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Portland soars in new rankings from Walk Score , an online tool designed to help house- and apartment-hunters find walkable neighborhoods.

Lorni Jarmie tried everything to get her Weimaraner Jax to stop licking himself.

SANTIAM PASS: A Powell Butte-area motorcycle operator was seriously injured last Wednesday afternoon when he lost control after attempting to pass a westbound commercial truck on Highway 20 near the summit of the Santiam Pass.

According to Oregon State Police Trooper Rich Brannin, the accident occurred on July 2nd at approximately 4:56 p.m., involving a 1999 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by Larry R. Henderson, 61. Henderson was westbound near milepost 81 when he attempted to pass a truck on the right. He lost control of the motorcycle, left the roadway, and struck two fog markers before coming to rest in the westbound slow lane.

DanielleTudor speaks to KATU reporter Angelica Thorton on Thursday at the Channel 2 television studios in Northeast Portland.

Portlanders gathered Tuesday to celebrate the completion of a project that restored part of Johnson Creek in Southeast Portland to a more natural state.

We asked, now that the Redmond reroute is done in both directions, what should be the next major upgrade for Redmond? Here is your voice on the subject.

Top: Water bureau manager Chris Wanner and director David Shaff walk at Powell Butte above an underground 50-million-gallon water reservoir .

A family is grieving after a 22-year-old man collapsed and died during his brother's birthday party.

Police are investigating the death of a 20-year-old man who collapsed tonight at his brother's birthday party in the 16600 block of Southeast Lillian Way, near the east side of Powell Butte Nature Park.

Webformix announced the launch of several WiMAX transmitters throughout Central Oregon this week.

There's no shortage of things to do this weekend, mamas. The longer the days get, the more things seem to pop up to fill them! If your kiddos love ferris wheels or other amusement park rides this is the last ...

It's the halfway mark in the Columbia River Crossing's draft environmental impact study public comment period , and sparks are flying over the controversial project.

Posted by Joseph Rose, The Oregonian June 02, 2008 14:25PM Jack McClellan The controversial "Portland Girl Love" blog of self-professed pedophile Jack McClellan could go from pink to blank this week, according ...

Despite the lingering snow, you still have plenty of choices, especially in the lowlands.

On may 20th, voters in Crook County voted yes on advisory Measure 7-47 to begin the process to stop more destination resorts from coming.

DOUGLAS COUNTY: Three people were hurt Monday in separate all-terrain vehicle wrecks.

T hirty-five years ago, when then-Gov. Tom McCall railed against the spread of "sagebrush subdivisions" in Oregon, his colorful rhetoric didn't win him a lot of friends on the east side of the Cascades.

It's not clear what the legal effect of Crook County's overwhelming vote against destination resorts will be, but it might make public officials all over Central Oregon want to hesitate before throwing open the ...

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“It'd just give more jobs to the people”

"Here in Powell Butte, we're feeling kind of inundated with resorts. There's three of them now, and we thought enough is enough," Eder says. via KOHD