Multnomah County officials this week announced new purchasing guidelines mandating green values, recycled materials and employee health.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Eric Looney says he is done running with the Hoover Crips.

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- The soldiers came in the middle of the night, pounding on the door with the butts of their rifles until Richard Kitumba and his brother were too frightened to stay hidden inside.

Along with its production of grass seed, hazelnuts and Christmas trees, Oregon is becoming a national leader of a different kind.
The state's foreclosure rate unexpectedly jumped 20 percent in the first quarter, making it No. 3 in the country

BEND, Ore. (AP) -- It's becoming easier and easier for yurt fans to become yurt campers in Central Oregon.

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) -- When Matthew Vilhauer was arrested last summer for riding his bicycle naked, he was wearing a helmet.
But Vilhauer, 43, has agreed to pay a $50 fine for bicycling without a helmet, a civil infraction, to end his criminal case.

Willie James Gregory of Portland Oregon died June 21, 2010

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese this afternoon released a statement saying the bureau should have more thoroughly investigated allegations against former Vice President Al Gore in 2009.

Spirit of Portland winner and civic leader Clarence Harper, attacked by a gun-wielding neighbor in Southeast Portland on April 29, is still working to pull his life back together.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Retail fireworks stands legally opened across Washington state on Monday as state and federal fire officials ramped up surveillance and prevention efforts in anticipation of Fourth of July celebrations.