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  • Schwarzenegger says go carefully on climate change

    KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland – 1 hr 38 mins ago  

    WASHINGTON (AP) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says world policymakers do not have to choose between a clean environment and economic growth. Schwarzengger said "we've proved that over and over again in California." Interviewed by ABC's "Good Morning America" from the Copenhagen conference, he said he thinks world leaders may be risking setback by pushing so aggressively for an ... Full Story »

  • Friends, family hold out hope for missing climbers

    KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland – Tue Dec 15, 2:03 am ET  

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- View Luke Gullberg's MySpace page at http'//www.myspace.com/climb4life and one knows his idea of heaven. He recorded it on a Mount Rainier climbing trip in 2007. Listen to his narration and it becomes clear how much he loved climbing. In fact, he describes himself with three words in his "About Me" section' "God, then climbing." "This is our view from ... Full Story »

  • UW seeks 20 citizens to have seismographs at home

    KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland – Tue Dec 15, 1:48 am ET  

    SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey are looking for homeowners willing to help them measure earthquakes in urban areas around Seattle. Twenty special seismographs will be placed immediately and as many 500 will be operating within the next few years. A similar program is already working in San Francisco. The Seattle program was announced Monday at a meeting ... Full Story »

  • Group pulls out of Klamath Dam removal talks

    KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland – Tue Dec 15, 1:48 am ET  

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — One of the parties to negotiations to remove dams from the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California is pulling out before the final agreement. The Northcoast Environmental Center in Arcata, Calif., announced Monday it cannot accept several provisions of the deal that is expected to be signed next month. Klamath Campaign coordinator Jay Wright says the ... Full Story »

  • Two others who climbed Mt. Hood Friday turned back

    KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland – Mon Dec 14, 8:48 pm ET  

    GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. -- The climbers at the center of a massive search and rescue operation were not the only ones to try to climb Mt. Hood on Friday. Guy Skeele set out from Timberline Lodge at 3 a.m. Friday for his first-ever attempt to climb Mt. Hood. Skeele went with Dan Trout, who’d climbed Oregon’s highest peak 16 times before. Skeele said conditions on the mountain were nearly perfect ... Full Story »

Portland Tribune

  • Adams and Brian spar over region's vision

    Portland Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 11:34 pm ET  

    Where should the Portland area grow? It didn't take long for two very different visions to emerge Monday evening in Hillsboro when two of the most powerful men in the region squared off on the question: Up or out? Sam Adams, the mayor of Portland, made it clear that he questions the current push ... Full Story »

  • Suspect arrested in SE Portland stabbing death

    Portland Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 7:19 pm ET  

    Portland police have arrested Kristina Collette Landrum, the suspect in the Dec. 5 stabbing death of Amanda Sheppard. Landrum, 41, allegedly stabbed Sheppard, 27, in the chest with a knife during a fight about a boyfriend outside Papa Sons' Bar on Southeast Powell Boulevard. Landrum was arrested ... Full Story »

  • Board vote could add hip hop charter school to district

    Portland Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 6:34 pm ET  

    Five months after it was proposed, the High School for Recording Arts Portland might be close to becoming a reality. The Portland School Board was set Monday night to consider the application for the proposed hip hop charter school, which would focus its academics on youth culture as a way to ... Full Story »

  • Oregon’s unemployment rate barely budges in November

    Portland Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 5:04 pm ET  

    Oregon’s unemployment rate barely changed in November, down to 11.1 percent from October’s 11.2 percent. It’s still the lowest unemployment rate since February’s 10.7 percent. A year ago, the rate was 7.8 percent. That means 211,424 Oregonians were unemployed in November, ... Full Story »

  • Survey says Portland water ranks 59th of 100 big cities

    Portland Tribune – Mon Dec 14, 3:04 am ET  

    Although city officials have long boasted about the purity of Portland’s drinking water, a new national survey only ranks its quality at 59th out of the 100 largest American cities. The survey found the city with the best water was Arlington, Texas. The city with the worst water was ... Full Story »

