OREGON NEWS

• U of Oregon wants name in lights on landmark sign 12/2/2008, 9:53 a.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The University of Oregon wants its name in lights.

• Authorities say missing Ore. boy found safe 12/2/2008, 8:36 a.m. PST
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 12-year-old boy missing overnight has been found near his home in a rural area of Washington County.

• SUV crashes into Ore. store; 2 hurt 12/2/2008, 8:09 a.m. PST
MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) — An SUV left a trail of wreckage inside a Big 5 Sporting Goods Store in Milwaukie after crashing through its concrete wall.

• Veterans clinic opens in Hillsboro, Ore. 12/2/2008, 7:46 a.m. PST
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — An outpatient clinic has opened in Hillsboro to serve the growing number of men and women who have served in the armed forces and need care.

• Poll shows support for SW Oregon pipeline 12/2/2008, 12:30 a.m. PST
FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) — A new survey indicates there may be hidden public support for a liquified natural gas terminal and pipeline in Coos Bay and Southwest Oregon, despite vocal objections at various public forums.

• Ore. statehouse to be dog-free 12/2/2008, 12:28 a.m. PST
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Lawmakers can't end the partisan bickering, but they're going to stop the barking.

• Head-on crash kills 2 north of Bend 12/1/2008, 10:12 p.m. PST
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A head-on crash north of Bend killed two Prineville residents.

• Klamath Falls mom accused of child neglect 12/1/2008, 10:08 p.m. PST
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — The authorities placed an 8-year-old Klamath Falls girl in protective custody after it was discovered that she had been left alone in a car while her mother spent hours in a lounge.

• Ohio prosecutor requests execution date for killer 12/1/2008, 10:04 p.m. PST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor has requested an execution date for a former Portland, Ore., trucker charged with murdering a hitchhiker in 1991 during a multistate killing spree.

• Astoria man sentenced for bank robbery — again 12/1/2008, 7:03 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Astoria man who pleaded guilty to robbing a Hillsboro bank has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

• Ore. woman convicted of neglecting Chihuahuas 12/1/2008, 6:48 p.m. PST
HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman convicted of animal neglect has been sentenced to five years of probation and 240 hours of community service.

• Enviros sue to block Lake Roosevelt drawdowns 12/1/2008, 6:38 p.m. PST
SEATTLE (AP) — Two environmental groups are going to court to try to block a government plan to take more water out of Lake Roosevelt, behind Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River.

• OHSU faces funding gap of $30M 12/1/2008, 5:30 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's only medical school and teaching hospital — Oregon Health & Science University — is imposing an immediate freeze in hiring and salaries, and expects to lay off some personnel to cope with a funding gap of more than $30 million primarily from declining investments.

• Sizemore jailed following finding of contempt 12/1/2008, 5:27 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Judge Janice Wilson spent more than two hours unraveling what she called Bill Sizemore's web of lies, ultimately ordering the Oregon political figure jailed after finding him in contempt of a previous court injunction.

• Wind-power co. announces plan to build in Portland 12/1/2008, 3:58 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest maker of wind turbines, said Monday it plans to expand its North American headquarters in Portland by increasing its work force in the city from about 350 employees to at least 1,200 and building a roughly 500,000 square-foot office.

• Kulongoski unveils proposed state budget 12/1/2008, 3:55 p.m. PST
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Ted Kulongoski's proposed state budget for the next two years would protect education from funding cuts but make deep reductions in some social services spending, including programs for the disabled, the elderly and low-income families.

• Thanksgiving traffic deaths in Ore. hit 9-year low 12/1/2008, 2:19 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State officials say the number of people who died in automobile accidents over the Thanksgiving weekend dropped to a nine-year low with two reported deaths on the state's highways this year.

• Sizemore jailed following finding of contempt 12/1/2008, 12:34 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has found Oregon anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore in contempt of a court injunction and ordered him jailed until he filed various tax forms.

• Bodies found in Oregon rivers 12/1/2008, 12:20 p.m. PST
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — The Benton County authorities are working to identify a body found along the Willamette River north of Harrisburg.

• UO to upgrade physical plant 12/1/2008, 12:02 a.m. PST
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A $227 million basketball arena, set to open in two years, is the construction project getting most of the attention at the University of Oregon. But another project set to break ground will affect a greater number of students.

• Body found in Columbia River 11/30/2008, 5:46 p.m. PST
ST. HELENS, Ore. (AP) — Columbia County authorities and the state medical examiner's office are trying to identify a body discovered by a fisherman Sunday afternoon.

• BKC Oregon St. Fresno St. Box 11/30/2008, 4:43 p.m. PST
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• Police ID body found in Portland home 11/30/2008, 4:20 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police identified a man found dead in a southeast Portland home as 54-year-old Roland J. Dir.

• Aldridge, Oden lead Blazers past Pistons 96-85 11/30/2008, 2:43 p.m. PST
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points and Greg Oden had a career-high 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 96-85 Sunday.

• Pipelines race out of the mountains; into yards 11/30/2008, 2:21 p.m. PST
DENVER (AP) — In the push toward more energy independence, massive infrastructure projects that will help to deliver it have clashed with cherished rights of land ownership.

