KVAL 13 - Local & Regional News http://www.kval.com/news/local en-us KVAL 13 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:08:45 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:08:45 -0700 10 Oregon woman missing in Hawaii found dead http://www.kval.com/news/local/Oregon-woman-missing-in-Hawaii-found-dead-208434651.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Oregon-woman-missing-in-Hawaii-found-dead-208434651.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:42:13 -0700 An Oregon tourist who went missing on Oahu has been found dead, Honolulu police said Tuesday.

]]> 2013-05-21T20:42:13-07:00 2013-05-21T22:23:14-07:00 Water line break in South Eugene http://www.kval.com/news/local/Water-line-break-in-South-Eugene-208439991.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Water-line-break-in-South-Eugene-208439991.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:58:03 -0700 2013-05-21T21:58:03-07:00 2013-05-21T22:50:57-07:00 Voters OK school bond, jail levy but shoot down city service fee http://www.kval.com/politics/Voters-OK-school-jail-taxes-but-shoot-down-city-service-fee--208435561.html http://www.kval.com/politics/Voters-OK-school-jail-taxes-but-shoot-down-city-service-fee--208435561.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:55:17 -0700 Eugene voters approved a school technology and facilities bond but defeated a city services fee.

]]> 2013-05-21T20:55:17-07:00 2013-05-21T22:01:07-07:00 Tornado stirs memories in Oregon town http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tornado-stirs-memories-in-Aumsville-208433651.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tornado-stirs-memories-in-Aumsville-208433651.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:30:59 -0700 It’s been two and a half years since a tornado made its way through Aumsville, leaving a trail of destruction behind. 

]]> 2013-05-21T20:30:59-07:00 2013-05-21T21:14:43-07:00 It’s been two and a half years since a tornado made its way through Aumsville, leaving a trail of destruction behind. 

]]> Results: May 21, 2013, Oregon Election http://www.kval.com/politics/Election-Results-May-21-2013-Oregon-special--208354001.html http://www.kval.com/politics/Election-Results-May-21-2013-Oregon-special--208354001.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:20:53 -0700 2013-05-21T11:20:53-07:00 2013-05-21T22:26:53-07:00 PETA @ OSU: 'It just made me sick to see the pictures' http://www.kval.com/politics/PETA--OSU--208403831.html http://www.kval.com/politics/PETA--OSU--208403831.html Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:33 -0700 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals set up a "glass walls" demonstration at Oregon State University on Monday.

]]> 2013-05-21T15:46:33-07:00 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals set up a "glass walls" demonstration at Oregon State University on Monday.

]]> Police: Springfield man missing since May 3 http://www.kval.com/news/local/Police-Springfield-man-missing-since-May-3-208400191.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Police-Springfield-man-missing-since-May-3-208400191.html Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:16 -0700 Police want the public's help locating a 25-year-old Springfield man reported missing earlier this month.

]]> 2013-05-21T15:24:16-07:00 Sheriff: Man's disappearance 'suspicious' http://www.kval.com/news/local/Sheriff-Mans-disappearance-suspicious-208347761.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Sheriff-Mans-disappearance-suspicious-208347761.html Tue, 21 May 2013 10:40:48 -0700 The whereabouts of a man reported missing May 2 remain unknown, and the sheriff's office is now asking for the public's help locating him.

]]> 2013-05-21T10:40:48-07:00 2013-05-21T11:35:44-07:00 Tree blocks Hwy 126 west of Blue River http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tree-blocks-Hwy-126-west-of-Blue-River-208398011.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tree-blocks-Hwy-126-west-of-Blue-River-208398011.html Tue, 21 May 2013 15:12:55 -0700 A tree fell and blocked both lane of Oregon Highway 126 two miles west of Blue River.

]]> 2013-05-21T15:12:55-07:00 2013-05-21T16:35:09-07:00 Former Cottage Grove youth pastor OK in Moore, Oklahoma http://www.kval.com/news/local/Former-Cottage-Grove-youth-pastor-OK-in-Moore-Oklahoma-208395371.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Former-Cottage-Grove-youth-pastor-OK-in-Moore-Oklahoma-208395371.html Tue, 21 May 2013 14:54:58 -0700 Youth pastor Mike Normand and his family moved from Cottage Grove to Moore, Oklahoma, a year and a half ago for work.

]]> 2013-05-21T14:54:58-07:00 2013-05-21T16:58:25-07:00 Youth pastor Mike Normand and his family moved from Cottage Grove to Moore, Oklahoma, a year and a half ago for work.

