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Senate Votes for Bills to Help Deployed Soldiers and Their Families

Both bills passed today will now go to the Governor for his signature.

(SALEM, Ore.) - With over 2500 Oregon soldiers being deployed this weekend, the Senate passed two pieces of legislation that will help the financial needs of service men and women and their families.

HB 2303 reinforces the protection provided by the federal Service Member’s Civil Relief Act of 2003, which provides a wide range of protections for active service members against outstanding credit card debt, mortgage payments, pending trials and taxes.

Conservative Dilemma 4: Prelude to Regime Change in America

Some thoughts du jour.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was not an isolated episode. It was the culmination of a 110-year period during which Americans overthrew fourteen governments that displeased them for various ideological, political, and economic reasons.

Like each of these operations, the ‘regime change’ in Iraq seemed for a time—a very short time—to have worked.

Police Say Woman Fell Asleep at the Wheel Before Serious Injury Crash

The crash happened on Highway 140 near Fish Lake.

(FISH LAKE, Ore.) - State Police say a Klamath Falls woman received non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon when she crashed after reportedly falling asleep at the wheel.

The driver lost control of her sport utility vehicle while on Highway 140 just after noon, near Fish Lake in southern Oregon.

Oregon City Man Arrested for Prostituting a 16 Year Old Girl on the Internet

The investigation began after police detectives learned that the suspect had put sexually explicit photos of the girl on the Internet.

(OREGON CITY) - An Oregon City man is behind bars for sexual relations with a 16-year old girl who he also allegedly sold as a prostitute on an Internet escort site.

Police say 32-year old Justin B. Blackledge was arrested Sunday at 11:30 p.m., by a Clackamas County Sheriff's Office deputy.

Illegal Drugs Part 12 - Marijuana, Perhaps Tax and Spend?

After all these decades, has the time finally come for legalization?

(SALEM, Ore.) - In previous articles in this series I have covered the history of marijuana use; commercial and medical uses of marijuana; the opposition of it because of racism; the political reasons behind its federal criminalization; and how it is far safer to use than 17 FDA approved drugs that were mostly prescribed for conditions marijuana can treat.

Those who choose to research the subject matter typically are horrified about the situation. But when will the situation change?

Oregon AG Praises Feds for Rescinding Bush Administration Regulation that Threatened Endangered Species

Oregon and a coalition of states went to court to block the eleventh-hour Bush Administration rule that sought to avoid public and Congressional scrutiny.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Attorney General John Kroger praised the Obama Administration for undoing a last-minute Bush Administration rule change that undermined the Endangered Species Act.

“This response to our multi-state lawsuit is an important step in the right direction on environmental protection,” Attorney General Kroger said.

Reverend Benny & Mister Sid`s At Your Service #42

The banks, Detroit, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Disneyland don't make up America. It's how America responds to challenge which gives it its substance. Ask the Vets.

(Salem) - Oh, the big news is the public's dismay over the torture policies of the Bush administration.

Congressional Investigators Say Toxic Military Base Health Hazards Were Overlooked

Former assurances to Marines over health concerns related to Camp Lejeune are off the table; the feds now say the notion that Marines will remain cancer free, is false.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - It was just less than a year ago when we began investigating and reporting on the contamination of Marine Corp bases in North Carolina and Southern California.

Now there is a new President with new environmental policies, and the historically reluctant flow of data on these environmental disasters appears to be increasing.

ATSDR Withdraws Scientifically Flawed Public Health Document

For years, Camp Lejeune community activists have claimed ATSDR’s 1997 report used flawed data to support its conclusion that exposure to the detected levels of volatile organic compounds.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, the House Committee on Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight Chairman applauded the withdrawal of the public health assessment of Camp Lejeune’s drinking water system by a federal agency.

Drowning Victim Found in Calapooia River

no one witnessed the drowning but based on evidence at the scene, investigators believe that sometime Sunday Mr. Marsh slipped from the bank into the extremely cold water and was unable to get back out.

(ALBANY, Ore.) - Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller reports that Monday at about 3:55 p.m. the Linn County Sheriff's Office received a report of a body in the Calapooia River approximately 11 miles from Holly on Upper Calapooia Drive.