• Transient accused of starting Bend fire 11/30/2008, 1:57 p.m. PST
BEND, Ore. (AP) — A 51-year-old homeless man has been accused of setting a fire that damaged two vehicles and a building at Central Oregon Forklift in Bend.

• Mild fall makes for fat deer in E. Ore. 11/30/2008, 1:20 p.m. PST
BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) — It's fat city in the countryside of Eastern Oregon's Baker County.

• State to advertise video gambling 11/30/2008, 1:18 p.m. PST
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Beginning in December, a TV actor dressed as a knight will urge more Oregonians to try their hand at video gambling.

• European process speeds Oregon bridge replacement 11/30/2008, 1:15 p.m. PST
ELKTON, Ore. (AP) — In the wilds near Oregon's Coast Range the new Elkton Bridge that carries Oregon 38 over Elk Creek looks like any other highway span.

• Kulongoski to announce 2009-2011 budget proposals 11/30/2008, 1:13 p.m. PST
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's discretionary budget pie for the next biennium is worth about $16.1 billion, and on Monday Oregonians will get a better idea of who gets a slice and who gets sliced.

• Company combs lists of foreclosure homes 11/30/2008, 1:06 p.m. PST
BEND, Ore. (AP) — Several times a week Ryan Strasshofer sifts through the list of homes entering the foreclosure process, punches a list of addresses into his GPS had heads out on what could be called the Burst Bubble Tour of Central Oregon.

• Ore. economic question: Do public works work? 11/30/2008, 10:00 a.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Last week, House Democrats unveiled an ambitious economic plan to help Oregon weather the economic storm ahead.

• No Jackpot Winner 11/30/2008, 7:16 a.m. PST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:

• Knutson leads Portland to win over NevadaN 11/29/2008, 10:23 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kramer Knutson scored 15 points as Portland survived a bad night at the foul line to register a 63-61 victory over Nevada on Saturday.

• Slugs cause Christmas tree rejection 11/29/2008, 10:05 p.m. PST
HONOLULU (AP) — Four containers of Christmas trees from Oregon have been turned back, after slugs were found in some of the holiday cargo.

• Oregon women defeat Wyoming 51-45 11/29/2008, 9:41 p.m. PST
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Amanda Johnson scored a game-high 13 points to lead Oregon to a 51-45 victory against visiting Wyoming at McArthur Court Saturday night.

• BKC Nevada Portland Box 11/29/2008, 9:35 p.m. PST
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• No. 2 Tar Heels beat Oregon St 11/29/2008, 9:21 p.m. PST
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Iman McFarland scored 16 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to help No. 2 North Carolina hold on to beat Oregon State 82-78 on Saturday night in the Junkanoo Jam.

• No Jackpot Winner 11/29/2008, 9:06 p.m. PST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Saturday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were:

• Pilot survives crash at rural Ore. airport 11/29/2008, 7:44 p.m. PST
MULINO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot has survived the crash of his ultralight aircraft on takeoff from a rural Oregon airport.

• Sheriff: Handgun license holders want data private 11/29/2008, 5:25 p.m. PST
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Oregonians with permission to carry concealed handguns are beginning to let their county sheriffs know whether to keep their license information confidential.

• Pilot survives crash at rural Ore. airport 11/29/2008, 2:38 p.m. PST
MULINO, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the pilot has survived the crash of his ultralight aircraft on takeoff from a rural Oregon airport.

• Sheriff: Handgun license holders want data private 11/29/2008, 2:17 p.m. PST
ALBANY, Ore. (AP) — Oregonians with permission to carry concealed handguns are beginning to let their county sheriffs know whether to keep their license information confidential.

• Ore. commissioner gets liver transplant at 68 11/29/2008, 2:04 p.m. PST
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A Jackson County commissioner has made it through a liver transplant.

• Ore. governor picks moderate for forest board 11/29/2008, 1:42 p.m. PST
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Ted Kulongoski has nominated the founding president of the World Forestry Center in Portland to lead the Oregon Board of Forestry.

• Spot checks show Oregon vote tally accurate 11/29/2008, 1:19 p.m. PST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A double check the Legislature ordered suggests that Oregon's vote tally this year was close to spot-on.

• National Forest visitors down, no one knows why 11/29/2008, 12:03 p.m. PST
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike. Going to the woods was part of what it meant to be an American.

• Ore. assistant youth pastor arrested on sex charge 11/29/2008, 12:00 p.m. PST
NORTH BEND, Ore. (AP) — Police in North Bend say they have arrested an assistant youth pastor on charges of having sex with a teenage girl he met at a church event.

• National Forest visitors down, no one knows why 11/29/2008, 11:45 a.m. PST
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping gear and headed into the national forests to hunt, fish, and hike. Going to the woods was part of what it meant to be an American.

• Eastern Ore. teens plan D.C. trip for inauguration 11/29/2008, 11:02 a.m. PST
HEPPNER, Ore. (AP) — They're still not sure how close they'll get to the big event, but 15 teenagers from Heppner are headed for Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration of Barack Obama as president on Jan. 20.