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Coast Guard Airlifts Stranded Boaters Near Goat Island, Wash.

The Coast Guard encourages all boaters to remain aware of weather and tidal conditions and to wear a life jacket.

(ASTORIA, Ore.) - The Coast Guard airlifted two people after their skiff ran aground in Skagit Bay just southeast of La Conner, Wash., Thursday.

At approximately 6:00 p.m., Skagit County, Wash. Sheriff’s Dept. received a call stating a 20-ft inflatable skiff had run aground in shallow water just south of Goat Island.

New Years Eve 2010 in Bil`in: `The Last Day of The Wall`

Over three years ago, the Israeli High Court ruled that the route of the Wall in Bil'in was illegal and must come down.

(BIL'IN, West Bank) - The indigenous people of Bil'in declared the last day of 2010 will be "The Last Day of The Wall" and over 1,000 marched as "An overwhelming number of Israeli soldiers and Border Police officers spread along the path of the Wall, but were not able to stop demonstrators equipped with bolt-cutters from breaching through the Wall in three places.

In one place, the protesters actually managed to carry a rather significant chunk of the Wall back to the village.

3-116 Embarks on First Convoy Mission

Soldiers are using the military's new mine resistant vehicles.

(JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq) - Fighter 41’s first convoy mission began in the early-morning under a deep black Iraqi sky.

As the countryside around Joint Base Balad, Iraq, slept, the Guardsmen with eastern Oregon’s Company F, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), labored under the large, hard white klieg lights stationed at intervals around their compound.

A Revolutionary Revelation About The Future of Man

You must watch this. The highest Jewish rabbi leader, respected by millions of Jews, reveals the name of the messiah on his death bed, and says he is coming soon.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The biggest religious news in centuries has been slow getting out of the gate. This information affects each and every single human being alive and it could not be of a more significant nature.

Of course that greatly depends on who and what you believe in the first place.

Tijuana`s Changed Migration Landscape

Stuck on the border, stranded young migrants become easy prey for prostitution and other rackets.

(TIJUANA, B.C.) - In Tijuana, the modalities of migration changed significantly during the last decade.

Reinforced US border walls, zooming helicopters and high tech surveillance on the US side of the border forced would-be migrants into more dangerous passages. The transformed landscape dramatically increased the cost of crossing, and strengthened outlaw groups in human trafficking.

Medical Marijuana: Lying, Addicted Patients and Gullible, Duped Doctors

Marijuanaphobes and Miserable Diseases

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Marijuana therapeutics, the use of marijuana as medicine, is probably the most reviled medical substance ever found, which is ironic to the extreme. It is simultaneously the safest, most useful and most used medicine ever found.

The patients who use marijuana are reviled as pot heads which is about pejorative as possible.

Recognizing the Mavi Marmara Dead and All of Gaza`s Heroes

It took place one year ago today...

(SALEM, Ore.) - The names of those Israel killed aboard the ship, Mavi Marmara during last May's Flotilla incident, should be added to the names of all of the innocents slaughtered during 'Operation Cast Lead'.

A wall should be inscribed with the names of the 1400+ victims, and the names of the 9 killed last May.

Terrelle `Tattoo` Pryor and OSU Buckeyes

"My thing is, a lot of times you have to put yourself in that situation" - University of Wisconsin junior free safety Aaron Henry

(CLEVELAND) - Terrelle Pryor and five other Ohio State players are suspended by the NCAA for up to 5 games next season.

Their crime? Selling championship rings and memorabilia to help their families financially, and receiving discounts from a tattoo parlor.

Staying On Track: A Holiday Story from Salem

Celebrating the people who don’t make the headline news but should...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Sometimes positive stories become more compelling and more interesting than any negative or tragic event that we report.

This brief story resembles those email threads about unrecognized heroes that sometimes circulate. The difference is that this story is from December 2010, it is a reflection of both the terrible economy in Oregon and the decency that still lives in the heart of man.

The Perfect Crime: Weaponized Conservatorship as a Whistleblower Gag (AUDIO)

Once these wheels start rolling there is no stopping that train...

(PORTLAND, Ore. KBOO) - Investigative journalist, Janet Phelan has hit a deep nerve in the Judicial-Industrial brainstem: What she has uncovered is the Perfect Crime as well as the only legal, airtight bag in which to silence whistleblowers.

Thanks to dubious accidental loopholes in the legal code, it is possible to strip an individual of the right to fight a well as the resources necessary to defend oneself.