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People hold on to handmade quilts for good reason. Each stitch, each swath of fabric, each selection of color and pattern was considered before a patchwork of talent, care and generosity joined them together.

Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his bid for reelection Monday morning at Earl Boyles Elementary School in Portland.

A flurry of teachers and other Oregon public employees are retiring this year, by far the largest retirement bulge since before the Great Recession.

One year after a gunman walked into Clackamas Town Center mall and opened fire with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, killing two people and seriously injuring a third before turning the weapon on himself, Oregon has not enacted any new laws regulating firearms.

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A committee that has been meeting in Salem for months is close to coming up with a set of guidelines for medical marijuana regulation, but it's plans must still be reviewed.

LeadSpoke leased 1,522 square feet of office space at Willamette Park Plaza, 6420 S.W. Macadam Ave., Portland, from Weston Investment Co.

Officials at the Oregon Health Authority will have to decide soon whether medical marijuana cardholders should be allowed to use the drug at dispensaries that will become legal next year under a new state law.

Welcome to Morning Brew, the Oregonian Breaking News Team's ear morning answer to the age-old question: Does the rain in Spain fall mainly in the plains ? Our goal is singular.

A newly circulated state survey has offered the latest sign that Oregonians are thinking about transportation in a fundamentally different way than they used to.

On December 10th of last year, Jenna Passalacqua wasn't feeling the Christmas spirit.

Desiree Young, Kyron Horman's mother, is consoled by husband Tony Young, while Capt.

Forest Grove police responded to the 2600 block of 13th Avenue on Dec. 10 after receiving a report that a man was threatening to harm someone inside a home in the area.

The National Weather Service is advising that freezing rain may be just around the corner for areas of northwest Oregon, including the coast range, Portland, Columbia Gorge and maybe even the beaches of the north coast.

Jeffrey McAllister, shown at his bail hearing in October, with his defense attorney Daniel Woram.

The leader of Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange says thousands of Oregonians who sent in their applications by the deadline may have to go elsewhere for temporary coverage - despite the state's promises.

Portland Public Schools are open Tuesday, but buses are on snow routes. The Corvallis schools, Scappoose, St. Helens and Vernonia district are among those closed.

The Portland area is cold and icy Tuesday morning, but there has been little to no snow accumulation, allowing most schools to remain open.

The Oregon agency that licenses teacher prep programs, the Teacher Standards and Pracitces Commission, has a strong policy requiring such programs to equip their graduates to use research-proven techniques to manage classroom behavior.

A famed vessel from the Oregon coast, one that was on a historic national register, had to be demolished last week to the great sorrow of local history enthusiasts.