Oregon News

Thomas Vaughan , the longtime executive director of the Oregon Historical Society , died Friday afternoon of congestive heart failure in Portland.

Cover Oregon will have to be self-sufficient once the federal grants that are paying its bills run dry at the end of next year, but the organization is now projecting higher costs and lower revenue.

There are 11 bridges in the Portland metropolitan area, earning the city's nickname "Bridgetown."

Those living on this part of the central Oregon coast are excited about some of the local kids who are work-shopping a new musical called The Gift.

Former University of Oregon football player Colt Lyerla wants a judge to let him move to Las Vegas to train for National Football League draft.

More freezing temperatures are on tap for the Oregon coast as well as inland parts of the valley, including Portland, Eugene, the Cascade foothills, Salem, Silverton, Corvallis and more.

Forecasters predict that Oregon will see its coldest night in over 40 years as many cities are still reeling from Friday's snowstorm that dumped over a foot of snow across the southern Willamette Valley.

D'Arcy's most recent job evaluation, in 2010, shows she met or exceeded performance standards in almost all areas, and received an overall rating of "meets expectations."

Valerie Banegas, with son Dali Alvarez, 6, fills out her paperwork at Cover Oregon's application fair last month.

The St. Mary's Academy Marians selected for the Oregon All-State Choir. Juliet Anderson, Margaret Driscoll, Sam Schmiedeskamp, Hannah Bryan Senior sopranos Juliet Anderson , Hannah Bryan , Margaret Driscoll and Sam Schmiedeskamp were chosen from more than a thousand applicants from the state of Oregon.

For the past couple of days, the Portland Oregonian has been recalling last year's deadly attack at the Clackamas Town Center , an event that preceded Sandy Hook by three days, but has provided a launch pad for local gun control efforts and allowed the newspaper to re-live the events, even with a story today.

The legislative counsel's office issued the opinion Tuesday in response to a question from state Rep. Dennis Richardson of Central Point, a Republican running for governor.

Last week, the deadline came and went for Oregon's lawmakers to submit new ideas for next year's short legislative session.

Dot Van Dyke leads the choir students from Neil Armstrong Middle School and the rest of the crowd in Christmas carols at the Forest Grove Senior & Community Center.

In 1941, in an attempt to gain access to raw materials Japan lacked and to drive Western powers out of the Pacific, Japan launched coordinated attacks on key holdings of Great Britain, France, The Netherlands and the United States.

Dozens of fishermen lined the banks of the Crooked River south of Prineville on an unseasonably warm fall day to try their hand at landing some native redband trout or whitefish.

Oregon's fast-aging rural population hinders economic growth and could lead to a long-term downward spiral of labor and job shortages in rural areas, the state economist said Wednesday.

Oregon State Police say that's what a 58-year-old man learned when he tried to drive a 50-ton battle tank up a steep grade near the coastal town of Gold Beach.

There's a winter storm warning for the central Oregon coast and inland areas south of Salem, while the north Oregon coast has a winter advisory in effect.

Attempts to move megaloads of Canadian tar sands extraction equipment are being met with strong resistance in Eastern Oregon.