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Monday, March 3, 2008
Portland Fans Turn Out For Thrilling OSU Series
Tuition-Free Schools Scare Oregon Colleges
Buying a House? Facing Foreclosure? WA Has New Counseling Hotline
Portland Board To Discuss School Buildings
Public Hearings Begin On Cascade Locks Casino
Crews Remove Damaged Gate, Columbia Reopened to River Traffic
WA Senate Majority Leader Sues to Overturn Super-Majority Rule
Broughton Mill Plans Whip Up Waves Of Controversy In The Gorge
Tre Arrow Pleads Not-Guilty In Portland Court
Nez Perce Buffalo Hunt Ends After Dustup
Gregoire Says President’s Budget Falls Short For Hanford Cleanup
Kitzhaber Endorses Novick In U.S. Senate Primary Race
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Portland Board Begins Process Of Updating School Buildings
Sudden Oak Death Spreading In Oregon, State Officials Fighting Back
Board Approves Contract With School Custodians
Two Initiatives Aim To Overturn Recent Gay Rights Laws
Group Seeks To Ban GMO Sugar Beets
New Rules Mean More Staff For Oregon Nursing Homes
WA Republicans Unveil $6 Billion Highway Plan
Former Kitzhaber Advisor Joins 5th District Race
Oregon Author Admits Six-Figure Memoir Is Fiction
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Teens Turning To Prescription Drugs
Presidential Power And The War On Terror With NPR's Ari Shapiro
Gorge Haze Thicker When PGE's Boardman Plant's Running
Governor's Deputy Chief Of Staff Will Run For Treasurer
Computer Picks A Lucky 3000 To Join Oregon Health Plan
Handful Of Alumni Live To See CCC’s Diamond Anniversary
Northwest States Look For Ideas On How To Clean Up Gorge Air
New Oregon Law Stores Water For Dry Days Of Summer
Washington Joins Idaho In Competition For Uranium Factory
Wyden Sends Letter In Support of Central Oregon Planemakers
Portland Council Approves Day Labor Site
Math Wars: The Battle Over How To Teach Math In Schools
Possible Bottle Bill Expansion On The Horizon
Thursday, March 6, 2008
WA Legislatures Passes Climate Change Proposal
Marbled Murrelet Habitat Protected For Now
Solar Energy Industry Continues To Shine
Oregon Groups Help Fund Washington Assisted Suicide Measure
Former Eugene Mayor Will Run Again
Supreme Court Throws Out Punitive Damage Award
Oregon’s Fifth District Race Gets Another Candidate
Jury Convicts Briana Waters In 2001 Firebombing
Toxic Toy Bill On Life Support In WA Legislature
Police And Jails Providing Much Of State's Mental Health Care
Friday, March 7, 2008
Farmers Show Concern About LNG Pipeline
Portland's TAG Program Not Up To State Standards
Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District Could Be Battleground
Rat Poison Canisters Washing Ashore On NW Beaches
Pendleton Academies Provide Rural Mental Health Care
Water Outlook Good For Eastern Washington Farmers
Oregon State Hospital Makes Register Of Historic Places
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Some Wineries Making The Switch To Glass ‘Corks’
Washington Legislature Enters Home Stretch
Monday, March 10, 2008
Portland Artist Weaves Answers Into Whitney Biennial
FEMA Trailers May Be Headed To Vernonia
Native Police Could Get Power To Arrest Non-Natives On Tribal Lands
Senate Race Features More Than Headliners
Non-Profits Missing Out On Green Power Tax Credits
Housing Slump Burns Timber Industry
Wells To Blame For Drugs Found In Portland's Drinking Water
Florida Looks to Oregon for Possible Vote-by-Mail
Size of Proposed Gorge Casino Under Dispute
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Newborn Calves Are A Sure Sign Of Spring
Counting Idaho Dairy Cows Is Challenging
Businesses Meet To Talk About Escalating Heathcare Costs
Idaho Ban on Election Day Hard Liquor May Be Overturned
New Building For The Pacific Northwest College of Arts
Gas Prices To Go Even Higher
Questions Raised About Selling Solar Tax Credits
Flurry of Bills Pass Washington Legislature
Yamhill County Voters Decide Between Paul Newman and Garth Brooks
Toxic Groundwater Cleanup Expands at Hanford
Gorge Commission Considers Destination Resort Proposal
Oregon Surgeon Arrested and Accused of Patient Deaths
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Senators Look At Adding Social Well-being To GDP
