Police, arrest logs published May 16, 2012

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These logs are the highlights of initial emergency calls and reports to the Douglas County Dispatch Center. They do not represent all the incidents ...

No decision yet on garbage rate hike

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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland City Council will wait another week before deciding whether to hike garbage rates. The city says high gas prices, a depressed market for recyclable materials and an ...

White powder envelopes came from county jail

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Portland firefighters help remove the nerve suit from a fireman, center, who collected evidence from a envelope containing a white powder at the downtown Hilton Hotel Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in ...

Reynolds teachers packing up for strike

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PORTLAND, Ore. – Teachers at Reynolds High School are packing up their classrooms on Wednesday afternoon in anticipation of a possible strike. Wednesday afternoon around 50 educators planned ...

Solar eclipse may be visible from Oregon locations this Sunday

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Something strange is about to happen to the shadows beneath your feet. On Sunday, May 20, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of Earth into fat ...

More sheep killed by wolf in E. Oregon

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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife agents have confirmed that a wolf is responsible for the death of three more sheep in Umatilla County.The depredation occurred on the morning of May 12 in a ...

Oregon Zoo bans tobacco starting May 26

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Portland Business Journal by Wendy Culverwell , Business Journal staff writer Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 3:29pm PDT - Last Modified: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 3:32pm ...

7 treated after ammonia leak at Ore. potato plant

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BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) -- Authorities say seven people suffering from exposure to an ammonia leak at a potato plant in Boardman have been released from the ...

Timber county cutting law enforcement to the bone

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- After Josephine County voters resoundingly turned thumbs down on a levy Tuesday to plug a $12 million budget gap left by the expiration of a federal safety net for timber ...

Man in Ore. custody dispute back from New Zealand

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BEAVERTON, Ore. (AP) -- Beaverton police say a man who violated a Washington County custody agreement and took his son to New Zealand in December 2010 has returned to the United ...