MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) -- Mount Rainier National Park remained closed Tuesday following the discovery of the body of the suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a park ranger that has devastated the close-knit group of park workers.

University of Oregon researchers recently released a study that concluded the football team's success reduced male students grades relative to female grades. It also questioned the allocation of subsidies to the athletic department.

Judges and criminal justice experts say harsher sentences only turn troubled kids into chronic offenders. But will Oregon's Commission on Public Safety Agree?

The importance of learning the trades has not been stressed enough in the black community, says Portland Community College instructor Eddie Lincoln.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Inadequate supervision and training have led Seattle police officers to grab weapons such as batons and flashlights too quickly and to escalate confrontations even when arresting people for minor offenses, the U.S. Justice Department said Friday.

Portland writer Trevor Blake's book, "Portland Memorials," is a compilation of historical markers to be found by walking through the downtown area. Sound simple?

Last Thursday, Multnomah County faith leaders gathered at the Life Change Christian Center to sign a new food and beverage policy, promising to promote healthy eating, water consumption and fewer sugar-sweetened beverages.

The Urban League of Portland has taken two painful blows in the last month. First came the sudden death of Rob Ingram, inspirational leader of the Urban League's Young Professionals. Now, the league has lost its president, Marcus Mundy, after a succession of audits found $44,000 in undocumented expenses.

At 100 years of age Thressia Colbert is sharp as a tack. She remembers Bonnie and Clyde, the Depression and the Vanport flood of 1948. Many Portlanders remember Colbert as the person who helped them get their first job.