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Medical Teams International Sends Aid to Haiti (RAW VIDEO)

NW group is mobilizing to help people in Haiti where a massive earthquake left countless numbers of people dead.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Medical Teams International is sending volunteers and aid to Haiti following a 7.0 earthquake.

UN Calls for International Support in Wake of Devastating Haiti Quake

“Many people are still trapped inside” -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

(PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today issued an urgent call to the international community to assist Haiti following yesterday’s catastrophic earthquake that has devastated the impoverished Caribbean nation’s capital.

Gunman Opens Fire During Salem Bar Robbery (VIDEO)

The suspect is a dark complected hispanic or black male, possibly in his 20's, 6 feet, 150 to 170, wearing a light mesh shirt with dark sleeves and a hood.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Deputies responded to the report of an armed robbery at The Point After bar on Portland Road NE in Salem Tuesday afternoon at 4:10 p.m.

What I Learned This Past Holiday Season

I learned much this past holiday season. Mostly, that I’m a blessed and lucky guy to have the family I have.

(AGOURA HILLS, Calif.) - Every holiday season brings both wonderful times and challenging family situations for most of us, my family included.

This past season included the first visit to our home of my in-laws, the first time my sons and I would be apart, and the first time my wife and I would be apart during this festive time of the year.

New Skatepark is First of its Kind for Gresham

Gresham worked closely with residents and community groups to ensure the park will be compatible with other nearby uses.

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - The city of Gresham recently opened the first phase of its planned 14,000 square foot skate plaza at Main City Park on S. Main Avenue.

Laura Bridges-Shepard, Gresham's Communications Manager, says the first phase is comprised of street elements that include stairs, banks, ramps, ledges, and other urban street course design features totaling 5,710 square feet.

Answering Helen Thomas on Why

It would help if American people were finally let in on the root causes for what otherwise get dismissed as irrational actions by Muslims.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Thank God for Helen Thomas, the only person to show any courage at the White House press briefing after President Barack Obama gave a flaccid account of the intelligence screw-up that almost downed an airliner on Christmas Day.

It took this 89-year old veteran correspondent to break through the vapid remarks about rechanneling “intelligence streams,” fixing “no-fly” lists, deploying “behavior detection officers,” and buying more body-imaging scanners.

How To Build An Environmental Activist

PART II in a continuing series.

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - In October of 1999, after the TV and newspaper media began responding to our demand requiring the County to close this beach completely for recreation, the newly-formed consortium (Clean Water Now! Coalition) confronted Laguna Beach City Council requesting they take a more aggressive stance and litigate upstream polluters to protect our residents.

The Council blinked and the CWN!C co-hosted what was the first municipal meeting for this issue on November 9th, a greatly publicized and media saturated workshop with local ocean pollution as the sole topic.

Haiti Rocked by Major Catastrophic 7.3 Earthquake

Thousands are thought to have perished.

(SALEM, Ore.) - An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 7.3 occurred in the Haiti region at 5:53 p.m. Atlantic Standard Time on January 12th, 2010, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

According to reports from the area, damage to the densely crowded capital city of 2 million people was apparently widespread.

Jefferson Man Dies After Stepping in Front of Oncoming Train (VIDEO REPORT)

Officials say the railroad crossing arms were down and the lights were flashing when the man walked around them, and into the path of the oncoming train.

(JEFFERSON, Ore.) - A Jefferson man was struck and killed by a train in Jefferson Monday evening.

The pedestrian hit and killed by a train at the crossing on Hazel and 5th Street in Jefferson has been identified as 32-year old Alfredo Savalza of Jefferson.

OP ED: Distorting Initiative Will Californicate Oregon`s Tax System

Perverting strong legislative action is first step.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The “Californication” of our Oregon taxation and budget system is clearly ONE major result of the vicious attack on nationally-praised economic leadership by a courageous Legislature.

The major tool is knowingly malign and desperate distortion NOW well underway via cunningly-produced tv-ads and perverted public statements --some so flawed and transparent they have brought on embarrassing coverage in the State’s leading media.