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First Bisexual to Become Governor in USA as Oregon’s Kitzhaber Resigns

Robert Wilde reports: Amid calls for resignation after conflict of interest allegations involving Oregon Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber and his fiancée and First Lady Cylvia Hayes, on Friday the...

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[VIDEO] Scaffolding Comes Crashing Down After Whoop-Ass Winds Rip Through...

Editor’s note: The video contains some profanity. PORTLAND, Ore. — Some of the strongest winds of the year in Oregon blew down trees, knocked out power and even brought down scaffolding from the side...

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Airport Carpet Attracts Curious Public Fixation

 CBS SeattleFiled under: Entertainment, Humor, The Butcher's Notebook Tagged: Adam Brotman, Amanda Fritz, Bee, Drug use, Eugene, Government of Portland, hallucinogens, MDMA, Oregon, Portland, Seattle,...

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OH YES SHE DID: Woman Stabs Boyfriend Twice for Eating All the Salsa

Police say Phyllis Jefferson yelled at her boyfriend before jamming a pen into his pelvis. Not satisfied yet, cops say she knocked over a TV and used a knife to stab the man in the stomach before...

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‘Purple Sailors': Jellyfish-Like Creatures Pile Up On Oregon Coast in Massive...

ROCKAWAY BEACH, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of jellyfish-like creatures have been piling up on Rockaway Beach in what appears to be a massive die-off. KGW-TV reports ‘Velella velella’ typically live in the...

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‘We Are Oregon’s’ Gender-Pronoun Alice in Wonderland PC Bubble: ‘Don’t...

Elle Mallon’s Additional Grievance Against ‘We Are Oregon’ Kaylee Tornay reports this puzzling, mock-worthy University-as-young-adult-nursery-school  update: Elle Mallon, who was the external vice...

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Immigration Chaos: Millions of Jellyfish Invade Pacific Northwest Beaches

Jellyfish are washing up on shore in Oregon and Washington Eliza Gray Millions of jellyfish are washing up on the shores of beaches in Washington and Oregon, CNN reports. It is not unusual for the...

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Because, Science: Oregon Teacher Arrested After Burning Students with Tesla Coil

UPDATE, 7:01 p.m. – A prosecutor says he is not filing criminal charges against the teacher at this time. SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon science teacher who police say used a Tesla coil to burn the phrase “I...

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OH YES THEY DID: Washington Driver Gets Six Months for ‘Marijuana-Related’...

Jacob Sullum writes: Today a Vancouver, Washington, pot smoker received a six-month jail sentence, followed by five years of probation, in a case that seems to illustrate the injustice caused by his...

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[VIDEO] Kelsey Harkness: Emails Raise Questions About Bias in Sweet Cakes Ruling

Kelsey Harkness writes: …Communications between the agency, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, and the LGBT organization, Basic Rights Oregon, raise questions about potential bias in the...

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As Assisted Suicide Laws Spread, Cancer Survivors, Disabled Object

As citizens from California to Kentucky push for dying rights, advocacy groups for people with disabilities question whether physician-assisted suicide should be legal. Danielle Ohl reports: Doctors...

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Oregon Resident Sentenced for Fraud; Worked as Woman, Collected Disability as...

“I think of a man, and I take away reason, and accountability.” PORTLAND, Ore. –  An Oregon resident who transitioned to a woman more than three decades ago continued collecting Social Security...

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Chaos on the Coast: How Drought and Fire Ravaged North America’s West Coast 

The recipe for drought is simple: mix extended hot weather with a corresponding lack of precipitation and, voilà. Add in a carelessly tossed cigarette or a flash of lightning and drought conditions...

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Sweet Cakes Bakers Defy Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Order to Pay...

The Kleins’ refusal to pay marks another chapter in the long-running controversy pitting their claims of religious freedom against enforcement of anti-discrimination laws. The Oregon couple who made...

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BREAKING: At least 13 People Killed and 20 injured in Shooting at Oregon’s...

FOX2now.com reports: Authorities were “responding to reports of an active shooter” Thursday morning at the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, a sheriff’s spokesman said. “There is...

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Resources: State and Local News Outlets to Follow for News on the Umpqua...

Here’s a list of news outlets reporting from or near Roseburg, Oregon after the community college shooting at Umpqua Community College.  The News-Review is the newspaper in Roseburg and has a timeline...

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Gunman: ‘Stand Up and State Your Religion’, Oregon Witness Report, NYT Link...

INFORM (and others) report: …Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said the gunman was slain in an exchange of gunfire with police officers. The suspect was not identified but CNN reported it was a man in...

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Who Is Chris Harper Mercer? Oregon’s Alleged Umqua Community College Shooter...

Sarah Berger reports: Chris Harper Mercer, 26, has been identified as the shooter responsible for taking the lives of at least 10 people at a community college in southwest Oregon earlier Thursday, law...

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Media Narrative: Half-Black Oregon Killer is a ‘White Supremacist’

Was he a Half-White Supremacist? Daniel Greenfield writes: According to the LA Times, Chris Harper Mercer, the Oregon killer, was a “White Supremacist“. One slight problem. Mercer identified as...

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340 Sanctuaries Release 9,295 Criminals

  View Map in Full Screen – View Image of Map – View Sanctuary Cities Topic Page Across the U.S., there are 340 cities, counties, and states that are considered “sanctuary cities”. These jurisdiction...

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