March Madness: A scorecard to Multnomah County’s last-minute political scramble. The death last weekend of Oregon state Treasurer Ben Westlund set off a mad political scramble Tuesday that reached deep into Multnomah County. In the minutes after Gov. Ted Kulongoski named Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler as the new state treasurer about 7 am, candidates for Wheeler’s job began popping up...
wweek.com - 11:37 a.m.
For the first time in more than a decade, conservatives pass up mounting a candidacy for an open Oregon Supreme Court seat. Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Jack Landau will have an opponent - Allan Arlow , a public utility commission administrative law judge - in the race for an open seat on the Oregon Supreme Court. But what's interesting about the race is...
blog.oregonlive.com - 10:47 a.m.
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski adds to the Democratic bench strength in Salem by naming Multnomah County Chair Ted Wheeler as treasurer. Here are a couple of additional thoughts on Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski's decision to name Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler as the new state treasurer on Tuesday. Kulongoski said his short list came down to two candidates...
blog.oregonlive.com - 9:27 a.m.
Wildlife officials have tried to keep sea lions from eating Columbia River's endangered salmon, dropping under-water bombs and firing rubber bullets and bean bags. Now they are issuing death sentences to the most chronic offenders....
theworldlink.com - 7:37 a.m.
Portland Mayor Sam Adams insists there is sufficient money in the budget to kick start the new bicycle master plan without delaying approved sewer projects....
portlandtribune.com - 7:37 a.m.
With a little ingenuity and a heap of dedication, a couple on the Oregon Coast are working to feed the needy. They've set up the Bay City Community Gardens with 17 plots available for interested gardeners, plus others to feed the hungry. ...
tillamookheadlightherald.com - 7:37 a.m.
A US program pays $150,000 to workers with cancer because of radiation exposure at Hanford and up to $250,000 for illnesses caused by hazardous chemicals. But ill workers can find it overwhelming to gather the information needed for their claims. ...
tri-cityherald.com - 7:37 a.m.
The West Coast is about to take part in the biggest roll out of electric cars and charging stations in the world. The first mass-market electric cars go on sale in the Pacific Northwest at the end of this year. ...
publicbroadcasting.net - 7:37 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden begged the federal government Tuesday for ``immediate and coordinated'' assistance to help Klamath Basin farmers and the environment cope with a drought of ``historic magnitude.'' ...
feeds.stateline.org - 6:27 a.m.
statesmanjournal.com - 6:07 a.m.
The Oregon attorney general's office has put its complaints database online, meaning consumers can better research companies before deciding where to take their business. ...
feeds.stateline.org - 5:27 a.m.
Within hours Tuesday after Gov. Ted Kulongoski named Ted Wheeler as state treasurer, a couple of others — including Salem's Jim Hill, who held the job for eight years — jumped into the race as filing closed for the May 18 primary. ...
feeds.stateline.org - 5:27 a.m.
There were no big-name, last-minute entrants Tuesday for the Democratic and Republican nominations for governor in the May 18 primary. ...
feeds.stateline.org - 5:27 a.m.
As detectives work to solve the puzzle of why a trip to the dentist left 47-year-old Viktor Merezhnikov dead of a gunshot wound, investigators with the Oregon Board of Dentistry say the homicide has brought one of their longest-running cases back to life. ...
feeds.stateline.org - 5:27 a.m.