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Oregon Marijuana Grower Busted for Spring Gun

A quick search indicates that these weapons, sometimes used to trap animals, have been illegal in England since 1827.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Jefferson marijuana grower was arrested by Marion County Sheriff's deputies after they spotted his garden during a burglary investigation.

Socialized Medicine Works, says VHA

A look at the positive side of veteran's healthcare in the U.S.A.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The VHA has adopted a government run medical model to which most veterans would give high marks. Rick Tanner, 66, served in Vietnam and spent three decades in the U.S. Navy. He retired in 1991 with a bad knee and high blood pressure and now receives comprehensive care with few co-payments and a system that utilizes an electronic records system more advanced than almost anywhere in the private hospital system.

“The care is superb,” said Tanner of San Diego. The record- keeping is “state of the art.”

Jewish Appeal to Support the Goldstone Report

Goldstone and the report have been viciously and relentlessly attacked by many within the Jewish community.

(GAZA CITY, Occupied Palestine) - The primary author of the recently released UN Report on Gaza, the internationally respected jurist Richard Goldstone, has been attacked by establishment voices within the Jewish community. When those within a community try to “excommunicate” and dishonor a truth-teller, it is our obligation and responsibility to speak out vehemently on their behalf and on behalf of the truth they bring.

By all accounts, Judge Goldstone, who has a deep connection to Israel, approached his task with no pre-conceptions about what he and his team would find as they investigated the circumstances and aftermath of the Israeli attack on Gaza.

Downed Aircraft and Injured Pilot Recovered Near Scappoose (PHOTO UPDATE)

A Lifeflight helicopter was used to transport the single male patient from the area to Emanuel Hospital in Portland.

(SCAPPOOSE, Ore.) - A pilot received injuries today when his single-seat, light aircraft crashed northwest of Saint Helens, Oregon, approximately 5 miles northwest of the Scappoose Airport.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office dispatched its Search and Rescue Unit and requested assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard for help in locating the aircraft after they were contacted by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Hoax Amber Alert Text Messages and Email Showing Up in Oregon

This recent text message is another example of other misguided and even fake AMBER Alerts reported around the country.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon State Police is currently receiving inquiries about the validity of an Amber Alert reported to involve a 3-year old boy taken by a male in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse with Oregon license 98B351.

The inquiries came from the Portland-area following an email received by a television news department, and from the Douglas County area after some people received a phone text message. There are no active Amber Alerts in Oregon at this time.

Court Fines Oregon Man Who Bagged Great White Shark

Oregon Man Cited for Possession of Great White Shark caught in August.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - An Oregon fisherman from the town of Warren will pay a fine of $299.00 for harvesting a 12-foot Great White August 8, 2009 and gutting it on the docks at Depoe Bay.

Loss of 8 Americans Saturday Underscores Afghanistan War`s Complexity

As the death bell rings, the winds of change increase

(SALEM, Ore.) - An attack on a forward operating base in Afghanistan's Nuristan Province Saturday left eight U.S. troops and two Afghan soldiers dead. It is among the most costly days for the United States since the war began.

Provincial security chief Muhammad Farouq, told a reporter with AFP that a tribal militia in Nuristan launched the attack in an area near the Pakistan border. The militants apparently began firing after emerging from two areas; a mosque and a village.

Doctors from Oregon make the case for Health Reform

Doctors for America Takes Message to the White House.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Because actions speak louder than words, Doctors for America, took their message directly to the White House today - sending physicians from each of the fifty states, including Oregon, to advocate for meaningful health reform this year.

In the Rose Garden with President Obama this morning, the doctors stood together representing the voices of their fellow physicians and patients in their home state who desperately need health care reform.

Human Rights Groups in Palestine ask, When is Enough, Enough?

Palestinians say they will not accept findings on Gaza; a demonstration takes place in AlManara Square Ramallah today.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If Americans are the victims of injustice, they have recourse. Most western people assert their rights and maintain a sense of dignity in life. That is not the case for the people of Palestine.

They are the victims of a religious doctrine and belief system that places Palestinian last on the list, and has led so many of these people to disparity and death.

Bibi Netanyahu: a Knave of Ghosts and Shadows

Netanyahu was perfectly correct when he opined recently that “Israel is not like other countries.” It is not, and other countries need to recognize that geopolitical fact for their own survival.

(JACKSON, Miss.) - I have been misreading Israeli prime minister Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. I had considered him to be just another thug with an overlay of arrogance and fanaticism, an Avigdor Lieberman with a bit more polish (not hard to do) on a larger stage, both of them cruder than their predecessors Olmert and Livni, but not dramatically different in substance and policy.

He is certainly all of those things, but such a reading of him is really incomplete.