GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a conservative civil liberties group in hopes of getting his job back.

Craig Fondren of Sabin Community Development was honored this week as one of eight Newsmakers of the Year, at the annual Royal Rosarian Newsmakers' Awards Banquet

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's public universities have asked the Legislature for more power to manage their affairs as they face a future that promises fewer taxpayer dollars and increased pressure to raise tuition.

Word that Jefferson High School won't be fielding a single Rose Festival princess this year – the first time any school has ever missed out on the venerated institution – has outraged and saddened local boosters

A new study on the public's perception of crime reveals some troubling disconnects between reality and fantasy. Despite having the lowest crime rates since the 1960s, a majority of Oregonians wrongly believe that crime rates either rose or stayed stagnant.

Portland-based uLynk — riding the wave of digital coupons, texting software and social media strategies for small businesses – is a blossoming startup that was galvanized by failure.

SEATTLE (AP) -- The biggest surprise about the Nisqually earthquake was that it wasn't worse.

Of all the remarkable stories told about the U.S. Army's Black cavalries known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the most remarkable is surely that of the 25th Infantry Brigade Bicycle Corps.

For more than a decade, starting back in the early 1970s, North Portland families in search of a good deal on bikes went to Charles and Dolores Crews' shop off Lombard near Roosevelt High School.

You might not know it, but at the turn of the 20th Century, bicycle races were bigger than baseball.
And much like today, the racers were largely White, affluent males. But in 1896, Marshall "Major" Taylor emerged on the track-racing circuit. He would become one of his era's biggest stars...