Study Finds Outside Support Best For Weight Loss
Washington Lawmaker Has Plan For Faulty Home Construction
Oregon House Will Be Election Battleground
Oregon Filing Deadline Changes With Times
Filing Deadline Represents Official Kick-Off to Senate Primary
Washington Democrats Budget Deal Saves $835 Million
Oregon Labor Chief Resigns
Oregon Looks To Ground For Water Storage Solutions
Washington Republicans Criticize Budget Deal
Hanford Reactor Clears Preservation Hurdle
More Oregon Students Diagnosed With Autism
Washington Legislature Drops Sonics Bill
Boise Flunks Tighter Smog Standard
Defazio Tells Obama, Clinton to End Negative Campaigns
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Labor Commissioner Switcheroo Shocks Secretary Of State Race
Redevelopment In Columbia Gorge Stirs Passion
Washington Court Says No To Random Drug Tests
Court Rules On Sexual Abuse Statute Of Limitations
Avakian Appointed To Labor Commissioner Post
Judge Takes Up Release Of Sex Abuse Case Documents
Ocean Salmon Fishing Outlook Bleak
Pentagon To Hold 'Family Update' In Portland
Friday, March 14, 2008
Needs Of 'Dual Diagnoses' Sufferers Difficult To Meet
Conservationists Petition To Protect Snails And Slugs
Blumenauer Introduces Infrastructure Bill
Continental Airlines To Test Bio-Jet Fuel
Casino Hearing Brings Out Crowd In Portland
It’s A Wrap: Washington Legislature Adjourns
Sluggish Housing Market Hits Oregon
Rural Oregon's Hidden Epidemic - Mental Illness and Suicide
Bank Calls In Its Loans From Major Bend Homebuilder
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Layoffs At RV Makers Follow Sales Slump
Chopp Says Healthcare Ballot Measure Possible in ‘09
Monday, March 17, 2008
Oregon Gets Statewide Drug Test; Washington Likely Next
Free Beer Dries Up On Capitol Hill
Protesters Brave Rain For Rally Marking Fifth Anniversary Of Iraq Invasion
Study Finds Garbage-To-Fuel Best Fit For NW
Feds Sweep Up Northwest Cockfighting Network
Judge Hears Challenge To Public Financing System
New Advice On Rx Disposal: 'Crush, Don’t Flush'
Washington State Cracks Down On Private Dams
Walden At NRCC When Audit Problem Started
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Oregonians Approve Of Session Even If They Didn't Know About It
High Court Approves Top-Two Primary For Washington
Oregon Gears Up For 150th Birthday
Fish-Eating Sea Lions Get Death Sentence
Democratic Voter Rolls Swell As Primary Approaches
PCBs In Columbia River Bass May Not Mean Extensive Clean-Up
Oregon Lawmakers Weigh In On D.C. Gun Ban Case
FAA Responds To Wyden's Concerns About Small Plane Reviews
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Judge Postpones Release Decision In Patel Case
What's The Value Of The Trees In Your Neighborhood?
More Terminally Ill Patients Requesting Assisted Suicide Prescriptions
Portland Council Celebrates Hoops Successes
Contamination Concerns Raised About Gorge Mill Site
Medford Teacher Appeals Guns In School Decision
Protests Mark Five Years Of Iraq War
Foundation Works To Bring Iraqi Military Interpreters To The U.S.
Initiative Would Exempt Cigar Bars From Indoor Smoking Ban
Bend Media Feel Pressure From Declining Real Estate Industry
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Former Mexican President Talks Immigration In Portland
Locals Say 'Come See Mt. Hood, Sen. Coburn'
Chemical Deicer Being Blamed For Washington Finch Deaths
Redmond Transportation Project Key To State Corridor
Vikings Happy With First Dance In March Madness
Sales Tax Idea Floats Again In Salem
OSU Players Arrested After Late-NIght Target Practice
Obama Fans Snap Up Tickets for Oregon Campaign Stops
Guard Members Prepare For 2nd Major Deployment To Iraq
Tibet Protestors Bring Message To Pacific Northwest
No Public Funds For Dozono
Cessna Adds 100 Jobs In Bend
Fans Cheer On PSU Vikings In First NCAA Tourney Game
Friday, March 21, 2008
MindFreedom Seeks To Insure Rights Of Those With Mental Illness
Obama Begins Oregon Tour With Endorsement In Portland
Oregon Interest High In This Year's NCAA Tourney
Kulongoski Calls For Tobacco Tax Hike In State Of The State Address
Will Toxins Lead To Klamath River Dam Removal?
