Oregon House News

Sen. Jeff Merkley and Nike lead the charge for the United States to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment Support in the U.S. Senate is building for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to ban discrimination against gays and lesbians in the workplace.

Hundreds of party activists and leaders as well as Democratic officeholders are scheduled to attend the event at Sunriver resort.

Celebrated Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25-26, in the downtown area and other local sites.

A mountain lion killed near Smartsville this week is not likely to be responsible for a spate of attacks on livestock in the foothills of Yuba County, officials said.

Chris Lamm, of Security 1 Lending in Redding, will lead this educational workshop for seniors and their families, 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept.

People may drop off articles of warm clothing, both new or used, in all shapes and sizes, at the Oroville PG&E office, 1567 Huntoon St., through Nov.

Toyota, the biggest seller of hybrid autos, is sticking with nickel as the preferred battery material for most of its vehicles after three years of secretly testing Prius hatchbacks with lithium-ion packs.

This is an excerpt from a podcast and interview I just posted with Oregon State Representative Jules Kopel-Bailey . A young, passionate and pretty brilliant legislator, Representative Bailey is a clean energy and climate champion and recently completed his first full legislative session in Oregon.

Fire officials will let residents of Lake Francis Road in Yuba County return to their homes beginning at 5 p.m. That just leaves Marysville Road from Merriam Road to Oregon Hill Road still closed because of the Yuba Fire threat.

A fire that began more than week ago in Yuba County is expected to be fully contained by Sunday, state fire officials say.

A crew member of the Fenner Canyon camp clearing the area of brash and pine needles with fire craws slowly towards the crew members on Mark Court off Troost Trail.

A plume of smoke from the Yuba Fire north of Grass Valley was spotted at the Nevada County Airport early Friday afternoon.

Hundreds of structures remain threatened in Yuba County2 homes have already been destroyed by the Yuba Fire.

Yuba County: Voluntary evacuations remain in effect for portions of the community of Dobbins.

Hundreds of firefighters continued to battle a 2,200-acre Yuba County blaze this morning after it jumped the Yuba River near the tiny community of French Corral, threatening some 400 homes in rural areas of Yuba and Nevada counties, a spokesman for the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said.

A head of smoke rises from the Dobbins fire in Yuba County, photographed in an easterly direction near Collins Lake on Friday, August 14, 2009.

Community dance for Butte County seniors 6-9 p.m. Aug. 8 at 2959 Wyandotte Road.

Oregon is poised to become the first state to initiate a a oepaint producer responsibility lawa that will make paint manufacturers responsible for mounting a program to take back leftover paint.

Former state Sen. Avel Gordly said today that she's put her name behind the effort to recall Portland Mayor Sam Adams because she thinks a referendum on his leadership will be the only way the city can "get on with the healing" it needs.

July 21 -- Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the top seller of electric vehicles in the U.S., is hedging its bets.Nissan will use a $1.6 billion U.S. loan to retool a Tennessee plant so hybrids and other fuel-efficient models can be made on the same line as battery-powered cars to keep from wasting capacity.