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Red Alert Ends at Oregon State University

The barricaded subject at 25th & Harrison is in custody.

(CORVALLIS, Ore.) - Officials at Oregon State University in Corvallis say the school is on red alert over a person who is barricaded in a building.

The school advised at 10:33 a.m. that there is a situation in the area of 25th & Harrison-Corvallis involving a barricaded subject.

New Tax Credit Fully Kicks In for 1.3 Million Oregonians

All working families, except those at the top of the income ladder, will get the credit.

(SILVERTON, Ore.) - It won't feel like an April shower of money, but by the first day of the month the new Making Work Pay Credit established by the federal recovery legislation will be in full effect, delivering a steady drip of additional dollars to most Oregon workers for two years.

Task Force Report: Obesity in Oregon is a Public Health Crisis

The task force, formed by the 2007 Oregon Legislature, studied the epidemic and developed funding and policy recommendations.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Task Force for a Comprehensive Obesity Prevention Initiative, created by the 2007 Legislature, released a report today showing that obesity among Oregon adults and children is increasing at alarming rates and calling for investments in science-based prevention programs.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team:
Most Decorated American Unit in WWII

In the 442nd Regiment they were awarded 9000 Purple Hearts (many doubles and triples), 18,000 individual decorations including 1 Congressional, 52 Distinguished Service Crosses, 600 Silver Stars, 5200 Bronze Stars, 15 battlefield commissions and many others.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Oregonian on March 27th had a front page story about a very belated effort to recognize this outfit by a postage stamp which so far has been prejudicially declined by the U.S. Postal Service. Why?

As a frontline Combat infantryman I hail the effort to finally recognize their unparalleled brave service but I decry this continuing prejudice.

Citizens of the World

We hope exposure to other concepts and peoples can encourage responsible-individuals to accommodate to necessity rather than commit to impossible dreams or absolute dominance over the lives of others. We can hope.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - A citizen of the world is a person who can be comfortable in the presence of others regardless of geographic and political, as well as ethnic and religious backgrounds.

Such a person has achieved something that needs to be achieved by a great many more people before there will be a noticeable improvement in human relations.

The Amok of Lovelle Mixon, Michael McLendon, Tim Krestchmer, Robert Stewart, Kerby Revelus and Travis the Chimp

Following an amok, the perpetrator is often confused and amnesic, and if not apprehended or killed, may commit suicide.

(BURLINGTON, Vt.) - Kerby Revelus decapitated one of his sisters, stabbed another to death, and injured a third. Robert Stewart slaughtered eight people in a nursing home, and wounded another three.

In the days leading up to the massacre of four police officers, Lovelle Mixon told relatives that he felt depressed and angry, an uncle noticing that he was emotionally withdrawn.

Salmonellosis Outbreak Traced to Pepper Spices; Break Came in Testing at a Portland Restaurant

The contaminated pepper was packaged under the “Lian How” and “Uncle Chen” labels and sold to restaurant suppliers and markets – much of it going to Chinese and Vietnamese establishments.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Public health officials in Oregon and three other western states have tracked a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis to ground pepper imported, packaged and distributed by a California company.

Union International Food Co. of Union City, Calif., immediately announced a voluntary recall of ground black pepper and white pepper as well as a number of other products that could have been cross-contaminated in its manufacturing facility.

California Law Firm Seeks Injured El Toro Veterans & Workers

There’s no question that this is the right thing to do for those who served our county honorably.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - A legal review and evaluation of possible injuries and deaths related to exposure to TCE/PCE at former MCAS El Toro is underway by a Southern California law firm. There is no cost for the review or commitment for legal representation. Veterans, dependents, and civilian workers are encouraged to contact the law firm.

A trichloroethylene (TCE) toxic plume was discovered in 1985 off of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California. El Toro was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1990, closed in July 1999, and most of the land sold at a public auction in 2005.

A Day at Stahlman Point in Oregon`s Wilderness

If you are quite lucky, you might also catch a glimpse of another resident here. A solitary bobcat print was still preserved in the snow here last week.

(DETROIT LAKE, Ore.) - Spring is trying to poke through. We made the daylight savings time change, and “sprung forward”. Even though 3” of fresh snow blanketed my cabin in Detroit this weekend, the snows are generally receding up the mountain.

President Signs Public Lands Bill into Law

Legislation Preserves over 200,000 Acres of Oregon as Wilderness.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden issued the following statement today after witnessing President Obama sign the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 146) into law.

The legislation contains seven Wyden-authored provisions designating more than 200,000 Oregon acres as Wilderness.