LNG Plan Approved, Challenges Underway
On Our Minds: OPB's Series On Mental Health Care In Oregon
Obama Takes Time For Questions In Salem
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Campaign Swing Ends With Town Hall Meeting In Medford
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Chess Moves Into The Classroom In Idaho
Monday, March 24, 2008
Threatened Fish Return To Tryon Creek
DNA Backlog In Washington As More Criminals Get Swabbed
Dozono Will Continue Campaign For Portland Mayor
Rogue River Cheese Now Available In Europe
Portland Mayor Loses Bet - Attends Vancouver City Council Meeting
State Office Of Rural Policy To Close After Only Four Years
Governor Pushes Solar, Renewable Power Tax Credits
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
WSU Gets $25 Million For School For Global Animal Health
Bank Begins Foreclosure on Bend Builder's Subdivision
Appeals Filed To Stop Metolius Basin Development
Burrowing Owls Struggling To Survive In The Northwest
Dozono To Continue Campaign For Mayor Without Public Funds
Tidal Energy Company Withdraws Permit Request
Portland Housing Market Finally Shows Drop In Prices
NW States Update Organ Donation Laws
Displaced Vernonia Residents Move Into FEMA Mobile Homes
Bend Transgendered Man Says He Will Give Birth
Portland And Seattle Join Housing Market Slump
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Deschutes County Joins Soft Housing Market
Some Oregon Lawmakers Urge Caution On Creating Marine Reserves
Bend Man Claims To Be Pregnant
Clatsop County Commissioner Recalled In Special Election
2010 Olympics In Vancouver Will Help Northwest, Says CEO
Klamath Falls Adding Direct Flights To San Francisco
Odds High, Stakes Higher In Health Care Lottery
Washington Attorney General Offers ID Theft Prevention Tips
Land Set Aside For Endangered Butterfly
Entire Planning Commission In Eastern Oregon Town Resigns
Oregon Scores Low On Classroom Technology
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Record Gold Prices Raise Questions About 1872 Mining Act
Oregon Presidential Ballot Finalized
Lobbying Still Fierce On Washington Toxic Toys Bill
De-Icer Used In Washington May Be Affecting Finches
Oregon Democrats Shift Debate To Economy
Oregon Ranks Poorly In Classroom Technology
Sen. Hillary Clinton To Visit Oregon
Deadline To Remove Studded Tires Extended
Salmon Recovery At Risk From Global Warming
FERC And State Agree To Collaborate On Wave Energy
Walden's Earmark Requests Online, Bend Misses Out
Bend's Growth Slows, Could Help Housing Market
Water War: The Fight Over Non-Permitted Wells
Found Parachute May Be From Hijacker D.B. Cooper
Boardman Race Track Construction Off To Good Start
Third Iraq Deployment For Fort Lewis Battalion
Friday, March 28, 2008
Faux Film Festival Comes To Portland
Washington Army Unit Deploys To Iraq For Third Time
New Carissa Removal Begins This Weekend
European Travel Channel To Shoot Series In Oregon
Delisted Wolves Still Protected By Oregon And Washington Laws
Oceanographer Predicts Better Salmon Runs Next Year
Turn Rebates Into 'Greenbates' Urge Congress Members
Oregon's Fifth District Race Heats Up
Springtime Snow Hits Northwest
Bend Bicyclists Blaze New Business
Monday, March 31, 2008
Foster Kid Advocates in Washington Applaud Budget
'Big Look' Task Force To Introduce Changes To Land-Use Planning
Gresham Light Rail Patrols Begin Tuesday
Amelia Makes A Long Lovely List Of Repairs
Kulongoski Off On Intercontinental Trade Mission
Senate Democratic Candidates Tout Resumes
Bill Clinton Continues Campaign Swing Through Oregon
'Big Look' Back In Business
Gregoire To Sign Budget, Line-Item Vetoes Likely

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