]]> Snow kidding: White fluffy stuff in forecast for mountain passes http://www.kval.com/news/local/Snow-kidding-Fluffy-stuff-in-forecast-for-mountain-passes-208373321.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Snow-kidding-Fluffy-stuff-in-forecast-for-mountain-passes-208373321.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:27 -0700 From 70s and sunny on Monday to 50s and rainy Tuesday - and the weather isn't done turning foul yet.

]]> 2013-05-21T13:09:27-07:00 2013-05-21T14:11:55-07:00 'To me, he was after my daughter': Burglary or attempted kidnapping? http://www.kval.com/news/local/ALLEGED-ATTEMPTED-KIDNAPPING-UPDATE-208236111.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/ALLEGED-ATTEMPTED-KIDNAPPING-UPDATE-208236111.html Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:58 -0700 Similar to an incident that happened in the River Road area a week ago a mother says she caught a man in her home reaching out towards her daughter. 

 
]]> 2013-05-20T17:20:58-07:00 2013-05-20T18:17:42-07:00 Similar to an incident that happened in the River Road area a week ago a mother says she caught a man in her home reaching out towards her daughter. 

 
]]> Photos: Emerald City hosts 'The Big O' flat track tournament http://www.kval.com/news/local/Photos-Fast-times-on-The-Big-O-flat-track--208083881.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Photos-Fast-times-on-The-Big-O-flat-track--208083881.html Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:12 -0700 Local roller derby teams The Emerald City Roller Girls and The Lane County Concussion hosted two dozen teams in a flat track tournament at the Lane Events Center through the weekend. 

]]> 2013-05-19T18:17:12-07:00 2013-05-20T11:16:01-07:00 Timber country: 'A beautiful place to live, a hard place to make a living' http://www.kval.com/politics/Oregon-timber-country-ponders-future-with-fewer-logs-208380501.html http://www.kval.com/politics/Oregon-timber-country-ponders-future-with-fewer-logs-208380501.html Tue, 21 May 2013 13:47:31 -0700 Nearly 1 million people live in Oregon's timber country. The region's troubles have reached a tipping point since the expiration last year of federal subsidies that were sent to rural counties across America for 11 years to offset revenue losses caused by reduced logging on federal lands to protect endangered and threatened species.

]]> 2013-05-21T13:47:31-07:00 2013-05-21T14:30:15-07:00 Food stamp cuts worry recipients: 'That's how we get our food' http://www.kval.com/politics/Proposed-food-stamp-cuts-worry-recipients-Thats-how-we-get-our-food-208384671.html http://www.kval.com/politics/Proposed-food-stamp-cuts-worry-recipients-Thats-how-we-get-our-food-208384671.html Tue, 21 May 2013 14:02:05 -0700 According to the Department of Agriculture, 1 in 7 Americans rely on the supplemental nutritional assistance program, commonly known as food stamps. The program cost the U.S. $80 billion last year. Last week a U.S. Senate committee approved over $4 billion dollars in cuts to the progam over the next 10 years.

]]> 2013-05-21T14:02:05-07:00 2013-05-21T14:04:25-07:00 According to the Department of Agriculture, 1 in 7 Americans rely on the supplemental nutritional assistance program, commonly known as food stamps. The program cost the U.S. $80 billion last year. Last week a U.S. Senate committee approved over $4 billion dollars in cuts to the progam over the next 10 years.

]]> Civil War reenactors give Lebanon a blast from the past http://www.kval.com/news/local/Civil-War-reenactors-give-Lebanon-a-blast-from-the-past-208020821.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Civil-War-reenactors-give-Lebanon-a-blast-from-the-past-208020821.html Sat, 18 May 2013 16:27:40 -0700 Life during 1863 was put on display at Cheadle Lake in Lebanon this weekend as Civil War reenactors showed spectators what it was like to live (and die) fighting in the war that divided our nation.

]]> 2013-05-18T16:27:40-07:00 2013-05-19T15:53:02-07:00 Life during 1863 was put on display at Cheadle Lake in Lebanon this weekend as Civil War reenactors showed spectators what it was like to live (and die) fighting in the war that divided our nation.

]]> Driver thrown from truck in crash dies http://www.kval.com/news/local/Driver-not-wearing-seatbelt-thrown-from-truck-in-crash-killed-208367401.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Driver-not-wearing-seatbelt-thrown-from-truck-in-crash-killed-208367401.html Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:33 -0700 A 20-year-old man who wasn't wearing a seatbelt died when his truck went off the road and overturned, ejecting him from the cabin.

