MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) _ Tiny Prospect School in the Cascade foothills of Southern Oregon has closed for the rest of the week after 30 percent of students and teachers stayed home with flu symptoms.

At 1 p.m. today in Salem, soon-to-be former Rep. Chip Shields will be sworn in as the new state senator for District 22 ...

The Seattle Seahawks donned their new bright neon green jerseys for Sunday's game but lost to the Chicago Bears 25-19 at Qwest Field in front of a sellout crowd of 67,938 fans ...

MILWAUKIE, Ore. (AP) -- A look inside Providence Milwaukie Hospital illustrates how the nation's health care system is unraveling for people who can't afford it. The hospital for the first time offered free mammograms to uninsured women older than 40. A total of 45 slots were made available over three evening clinics, and they filled immediately. An additional 21 women were put on a waiting list...

The Department of Defense has identified three Fort Lewis soldiers killed by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.

Glenn Beck received a ceremonial, plaque-mounted key to the city from the mayor of his hometown, as well as a minute-long standing ovation as hundreds of protesters gathered outside.

It looks all but certain that Oregonians will be voting in a special election in January on whether to uphold the $733 million tax package approved by the Democratic-led Legislature. Opponents on Friday turned in what they said were more than enough petition signatures to force a referendum vote on the taxes.
Oregon House Republicans are looking beyond the January vote and are hoping to use anti-tax sentiment as their top campaign issue against swing-district House Democrats who backed the tax hikes.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- The U.S. House this week approved a bill to rename a northeast Portland post office for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Rupert Kinnard's career in graphic design is headed for another innovation: an electronic memoir that includes art, personal stories, and memorabilia that can be published in a book or even on the Internet with videos and music. He calls it the Life Capsule Project, and he hopes it will catch on with anyone interested in setting down their own life story ....

Join Dr. William A. Guillory, considered by many to be one of the most dynamic transformational speakers, and conference and seminar facilitators of our time will be at the annual Minority Enterprise Development Week celebration to recognize outstanding minority-owned businesses in Oregon and SW Washington at the Oregon Convention Center ...