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Climber Rescued From Mount Hood by Clackamas County SAR (PHOTOS)

A successful rescue demonstrates skills of area emergency response teams.

(MOUNT HOOD, Ore.) - A 34-year old female climber was injured while ascending Mount Hood, near Crater Rock early Saturday morning. Clackamas County 9-1-1 received an emergency cell phone call at 5:20 a.m. from a member of the 10-person climbing party on Mount Hood.

It was reported that falling ice and debris had struck Jessica M. Deans, a member of their climbing party, causing injuries to both her legs; however, the injured party was conscious and breathing.

UO Professors and Students Launch Digital Ethnography Website About the Oaxaca Social Movement in Mexico

The website includes background information about the histories of different social movements in Oaxaca during the past three decades and a video timeline of key events of the Oaxaca social movement from June through October of 2006.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In 2006, a group of women in Oaxaca, Mexico took over television and radio stations in support of striking teachers who were being brutalized by state police forces and paramilitary groups.

A Liberal/Conservative Convergence

An outcome on which liberals and conservatives can agree? You decide.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - This essay is based on a true story. It’s about a couple I will call Bob and Alice.

Life Under Gil Kerlikowske

Our government has done the studies and virtually every government study done has called for decriminalization or legalization of cannabis and a shift away from criminalizing addiction of the "harder" drugs.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Our nation's new chief of drug policy (I will not willfully use the term "Drug Czar," viewing it as I do a strange title for our country to be using), former Chief of the Seattle Police Department, Gil Kerlikowske appeared in print, speaking for the first time in an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Gary Fields.

While no John Walters (the Bush administration's head of the White House Office of No Drug Control Policy - who suffers from a severe case of Reefer Madness, the sure signs of which are rabid anti-cannabism and avoidance of public debate), Kerlikowske still wears the mantle of our nation's head Prohibitionist.

Treasury Department Statement on GM Dealer Consolidation Announcement

Today, General Motors initiated the dealer consolidation plan it laid out in its interim plan on April 27, 2009.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - GM’s announcement is part of the company’s larger effort to restructure to achieve financial viability. The Task Force is continuing to work with GM and all its stakeholders and will stand behind GM during this process to ensure that it emerges as a more competitive, viable business in the long-term.

As was the case with Chrysler’s dealer consolidation plan, the Task Force was not involved in deciding which dealers, or how many dealers, were part of GM’s announcement today.

GMC Announces 1,100 Dealership Terminations Nationwide

The dealerships have an opportunity to appeal the decisions to General Motors.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It was announced today that General Motors Corporation is likely on the verge of filing bankruptcy. GM is now telling eleven hundred dealerships described by the company as "underperforming" - that they will be terminated as the automaker watches its retail end take a serious turn for the worse.

Salem Home Goes Up in Smoke

A Salem house destroyed Thursday afternoon by fire was unoccupied.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Fire crews in Marion County were busy Thursday evening battling a fire that broke out in an older Salem home at Center and 45th around 6:00 p.m.

The wooden structure quickly became engulfed in flames, much to the surprise of neighbors like Andrey Ocerov. "You know, the first impression was scary. I was sitting there using the computer and my sister ran into the house saying, 'Andrey, the house is on fire'. You know I was so scared I thought it was our house on fire, so I jumped outside."

Salem Breaks a Leg at Show-Biz 2009 (VIDEO)

"It's a great event, a great time to really celebrate the business and the local community connection..." - Mike McLaran, Salem Chamber of Commerce

(SALEM, Ore.) - Thousands flocked to the 2009 Show-Biz Trade Show Thursday, proving once again that Salem area businesses can snag the interest of local residents by offering an endless and varying array of products and services.

Salem Chamber of Commerce Director Mike McLaran is the Salem business community's point man. "We've got a lot of interest and energy inside as businesses show off their wares to literally thousands of Salem area citizens."

And the Walls, Come Tumbling Down... on Dick Cheney (VIDEO)

It feels pretty good in life to discover that you have been on the right team.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I believe we at Salem-News.com have been on target for years with our criticism of the Iraq War and the last Presidential administration, our advocacy for state laws that protect medical marijuana users, and in our steadfast and unwavering position that there is never a time that Americans should use torture on its enemies.

The world is certainly reflecting the trends that we have devoted time to, up to and including the use of cannabis now with both Israeli and Canadian combat veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and the months long investigation of torture authorized by the Bush Administration.

Myths Block Discovery of Real Cleopatra

Archaeologists may be on the verge of discovering Cleopatra’s long-sought tomb, and bestselling novelist Michelle Moran is concerned over inaccuracies commonly believed for more than 2,000 years about the Egyptian queen.

(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) - Remembered for her political triumphs, legendary seductions, and untimely death, Cleopatra remains one of the most evocative figures of all time.