]]> 2013-05-21T12:36:33-07:00 2013-05-21T13:22:38-07:00 Police: Motorcycle passing on right hits car turning right http://www.kval.com/news/local/Motorcycle-passing-on-right-hits-car-turning-right-208366231.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Motorcycle-passing-on-right-hits-car-turning-right-208366231.html Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:19 -0700 A motorcyclist and his passenger crashed when the bike tried to pass a car on the right on Highway 99 as the car made a righthand turn, Oregon State Police said.

]]> 2013-05-21T12:30:19-07:00 High school senior in wheelchair couldn't go to prom http://www.kval.com/news/health/Senior-couldnt-go-to-prom-because-venue-had-no-wheelchair-access-208340791.html http://www.kval.com/news/health/Senior-couldnt-go-to-prom-because-venue-had-no-wheelchair-access-208340791.html Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:26 -0700 A Lake Oswego High School senior couldn’t get into prom last weekend because the venue didn’t have wheelchair access.

]]> 2013-05-21T09:55:26-07:00 2013-05-21T16:55:13-07:00 A Lake Oswego High School senior couldn’t get into prom last weekend because the venue didn’t have wheelchair access.

]]> Horizon flight with blown tire lands safely http://www.kval.com/news/local/Horizon-flight-with-blown-tire-on-landing-gear-lands-safely--208358901.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Horizon-flight-with-blown-tire-on-landing-gear-lands-safely--208358901.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:53:36 -0700 A Spokane International Airport spokesman confirms that a Horizon Air flight landed safely in Spokane despite a blown tire on its landing gear.

]]> 2013-05-21T11:53:36-07:00 Former Duck football player Cliff Harris declines diversion, wants trial http://www.kval.com/news/local/Former-Duck-football-player-Cliff-Harris-to-face-trial-208357391.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Former-Duck-football-player-Cliff-Harris-to-face-trial-208357391.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:43:47 -0700 Former Oregon football player Cliff Harris will face trial in Hillsboro on a domestic harassment charge.

]]> 2013-05-21T11:43:47-07:00 2013-05-21T12:48:57-07:00 Tax court ruling could cost Benton County $9 million http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tax-court-ruling-could-cost-Benton-County-9-million-208355851.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Tax-court-ruling-could-cost-Benton-County-9-million-208355851.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:33:51 -0700 An Oregon Tax Court judge ruled that Hewlett-Packard's campus in Corvallis was overvalued on property tax bills from 2008 until 2011, a decision that could cost Benton County more than $9 million in tax revenue.

]]> 2013-05-21T11:33:51-07:00 Red Cross volunteers from Oregon head to Oklahoma http://www.kval.com/news/local/Red-Cross-volunteers-from-Oregon-head-to-Oklahoma-208352221.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Red-Cross-volunteers-from-Oregon-head-to-Oklahoma-208352221.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:49 -0700 The Oregon Red Cross plans to deploy volunteers to parts of Oklahoma devastated by tornadoes, with the first people from Albany and Portland set to deploy Tuesday.

]]> 2013-05-21T11:08:49-07:00 2013-05-21T12:46:29-07:00 Detroit Lake fishing derby: 'Even though it was wet, we still had a blast' http://www.kval.com/news/local/Detroit-Lake-Fishing-Derby-208188801.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/Detroit-Lake-Fishing-Derby-208188801.html Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:14 -0700 The skies might have been gray and the rain a little heavy at times, but that didn't stop hundreds of anglers from casting their lines into Detroit Lake over the weekend to catch some trout.

]]> 2013-05-20T13:22:14-07:00 2013-05-21T13:51:04-07:00 'I perform at kids birthday parties, but that isn’t with fire' http://www.kval.com/news/local/I-perform-at-kids-birthday-parties-but-that-isnt-with-fire-208168731.html http://www.kval.com/news/local/I-perform-at-kids-birthday-parties-but-that-isnt-with-fire-208168731.html Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:01 -0700 Morgan Goldberg, also known as Morgan Le Flame, earned the title of Portland’s Fire Entertainer of the Year in 2012. 

]]> 2013-05-20T11:45:01-07:00 2013-05-20T15:17:48-07:00 Morgan Goldberg, also known as Morgan Le Flame, earned the title of Portland’s Fire Entertainer of the Year in 2012. 

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