Harney County News

Some of the dogs that were rescued from a rural property in Harney County this week are already up for adoption, several days ahead of time.

More than 85 rat terriers were taken away from an overwhelmed breeder in Tillamook.

Oregon Humane Society staff member Sandra Farnsworth comforts one of the dogs rescued this week from a Harney County house.

Oregon State Police troopers made a fourth marijuana seizure during the last five weeks during a traffic stop 11 miles west of Hines.

Poverty and the rural areas in Oregon are strongly interconnected, shows a recent government study.

Duane Neuschwander, foreman of the isolated Juniper Ranch on the boundary of Malheur and Harney counties, talks to Malheur County sheriff's Deputy Bob Wroten about the disappearance of 33 cattle.

Duane Neuschwander foreman of the isolated Juniper Ranch on the boundary of Malheur and Harney counties in Oregon, talks to Malheur County Deputy Bob Wroten about the disappearance of 33 cattle.

The unadjusted unemployment rate in Douglas County rose slightly in October, reaching 14.2 percent, according to figures released this morning by the Oregon Employment Department.

Editor's note: The Chronicle launches a new occasional series today with two stories on how the recession is affecting people in the Columbia Gorge.

With The Oregonian's recent articles and editorials about the state's Business Energy Tax Credit, one could be forgiven for thinking that Oregon has been blindly throwing money and common sense to the wind .

Oregon State Police arrested two Californians after finding about 11 pounds of marijuana in their pickup during a traffic stop east of Burns.

A graded octet of the Sagebrush Symphony Orchestra from Oregon Experience's episode, "Sagebrush Symphony." Oregon Experience's Sagebrush Symphony When: 9 p.m. Monday Channel: KOPB Web site: opb.org/programs/oregonexperience For good and ill, the passion of one person can work wonders.

The math isn't so hard when it comes to the faculty of the Tigard-Tualatin school district.

Film and TV productions have been flocking to Oregon this year. A lot of that has to do with the State's incentive program which is favored by many in the industry.

Bluewater Productions , the Vancouver-based independent publisher, has already spotlighted notable women in prior "Female Force" comic biographies about Michelle Obama, Princess Diana and Sarah Palin, among others.