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Ore. university students could face tuition hike

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:08:53 -0700

Students attending Oregon's seven public universities could face a 5 percent tuition increase next year after a panel voted Friday to forward proposed increases to the full Board of Higher Education for review next month.

Watch: Surveillance video shows collapse of Skagit River bridge

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:47:11 -0700

Surveillance video from a nearby dealership shows the collapse of the Skagit River bridge

Springfield PD: Man hit and killed by drunk driver

Sat, 25 May 2013 09:04:24 -0700

A man was hit and killed by a drunk driver early Saturday morning while he was walking along Highway 126 in Springfield, police said.

Silver City in Idaho clinging to roots, ghost town status

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:14 -0700

Today, about 150 years since it was founded, sits Silver City — fatigued and worn, yet boasting of character and history — one of the Gem State's most iconic ghost towns.

Intense thunderstorm upstages cruise ship entertainment

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:07:28 -0700

It's not often entertainment on board a cruise ship can be upstaged but on this particular night, Mother Nature gave it a shot.

Police: Student, 17, built explosive device to detonate at high school

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:53:26 -0700

A 17-year-old West Albany High School student was arrested late Thursday night after police say he constructed an explosive device with plans to detonate it at his school.

'If certain elements of that bridge are cut, the entire structure collapses'

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:57 -0700

The heavily-used Harrisburg bridge that crosses the Willamette River is built the same way as the bridge that collapsed Thursday in Washington state. ODOT said a collapse is a possibility, as Harrisburg is one of more than 300 bridges in Oregon that are "fracture critical."

Let there be streetlights: 'There are things to do in Springfield after 5'

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:49 -0700

Business members and the Springfield Citizen's Advisory Committee spent Thursday night walking along Main St. charting the darkest sections of sidewalk and speculating on the best places for lights for a demonstration streetlight project they are working toward.

Local plastic recyclers adapt to China's 'Operation Green Fence'

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:28:54 -0700

Heightened environmental standards of inbound waste shipments to China known as "Operation Green Fence" are hurting dedicated recyclers in Lane County.

Massive Open Online Courses: 'These videos are the new text book'

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:22 -0700

The University of Oregon is developing MOOCs, or massive open online courses, with the capacity to teach thousands of students from the comfort of their own home.

OSP: Trooper finds 8 pounds of birthday pot

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:28 -0700

An illegal birthday surprise was foiled by the Oregon State Police on Monday, after troopers say they found 8 pounds of pot wrapped up as birthday gifts.

New doc confirms that UO president met with NCAA committee

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:45 -0700

The documents were in response to a public records request by KATU for Gottfredson's calendar revealing his schedule to meet with the committee. Members will decide whether the Ducks football team will face sanctions for recruiting violations.

Collapse survivor: 'It was a rough day. I'm glad to be breathing'

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:50:14 -0700

When Dan Sligh and his wife got into their truck to begin a camping trip Thursday evening, they never could have imagined they would end up in the frigid Skagit River tangled in the wreckage of a collapsed bridge.

New neon to illuminate Whiteside Theatre in Corvallis

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:32:33 -0700

The Whiteside Theatre's marquee has been around since the 1920s in downtown Corvallis. As part of a big renovation that started last fall, the giant marquee will be lit up in neon.

Backups on I-5 as detoured cars crawl around collapsed bridge

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:50:22 -0700

The Washington Transportation Department says traffic on Interstate 5 in Skagit County backed up Friday afternoon about a mile northbound and two miles southbound as cars crawled through detours around the collapsed Skagit River bridge in Mount Vernon.

'Horrified' trucker watches I-5 bridge collapse behind him

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:39:04 -0700

A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror.

OSU researcher studies ways to build tornado-resistant homes

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:59 -0700

Researchers at Oregon State University are working to build homes that can hold up better in tornadoes like the ones in Oklahoma.

Vandals wreck preschool playground and garden

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:14:17 -0700

Vandals have repeatedly hit Maple Lawn School this month, damaging playground equipment, trees - even the preschool garden.

5.7 Quake shakes N. California, some damage reported

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:25:38 -0700

A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely forested region, officials said Friday.

Oregon timber counties to receive money from Feds

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:56:15 -0700

Federal timber payments held up by the mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration will start showing up in Oregon timber county accounts next week.

Caught on camera: 'He broke the glass, reached in and just ran'

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:04:38 -0700

A security guard at an adjacent business ran across the property to try to stop the man after the break-in was caught on camera but the suspect was already gone.

Stroke victim 24 years old

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:57 -0700

Megan McCombs started having severe headaches. Then her vision got blurry. At the ER, brain scans confirmed the news: the 24-year-old University of Oregon student suffered a stroke.

Officers raid marijuana clinics in Eugene, Medford

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:14:32 -0700

A witness saw two women led out of a Eugene medical marijuana dispensary in handcuffs on Thursday as law enforcement in Medford executed search warrants on similar organizations there.

Family dog attacks infant's face

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:27 -0700

A family dog attacked a baby boy's face Thursday morning, sending the child to Portland for reconstructive surgery.

Time running out for gnome thief

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:32:38 -0700

Someone stole a hand-crocheted gnome from a community college art show. Now the artist is seeking the public's help identifying a man seen in surveillance footage the night the gnome vanished.