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PORTLAND, Maine - Everyone knows that what happens in Las Vegas "stays in Vegas."

Medford, the largest city in southern Oregon, is an active, vibrant city. Named for an early pioneer's home town in Massachusetts, this Medford sits in the middle of the Rogue Valley, ringed by mountains.

Seaside Heights Meets Seaside, Oregon: Seaside, Ore. arrives in Seaside Heights to donate funds for a new welcome sign which is a tourist's first impression.

Real estate : Elliot Njus reports that a Dallas-based real estate firm called Cypress Equities Real Estate Investment Management said Thursday it had acquired Portland's Lloyd Center .

The City of Eugene has been striving for decades to revitalize its downtown. For years, the neighborhood has been home to vacant buildings, empty pits, crime and decay.

Food Works youths Kyle, whose back is turned, and Tiara, facing him, work with Kathy Albert, right, Sisters volunteer, and Sammy, behind her, a Sisters customer, on the Food Works farm on Sauvie Island.

It's Friday Art Walk somewhere! Downtown Springfield's Second Friday Art Walk has a theme: Building Bridges Through Art.

Back to slipper sock weather, according to forecasts . Today will be mid-60s and overcast, with a 30 percent chance of rain.

Portland State University students in May rallied twice, marching into the provost's office, in support of preserving the Chiron Studies program, and to voice concerns about "behind closed door decision-making."

The barricades were up, the crowds were growing, and cyclists were already out Friday afternoon, getting a feel for the course.

Slightly cooler today, with highs hitting 75 degrees, according to forecasts . Isn't it nice when "cooler" is 75? In other news: Portland Art Museum's 'Cyclepedia' displays brilliant, beautiful and wacky bicycles: Starting Saturday, 40 brilliant, beautiful, weird and funny bicycles come to Portland from a private collection in Vienna, Austria.

Come out for some barbecue, tribal belly-dancing, art demonstrations, live entertainment and more.

Conservationists, Linnton neighborhood team up to battle ivy in, around Forest Park: While English ivy is used as a pretty climber or ground cover, conservationists see it as an invasive weed that chokes out trees and ecosystems, and a particular threat to Forest Park -- a city park lined with 10 miles of backyards in the Linnton neighborhood.

WARRENTON, Ore. Investigators still don't know what caused a massive fire that destroyed a Pacific Coast Seafoods plant in Warrenton on Tuesday.

The next New Bern Artwalk is a month away, but new and continuing exhibits abound along a stroll of Pollock, Middle, Craven and South Front streets as the early summer months begin.

Yesterday's block of sunshine -- I have the farmer's tan line to prove it -- continues today, according to forecasts , with highs in the 80s.

Police are looking for a man who attack a Broadway Cab driver in downtown Portland last night and then stole his car.

Chowing down at Bellevue, Wash.' s Facing East. From bottom left: a glutinous oyster pancake, ground pork over rice, sesame paste noodles, fried fish cake, pork belly bun, pig ears, and, in the foreground, an empty bowl of beef noodle soup.

With funding intact, Outside In needle exchange continues mission to curb HIV: Funding for a needle exchange has been a constant struggle since Outside In executive director Kathy Oliver started the program in 1989, though public health officials say it's the most effective way to curb the spread of HIV and Hepatitis C and to keep needles out of ... (more)

Left: Salt Lake City-County Building. This weekend is the Gay Pride Festival, and a "Gay Pride" flag hangs proudly in front of City Hall.