The Bend blogosphere is abuzz with the story of a Bulletin reporter who lost his job after complaining the paper was sugar-coating its coverage of the local real estate market.
Oregon Republican Sen. Gordon Smith is one of Capitol Hill's most enthusiastic and skillful golfers - so much so that he made Golf Digest's 2005 list of Washington's Top 200 Golfers.
Awbrey Butte residents might be in for a replay of the Great Clothesline War of 2007 if they vote to create a new homeowners' association.
This just in from our sources in Klamath Falls: Perennial anti-tax crusader Bill Sizemore has come out in favor of a tax increase to offset the loss of federal timber payments.
Kyle Sonnen and girlfriend Laura Deatherage before he was killed in a car crash last month.Just before 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 Laura Deatherage logged on to Facebook and posted a short message on the wall of her boyfriend, Kyle Sonnen.
"i love you more than the world and wish i was in your arms up in heaven, i can't live without you."Laura said she can't help but believe Kyle heard her message.
"It was just kind of a way to talk to him - that there's this chance that he sees it," she said quietly, maybe still not sure herself what prompted her to leave him a message on the Internet.
At the very least, it was her way to say another goodbye.
Sonnen, 20, and Deatherage, 18, were traveling on the Mt. Baker Highway outside Bellingham, WA., on Feb. 7 when Sonnen attempted to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone, according to police. Sonnen's 2000 Subaru hatchback slid off the road and hit a tree, killing him almost immediately. Laura suffered several injuries including a broken femur, a broken wrist and a gash on her head that required 22 staples.
Steve Novick, campaigning for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, picked up a valuable endorsement this week - that of former Gov. John Kitzhaber.
Central Oregon LandWatch and Friends of the Metolius are going to court to try to protect the scenic river from two planned new destination resorts.
A couple of weeks ago on a rainy Tuesday morning, Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shuffled papers on his desk when his assistant informed him of a discreet caller on the line. It was President Clinton, and this time the phone call wasn’t to discuss personal pleasantries. Bradbury worked on Clinton’s presidential campaigns in 1991 and 1995, and both of their daughters, Chelsea Clinton and Zoe Bradbury, attended Stanford University together in the late 1990s
The former president was calling Bradbury, one of Oregon’s 12 so-called Super Delegates — there are 796 nationwide — to persuade him to cast his vote for Hillary rather than Barack Obama
Love him or hate him - and it seems that nobody's in between - you have to agree that Bill Sizemore has been a major mover and shaker in Oregon politics for the past 15 years. The anti-tax, anti-government, anti-union crusader hasn't written his autobiography yet, but if you want a comprehensive low-down on what he's been up to since 1993, Democracy Reform Oregon has it.
KBND-AM's on-line presidential poll found Republican nominee-apparent John McCain in the lead with 32% — not a big surprise, considering KBND's all-right-wing-all-the-time talk show lineup.
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