PORTLAND -- The storm positioned over Oregon brought a much-anticipated blanket of white to the Cascades and a possible tornado to the Oregon Coast. On Mt. Hood, nearly eight inches of snow had fallen since Thursday -- and the grand total was expected to surpass 20 inches by the end of the weekend. Full Story »
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years. Full Story »
PHOENIX, Ariz. – More than $1.4 million in taxpayer refunds was available to Oregonians that were returned due to postal errors, according to the IRS. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A bicycle helmet helped an Oregon teenager survive without serious injury when her head was run over by a car following a collision. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Economists say a jobless rate of 11.5 percent in Oregon is made worse by a high underemployment rate. Recent figures show about one in five Oregonians in the labor force can't find a job, are working fewer hours than they would like or simply have given up looking. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. -- Anti-crime groups and prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature's move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. Full Story »
ASHLAND, Ore. -- When Southern Oregon University junior Montique Holman gets dressed in the morning, she slips into the closet of the dormitory room she shares with sophomore Stephen Williams. Full Story »
FT. HOOD, Tex. -- A Portland native stationed at Fort Hood is expected to survive after being shot in Thursday's rampage on the Texas Army post. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bank of America account holders enjoy a surprise benefit this weekend as the Portland Museum of Art and Pittock Museum open up to them, for free. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Brandon Roy had 24 points and five rebounds, Steve Blake added 15 points and the Portland Trail Blazers got a lift from their new-look lineup in a 96-84 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. Full Story »
TUMALO, Ore. -- She was the worst of the survivors from a massive equine rescue in 2003. Her rescuers described the mare as a "living dead, tottering skeleton" who could barely hold herself up. Malnutrition deprived her growth. Abnormal woolly fuzz replaced normal hair. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman announced today the 80-hour suspension of two Portland police officers in association with the death of a man who died in police custody three years ago. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police believe they have captured the so-called Fantasia Bandit, the suspect in a dozen recent robberies across the city. The FBI dubbed him Fantasia only one day before his Wednesday afternoon arrest. Full Story »
GRESHAM, Ore. – A bicyclist was seriously hurt after being hit by a car while crossing a street in Gresham Wednesday afternoon. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. – Marion County deputies were looking for the owner of a steer that was hit by a car and later died Tuesday morning. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October. Figures released Wednesday put initial jobless claims at 12,681 for the last week of the month. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Should Oregon let medical marijuana users obtain concealed handgun permits? That question was before the Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Full Story »
Ongoing traffic problems on SW Beaverton Tigard Highway have prompted state transportation officials to consider closing on- and off-ramps instead of widening the road in order to ease congestion. Full Story »
PORTLAND -- A bicyclist died after getting hit by two cars in North Portland early Wednesday morning, police said. It happened just before 2:30 a.m., near the intersection of Willamette Boulevard and North Haven Street. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Federal officials say a 5.3 magnitude quake off the Oregon coast Wednesday morning did not generate a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site did not have any initial reports that the quake was felt on the coast. Full Story »
WILSONVILLE – Firefighters arriving on the scene of a fire at a Wilsonville apartment complex quickly spotted two families trapped in top-floor apartments and managed to save them all in the nick of time. Full Story »
PORTLAND – Several people broke into a home in North Portland and then shot the man living there early Wednesday morning, police said. The attack happened at the home on the 9400 Block of North Bristol just after 6 a.m. Full Story »
PORTLAND, Ore. -- The FBI calls him the Fantasia Bandit for allegedly robbing the Fantasy Adult store on W. Broadway twice. But on Tuesday the armed robber was fingered for the fourth Hollywood-area bank heist in three weeks, according to FBI spokesperson Beth Anne Steele. Full Story »
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A financial investment that has helped fill gaps in pension funding since 2002 quickly turned sour with the stock market's misfortunes last year, losing $1.9 billion for nearly 140 government agencies in the state, according to a Statesman Journal analysis. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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