In an unusual move, Democratic primary challenger Jeff Reardon collected the endorsements of 10 Democratic state legislators in his bid to unseat Rep. Mike Schaufler. Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week: But today, a group of 10 lawmakers who will actually ... »
The Humane Society of the United States, Predator Defense, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Audubon Society of Portland, and Cascadia Wildlands have filed a petition before the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission to protect non-target wildlife sp... »
Image via Wikipedia In addition to mandatory kitchen-slop recycling, the city of Portland also expects you to recycle all of your glass jars and bottles. A laudable concern, certainly, as it should be much "greener" to make new jars and... »
By Nancye Ballard, Marys Peak Group (MPG) Outings Leader On Friday afternoon, February 4, eight MPGers took advantage of the unseasonably mild weather to tour Coffin Butte Landfill and the Pacific Rim Compost facility, both north of Corvallis. Jordan T... »
My wife and I live in Salem, a.k.a. "So-lame," Portland's dowdy, plain, uncool neighbor to the south. We wish our city could be half as ravishingly interesting as Portland is. No, one-tenth as interesting. Heck, give us any little slice... »
The abrupt decision by Oregon Attorney General John Kroger not to seek reelection due to unspecified health reasons leaves a wide open seat for the job. This is one of those campaigns where my personal learning curve about the candidates is on a pretty... »
Oh, man... just what I didn't need so early in the new year -- another reason to be depressed about the prospects of Salem, Oregon being able to ditch it's well-deserved nickname, So-Lame. Today the Statesman Journal newspaper revealed what... »
