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In unofficial election results posted Tuesday night, Beaverton School District voters supported a five-year, $15 million local-option levy with 20,882 votes, or nearly 55 percent, to 17,168 votes, or 45 percent, opposing funding Measure 34-204. Approval of the levy means local schools will be able to move forward with the first year of adding ... (more)

The bill repeals the 'adverse impact' law, which gives for-profit colleges the ability to prevent community colleges from offering courses that are too similar to their own offerings.

Valisha Eteuati, 27, pleaded not guilty last summer in the death of her 5-year-old son.

District attorneys Bradley Berry ; John Foote ; Bob Hermann ; D Rod Underhill ; and Timothy Colahan .

A package of gun bills remains stalled in the Oregon Senate while discussions continue about whether they can be revived in some fashion.

The late Sen. Mark Hatfield, Oregon's most powerful elected leader of the late 20th Century, was a consummate politician who would have appreciated Monday's debate in the Oregon House.

At a recent symposium in Dayton, winemakers tasted eight Oregon chardonnays and found they shared a similar profile: smooth and silky, light and lovely.

More and more states are producing wines, but Oregon's industry is unsurpassed for quality.

Community Plate lives up to its name with its emphasis on local ingredients for its American diner fare.

This week, says Measure 80 sponsor Paul Stanford, he'll start the process of qualifying a successor for the November 2014 ballot.

Voodoo Doughnut is expanding to Denver . The Oregonian reports that owners Kenneth "Cat Daddy" Pogson and Tres Shannon recently signed a lease on a space on East Colfax that's approximately the size of Voodoo Doughnut Too.

After years of debate, Vermont became the fourth state in the country Monday to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medicine to terminally ill patients seeking to end their lives.

In only 3 1⁄2 months, Tara Erickson has made a significant mark on the Central Oregon soccer scene.

Cave Junction, Oregon--April 24, 2013-- Link Phillippi, President of Rough & Ready Lumber with his wife, Jennifer Phillippi, CEO and co-owner of the family-owned mill say they have been pleading with members of Congress for 23-years to do something about log supplies.

Most people use them honestly and correctly, but we're hearing more and more about people who are cheating the system by doing things like selling their food stamps for cash.

One key premise in the health care law is that, when insurance companies compete on an evening playing field, premiums will drop.

A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast.

The Lake Oswego School District is the third best school district in the country with the most affordable homes, according to a recent report by ZipRealty.

When Oregonians can rototill their gardens in March, but then have to water their lawns all throughout April and May, you know it's drier than usual. Experts say that through May 10th, it has been the driest start to the year on record at the Eugene and Salem airport weather stations, and the second driest start at Hyslop Farm in Corvallis and the Medford Airport.

Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney advocates paying the tuition and fees of up to 40 OHSU medical and dental students in exchange for their commitment to work in underserved, mostly rural, communities.