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Willamette Week

  • A Happy Laundry Story

    Willamette Week – Mon Dec 14, 7:11 pm ET  

    Here’s a nice holiday story I just learned about. This Wednesday, Dec. 16, the Laundry Love Project will host a Christmas Party at Sunshine Laundromat (7914 NE Glisan St.) for locals who have benefited from the volunteer effort over the past 19 months. The volunteer program by JustOne, a nonprofit, washes the clothing and bedding of those who are homeless or living [...] Related posts: Updated ... Full Story »

  • Phil Knight’s Take on Tiger Woods

    Willamette Week – Mon Dec 14, 4:41 pm ET  

    Nike’s Phil Knight doesn’t sound at all ticked about the company’s mega-pitchman, Tiger Woods. Knight tells the Sports Business Journal in this interview (subscription required to see the link) last week that he thinks Woods has been “really great” and that “When his career is over, you’ll look back on these indiscretions as a minor blip, [...] Related posts: Newspaper Reports Tiger Woods ... Full Story »

  • Trial Lawyers Lend Oregon Senate Candidate Barton $50K

    Willamette Week – Mon Dec 14, 3:11 pm ET  

    Democrats are trying to make sure that what is expected to be a marquee legislative race in 2010 is no race at all. When Senate District 26 incumbent Rick Metsger (D-Welches) announced he would not seek re-election earlier this year, Republicans looked at the seat (which represents Hood River and parts of Clackamas and Multnomah Counties) [...] Related posts: One More Candidate Surfaces in ... Full Story »

  • Teachers, Hip-Hop Fans To Crowd School-Board Meeting

    Willamette Week – Mon Dec 14, 2:41 pm ET  

    Another busy night for the Portland School Board this evening. Portland Public Schools’ teachers, who have been working without a contract since July 2008, will hold another rally outside the meeting tonight. (Here’s a summary of last week’s mediation session, from the Portland Association of Teachers union.) And proponents of a new charter school focused on the recording [...] Related posts ... Full Story »

  • What Oregon Football Gained Over The Weekend

    Willamette Week – Mon Dec 14, 11:41 am ET  

    If you believe the adage that there’s no bad publicity, then it’s nice that Saturday Night Live chose Oregon football as the foil for its skit over the weekend spoofing the video introductions of players on TV for the Rose Bowl. But while Oregon gained a little PR (not that the Ducks athletic office —and its [...] Related posts: The Latest Phenom Oregon Football Recruit: Will He Or Won’t Be A ... Full Story »

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The Hillsboro Argus

  • Tom Brian, Sam Adams to participate on OPB forum on growth

    The Hillsboro Argus – Mon Dec 14, 7:26 pm ET  

    The hour-long taping is open to the public and is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at Hillsboro Civic Center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Full Story »

  • Son leaves mom, 79, holding the bag

    The Hillsboro Argus – Mon Dec 14, 7:26 pm ET  

    Police say a Hillsboro man left his elderly mother holding the bags after they allegedly teamed up to shoplift a cartload of groceries from the West Hillsboro WinCo store, 1500 SW Oak Street. Full Story »

  • Hughes commits to Metro president race

    The Hillsboro Argus – Mon Dec 14, 7:26 pm ET  

    Former Hillsboro mayor Tom Hughes announced Wednesday he is officially running for the office of Metro Council president. He has yet to formally file, planning to do so after the holidays, but says he has created a political action committee for fundraising and other support functions. Full Story »

  • Harrington announces re-election plans

    The Hillsboro Argus – Mon Dec 14, 7:26 pm ET  

    Harrington, a former Intel engineer, was elected to the board in 2006, and has had the task of representing an area that is both dependent on sprawling high-tech factories and proud of the agricultural heritage of the areas that surround its suburban cities. Full Story »

  • Boy, was it cold, and the pipes were bursting

    The Hillsboro Argus – Mon Dec 14, 7:26 pm ET  

    In a the spirit of Christmas and community, firefighters and rescue workers across Washington County responded to more than 20 calls for water problems related to burst pipes in both residences and commercial buildings Wednesday and Thursday, as overnight temperatures dipped near record lows. Full Story »

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