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El Toro Marines, Cancer, and Irvine`s `Great Pork` Project

Salem-News.com is searching for those who spent time on the El Toro Marine Base.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - I get really fired up when I consider the Marines that I served with on the flightline at El Toro, dying and suffering from cancer. The idea of their kids and even grandkids suffering diseases borne from the toxic chemicals dumped for half a century on the Marine base and then absorbed by our bodies and passed down to theirs, is even more sinister.

Knowing that I lived and breathed this toxic contamination for over two years makes me feel dirty in a way that I never knew before, it is an inherited liability that we didn't ask for but still possess.

Jack Herer: A Man Well-Loved is Saved Again

The Hemperor is slowly improving, with constant TLC the best medicine.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - For over 30 years, Jack Herer has been the inexhaustible guru of the hemp movement. Many people have expressed their deep concern for Jack's well-being since his heart attack in mid-September, at an Oregon hemp festival.

Sunday night, Jack Herer was taken by ambulance to the hospital in Eugene from the rehabilitation center where he has been receiving care. His breathing became more distressed throughout the afternoon, and finally he was rushed to the Emergency Room.

Protecting Our Children in a World Gone Mad

As parents we have to make sure our children are aware of the choices we hope our kids will make, to balance the information they are getting from society about the choices that corporate military consumer culture hopes they make.

(BOSTON) - When I spent a year teaching 6-8 grade students in Detroit, Michigan, I had hoped that with my high ideals, I could influence the children to become thinkers, perhaps even sway them towards a Godly life.

But I found a tragic situation. American children of today are seriously brain damaged from computer games, TV, movies and pop music.

Powell Butte, Oregon Ranch Owners Ordered to Complete Hazardous Waste Cleanup

“Cleaning up this site as quickly as possible is our top priority”- said Mike Boykin, EPA Project Manager

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A former owner and operator of Beetham Ranch in Powell Butte, Ore. and the company he owns and controls have been ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete the cleanup of hazardous wastes that began in 2007.

According to the order, the former owner and operator, Dennis C. Beetham, and his company, D.B. Western, Inc., are to finish cleanup operations at the ranch that have already resulted in the removal of nearly 265 tons of hazardous waste, 241 tons of industrial waste and 3000 tons of solid waste.

Are We Communicating?

Good communication is a reflection of your commitment to it. Don’t take it for granted, work hard at it, and reap the rewards.

(CHARLESTON, S.C.) - “What we’ve got here…is failure to communicate.” The line is from the movie Cool Hand Luke and ranks number 11 among the phrases on the American Film Institutes’ list of top 100 movie quotes.

Medical Marijuana: Friend or Foe
Gross Betrayal & Gross Ignorance Concerning MMJ Patients

Who would you believe... One of the nation's most educated doctors? Or a mainstream reporter with an obvious agenda?

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I discovered by computer the original article by the same title in the Gresham, Oregon newspaper, The Outlook, by accident. I had been interviewed for it by Taryn Luna and was assured that it would be a well balanced story giving both sides of the medical marijuana story.

How sharper than a serpents tooth can be a reporters pen. I was more misquoted and disquoted than I could have imagined.

Oregonians `Give Back` in Record Numbers (AUDIO)

One-third of Oregonians do some form of volunteer work.

(PORTLAND, Ore. ONS) - The unemployment rate in Oregon may be high, but so is the rate of volunteerism. In the last year, about one million Oregonians contributed more than 120 million hours of their time for charitable and community service projects.

In this economy, you might assume people would pass up working for free, to look for paying jobs, but Bandana Shreftha, director of community engagement for AARP Oregon, says that hasn't been the case.

Volcom`s Shawn `Barney` Barron Scores the Yeti

"Defiantly a wave out of your imagination" - Shawn 'Barney' Barron / VolcomTeam Rider

(CAMARILLO, Calif.) - With Fall barely out the gate, the second major North West Pacific swell marched towards the Oregon coastline promising endless amounts of giant surf for a few solid days.

With the predicted buoy reading of 17' @ 17 seconds, Mother Nature delivered once again a massive blow with some 35'-40'+ wave face heights at a select outer reef just south of the now famous Nelscott Reef. The locals call it 'South Reef' and rarely does it break as it did on October 22, 2009!

Beaverton Driver Injured in Early Morning Crash (PHOTOS)

Police believe the driver was traveling too fast for the foggy conditions.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Deputies say a driver suffered serious non-life threatening injuries early this morning when his vehicle, eastbound on Sunset Highway, slammed into the back of a parked semi truck.

Sgt. Dave Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff's Office, says 44-year old driver, Arnufo Reyes Jr. of Beaverton, was driving his 2005 Mercedes C230 east on Highway 26, the Sunset Highway east of the Highway 6 intersection when the crash happened Sunday, November 1st, at 6:04 a.m.

Halloween Masked Armed Robbery Suspects Hit Salem Pizza Parlor

Two suspects fled the area in an unknown direction.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion County Sheriff's deputies say a Halloween night armed robbery at Primetime Pizza on Rich Drive in Salem, involved suspects with Halloween masks.

One witness told Salem-News.com that two people were working, but the male employee had to leave to make a delivery. and a young woman was ultimately working alone when the suspects entered the building, demanding money.