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EUGENE, Ore. - Lightning ripped a path across Oregon on Tuesday, sparking a new batch of wildfires.

When I visited my first Oregon Brewers Festival in downtown Portland on Saturday, one of the longest lines there was for a beer called "Razz Wheat."

The state wil pay for criminal defense costs of five former employees involved in the Cover Oregon health exchange fiasco as the FBI investigates.

The office initially will have at least four primary care physicians and will also coordinate with local providers.

The Oregon Working Families Party supports the Oregon Open Primary ballot measure.

The largest has charred 1,000 acres southwest of Condon. Another fire in Oregon has burned 500 acres of private land northwest of Kimberly.

In 2012, James Bowman was the largest medical marijuana producer in Oregon, his lush plants dotting acres of land in the Applegate Valley.

Jennifer Huston, 38, has been missing since July 24, after she left her Dundee home with a headache.

"Are you kidding?" This is Monica Wehby's amiable response to people who wonder whether she will be able to bear the pressures of office if she wins her race as a Republican Senate candidate.

Mark Katches, a nationally recognized leader of investigative and enterprise journalism, has been named vice president of content for the Oregonian Media Group and editor of The Oregonian.

Christopher Stowell, former artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre is returning to San Francisco Ballet as ballet master.

The U.S. Attorney for Oregon says an Ashland-based Islamic charity has pleaded guilty to tax fraud in a plea agreement entered Monday.

An unidentified person has filed a $100,000 lawsuit against the state, claiming the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries was wrong to share a civil-rights complaint with Portland media.

David Neketin, president of IT Aire, said his company's relationship with the city of Gresham helped validate the startup's data center cooling technology.

In an effort to encourage healthy living in the Pacific Northwest and be a health support partner for its members, LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon is launching the Actively Northwest #YouGotThis Hiking Challenge and is challenging the community to hike a total of 10,000 miles during the 10-week contest.

The names of the four pictured athletes are : Amanuel Abebe Atibeha; Dureti Edao; Meaza Kebede; Zeyituna Mohammed.

Randy Leonard holds the distinction as the only person first elected to the City Council while living in east Portland.

In Dr. Louisa Silva's qigong massage treatments for children with autism, an adult focuses on massaging specific parts of a child's body with small motions.

Fashioned from the heart of tradition and infused with adrenaline, the Urban Monroes' contemporary bluegrass style is an outgrowth of the combined skills of some of the Pacific Northwest's finest talent.

Fifteen Oregon employers signed the U.S. Department of Energy's Workplace Charging Challenge during last week's EV Roadmap 7 conference.