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Cargo Vessel Strikes Pier, Two Barges in Clatskanie

No pollution or injuries were reported, but one of the barges was pushed to shore by tugboat after papermill staff determined it might sink.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - A cargo vessel carrying lumber struck a pier and two barges damaging a building at the Wauna Georgia Pacific papermill in Clatskanie, Ore., Friday.

The motor vessel Susaki Wing out of Panama struck the pier at approximately 5:53 p.m. after losing propulsion. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Astoria dispatched an HH-60 helicopter crew and a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew to the scene.

Red Cross Volunteers Help 3-Adults Affected by a House Fire

(Salem, Oregon) - Volunteers with the American Red Cross responded to a single family house fire Saturday morning, April 23rd, in the 1800 block of 31st avenue NE, in Salem. The house sustained fire and smoke damage and no injuries were reported. A pet cat perished in the fire.

The Red Cross assisted the three adults with lodging, food, clothing and emotional support.

A Lesson in Interpreting Political Double-Speak

U.S. politicians have a strong aversion to stating the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.)) - An AP article yesterday titled “Obama says new task force will examine gas prices”, quotes our President as saying “We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain”.

This statement was made at a town-hall style meeting held in Reno, Nevada.

Wolverine tracks confirmed in Wallowa County for first time

(ENTERPRISE, Ore.) - For the first time in recorded history, biologists have confirmed that tracks found in the Wallowa Mountains of Northeast Oregon are those of a North American wolverine

PASSOVER: Denying the Holocaust of Ancient Israelites

“Even With archeology aside and relying only on your sane mind you would still reach the same conclusion; the exodus never happened”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The Hebrew Bible is the pride and joy of every Jew. It is the book of Yahweh, their chosen God, as they are his chosen people.

In Judaism, all the tales of kings and prophets, of conquests and defeats, of captivity and Diaspora and of a united kingdom and some holy temple; it all depended on this ancient story of enslavement and suffering of the ancient Israelites in Egypt under an allegedly ruthless and heathen Egyptian king, or what the Hebrew Bible mistakenly called Pharaoh.

OSP Albany Fish & Wildlife Trooper Receives Two Top Awards

(Albany, Oregon) - An Albany-area Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish and Wildlife Division trooper received two awards this week, the Division's 2010 "Fish and Wildlife Division Trooper of the Year" and the Shikar-Safari Club International "Wildlife Officer of the Year."

Chemeketa College Celebrates Earth Day

A live alligator on the grass might have been mistaken for a prop...

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Chemeketa Community College campus was the setting for a beautiful Earth Day celebration Thursday.

The sun was out and the sky was blue and people had an interesting event to explore while gaining important information about the earth and nature and taking care of this precious planet we call earth.

University of Wisconsin Ethics Violation or Criminal Activity in Pain Studies

Another day on Purdue Pharma's dusty and dirty money trail.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - In 2006, researchers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study of narcotic pain medication abuse citing a 500% increase in the amount of narcotic prescriptions written by physicians.

At the same time, two "researchers" from the University of Wisc. School of Medicine and Public Health went public and warned against increasing pain med regulation.

World Ignores Genocide of Sri Lanka`s Tamil Population (Includes Channel 4 Documentary Links in Comments)

Oh My God! - State-sponsored Terrorism against minority population. Warning- photos beyond graphic.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In 2009 alone, more than 35,000 Tamils are estimated to have violently or needlessly lost their lives. Because of the fear and desperation put forth by this, about 1.1 Million Tamils have fled the country.

The numbers are horrible, and include over 600,000 Tamil internal refugees.

REVIEW: Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? Opens Earth Day Nationwide

Winner of numerous International Film Festivals, the film is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis by Portland Director Taggart Siegel.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In Oregon, honeybees have been long respected as an integral part of the food chain, as they are in other agricultural "bread basket" areas.

Mother Nature mandates that pollination occur for crops to produce at any reasonable level, and without bees... the world would be an entirely different place. Fruitless, one might say.