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Police Investigate Fatal Crash Near Gold Hill

The driver of a Nissan, 76-year old Glafiro Javier Fernandea of Lakewood, Washington was pronounced deceased at the scene.

(GOLD HILL, Ore.) - Police say a Lakewood, Washington man died Thursday morning after colliding into the rear of another vehicle and rolling over onto the shoulder of the northbound lanes on Interstate 5 about one mile from Gold Hill in southern Oregon.

Oregon State Police troopers from the Central Point Area Command office say they are continuing the investigation.

Corvallis Police Release 911 Call in Homicide Investigation (AUDIO)

Listen to the 911 call that alerted police to the homicidal death.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - The Corvallis Police and the Benton County Major Crimes Team are contuing to actively investigate the murder of 78-year old Yvonne C. Perry.

Captain Jonathan M. Sassaman with the Corvallis Police Department, says they have released the recording of the initial 911 Call. The female caller who reported the Homicide has asked to not be identified.

New Data Shows Nearly One-Third of all Mortgages Underwater

Salem Shows 24.55 Percent of Mortgages in Negative Equity.

(SALEM, Ore.) - More than 15.2 million U.S. mortgages, or 32.2 percent of all mortgaged properties, were in negative equity position as of June 30, 2009 according to newly released data from First American CoreLogic.

In Salem, 16,926, or 24.55 percent of all properties with a mortgage, are in negative equity. A total of 21,268 mortgages, or 30.85 percent, are in near negative equity or negative equity.

Idaho Uses FBI Agents to Detain Oregon Motorcycle Riders

For most people, a ticket for running a red light is not a two-hour ordeal.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A group of motorcyclists from Oregon, California, Washington and Australia say police were unnecessarily harsh during a traffic stop in Idaho Wednesday night.

Questions and Answers About Medical Marijuana (VIDEO)

The Doctor is in, answering questions about the fast-evolving, yet ancient, medical remedy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Phil Leveque has been around medical marijuana for over fifty years. He was first introduced to it by a professor at the Oregon Medical School who needed a closet cleaned out. Among the old stuff to be hauled off was a big bottle of cannabis cough syrup.

One day shortly after that he became sick, and remembered the medicine made of marijuana that was in fact really old, dating from pre-prohibition years when cannabis was a mainstay in American medicine.

The Power of Parkour on the Web and MTV

MTV brings the world’s fastest growing sport to American audiences for the first time with MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge.

(WOODWARD, Pa.) - As the Parkour movement expands globally at a very rapid pace, the World Freerunning & Parkour Federation announces a growing enthusiastic fan base on WFPF.com.

This is the very first and only social networking website for the international Parkour community, their fans, and anyone committed to seeing “obstacles” in their lives as opportunities for creative expression.

Wind Power Reaches Milestone on BPA System

BPA is instituting new operational procedures and developing new technologies to deal with the variability of wind on the system.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Wind has arrived. In early August, for the first time, the Bonneville Power Administration’s transmission grid reached a milestone, carrying more than 2,000 megawatts of wind power for more than an hour.

On Aug. 6, after flirting with the 2,000-megawatt threshold for weeks, total wind generation on BPA’s system blew right past that level at 5:15 p.m., reaching a new all-time peak of 2,089 megawatts at 6:19 p.m.

Summer in the City Music Features Musselwhite, 20 Bands

Organizers say 'Summer in the City' is a true family event.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Legendary bluesman Charlie Musselwhite will headline the second annual Summer in the City Wine and Music Festival in Downtown Salem Saturday and Sunday. It happens August 15th and 16th.

Local favorites Curtis Salgado, Pepe and the Bottle Blondes, Terry Robb, the $100 Jayhawks, rock violinist Aaron Meyer and Big Monti Amundson are among the 20 musical groups that will perform.

Albany Man Killed in Crash on Highway 20 Near Eddyville

Two others were seriously injured in the crash.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - Police say an Albany-area man died and two others were seriously injured Wednesday morning in a two vehicle head-on crash on Highway 20 about two miles east of Eddyville.

OSP Sergeant Justin McGladrey says today at approximately 8:10 a.m. a 2006 Saab was eastbound on Highway 20 near milepost 26 when it attempted to pass another vehicle using the westbound lane, striking another vehicle head-on.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #57

The right wing may not be extinct, but its days as a controlling power are surely over.

(Salem) - I have a relative who hates Obama. She's not very articulate as to why she hates him ("He's another Al Capone" -- which makes no sense whatever), but at a not-so-deep level it boils down to racism.

She like many conservative whites is afraid that blacks are going to treat whites as the whites historically treated blacks.