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HB 4040 Delists Wolves as Positive Action for Ranchers, Wolves and Oregon

The outcome of this bill gives additional support for the Oregon Wolf Plan that was previously agreed on by multiple stakeholders.

(SALEM, Ore.) - After months of hard work, long conversations and countless meetings, HB 4040 passed the senate on a 17-11 vote Wednesday evening.

This bill, sponsored by Representative Barreto, gives support to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and their decision to delist the wolf. All that remains is for Governor Kate Brown to give final approval.

Praise for Passage of Oregon Bill to Implement Comprehensive Rape Kit Reform

Oregon SB 1571 addresses the embarrassing backlog of untested rape kits.

(NEW YORK) - DNA evidence is an invaluable investigative tool. When tested, rape kit evidence can identify an unknown assailant, confirm the presence of a known suspect, affirm the survivor's account of the attack, connect the suspect to other crime scenes, and exonerate the wrongly convicted.

Yet too often the decision is made not to test these kits. Right now, there are hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits sitting in police and crime lab storage facilities across the country. We don’t yet know the extent of the backlog in Oregon. But we are soon to find out.

Why Oil Booms And Busts Happen

Your vivid recollection of the ups and downs of gas prices explained.

(LONDON OilPrices.com) - What if I told you that there was a period in history where oil demand declined by 5 million barrels per day and non-OPEC supply increased by 5 million barrels per day, yet oil price rallied more than 50 percent? Would you believe me?

If your answer is yes, then you guessed right.

This was the period from 1979 to 1985; it was a period during which global oil demand declined from over 61 million barrels to 56 million barrels and non-OPEC supply increased from 32 million barrels to 37 million barrels.

Saudi Arabia Steps Up Media Campaign Against Lebanon`s Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

To understand the Saudi's belligerent attitude, we must better illustrate the full picture of the restive Middle-East region.

(BEIRUT) - In recent weeks, Saudi-affiliated media outlets launched a vicious campaign against Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.

Saudi-funded Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) and Al Arabiya news channel invited so-called ‘moderate’ political analysts to political debates, letting out a stream of invectives against Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.

Jordanian Regime Gives Heavy Jail Sentences to Dissidents

Jordan insists that it punished those responsible for mistreating and murdering detainees while in custody, but Amnesty International says otherwise.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Amnesty International's annual report strongly criticizes the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for cracking down on freedom of speech, restricting political parties and opposition activists, and a continued pattern of violating basic human rights.

According to Administrative Detention Law, the regime in Amman has arbitrary arrested and tortured hundreds of its citizens.

High-Ranking Israeli Delegation Reported to be in Riyadh

“Americans have abandoned the [Middle-East] region, thus the Saudis seek Israeli help and cooperation...” - Tzvi Yechezkeli, Israeli expert on Arab and Middle-East affairs

(SALEM, Ore.) - According to the Israel-based Rotter website, a senior Israeli delegation visited the Saudi capital of Riyadh in recent weeks to confer with Saudi leadership over regional developments.

Yesterday, In spite of Israeli Military Censor's explicit proscription, Israeli Channel 10 reported the details of a clandestine visit made by a leading Israeli delegation to KSA, discussing the close relationship between Tel Aviv and Riyadh.

Russian Media Divulges Information Accepted by Rebels in Syria

Local rebel leaders report preparedness for plan regarding the Syria's Hmeimim airbase.

(SALEM, Ore.) - On Tuesday, US Department of State and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group, issued a joint communiqué emphasizing participation of all the Syrian dissident groups in peace talks.

All rebel groups engaged militarily with the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) must declare their unconditioned acceptance to participate in the ceasefire, according to the below mentioned provisions...

Syrian Army Prepares for Final Push to Victory

Syria's army deals a heavy blow to Saudi-backed terrorists.

(DAMASCUS, Syria) - As the international community and Syrian government welcome the newly-reached agreement on a temporary truce in Syria, the U.S. and its Saudi allies seek to wreak havoc in war-torn Syria and exploit the humanitarian ceasefire to al-Qaeda terrorists’ benefit, though the Syrian army vowed to crush any insurgent group that doesn’t abide by the international deal.

Yesterday, Syrian Arab Army (SAA) units advance deeper into rebel-held Darayya, a southern Damascus suburb, inflicting large causalities on al-Nusra Front militants —the al-Qaeda offshoot in Syria, destroying their heavy weaponry and severing their supply routes.

Fatal Crash Near Carlton Takes Three Lives

"...occupants in the Honda were not wearing seat belts and/or in child safety seats..." -OSP

(CARLTON, Ore.) - Three people were killed and a 4-year-old child was critically injured in a crash on Highway 47 near Carlton early Tuesday morning.

Emergency crews responded to Milepost 37 at 4:30 a.m. According to investigators, a northbound 1992 Honda Accord driven by 24-year old Teven Ray Stone, of Sheridan, drifted across the centerline into the path of an oncoming 2008 GMC pickup early Tuesday morning.

Double Murder Suspect in Custody

The fatal shootings happened in Jefferson County Friday night.

(JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ore.) - Two people were killed by gunshot Friday night, February 26. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office received the report of a shooting at about 6:49 p.m. that had just occurred on Sand Ridge Road in Crooked River Ranch.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office along with the Oregon State Police responded to the scene and found two adults deceased inside the residence.