Thursday and demanded money. The robbers reportedly obtained an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the scene. Full Story »
“Get it while you can”: It’s a motto that holds true for countless situations, and a strategy that works especially well for taking full advantage of the variable ski/snowboard seasons Mount Hood gives us each year. Full Story »
Unemployment rates in Hood River and Wasco counties have risen by at least 40 percent during the past year but Dallas Fridley, regional economist, is hopeful that “the worst is behind us.” Full Story »
The Hood River County Health Department reported Thursday the first local death tied to complications from the H1N1 influenza. Eduardo Chamonica-Gill, 35, of Odell, was pronounced dead on Saturday at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital . Full Story »
WASHINGTON — The Bend Bulletin newspaper reported Thursday that U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, won’t run for Oregon governor. Walden, 52, is the only Republican in Oregon to hold federal office and was widely considered the GOP’s best candidate to re-take the governor’s seat in 2010. Full Story »
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