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Sex Offender Treatment Board Sets Initial Standards for Therapist Certification

Interested parties and the public are allowed opportunity to comment on the proposed rules, including temporary rules, before final adoption.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Oregon Health Licensing Agency, in consultation with the newly established Sex Offender Treatment Board, recently filed temporary operating administrative rules on definitions, fee structure, requirements for application and certification for sex offender therapists.

Those rules, filed on March 14th and effective for 180 days, are subject to public review before permanent rules become effective in September of this year.

Maverick`s Fills Live Entertainment Void for Salem (VIDEO)

One Salem restaurant and lounge offers the full package for people who want to have a steak and enjoy an evening of music.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The people behind Mavericks Restaurant in Salem say it is a great gathering place for family, friends and business associates.

Mavericks has live entertainment every Friday and Saturday night, some Thursdays as well. They also have in-house dining specials throughout the month. The format is rock and roll and the owners of Maverick's say they are glad to serve as a local venue for local artists.

Coast Guard Joins Fire Agency in Recovering Burned Vessel

The cause of the vessel fire is unknown at this time.

(COOS BAY, Ore.) - The U.S. Coast Guard out of Coos Bay, Oregon and the Charleston Fire Department responded to a fire on the recreational vessel Sea Weed near Coos Bay, after receiving a distress call at 6:30 AM.

A spokesman from the Coast Guard says the motor lifeboat Intrepid crew, from Station Coos Bay, contained the vessel fire by spraying it with foam. The Coast Guard says a 47-foot motor lifeboat was also deployed from Station Coos Bay to assist with the situation.

81% of Yamhill County Businesses Pass OLCC Minor Sales Check

The agency views 81% compliance as positive.

(YAMHILL, Ore.) - 43 of 53 businesses in Yamhill County passed an Oregon Liquor Control Commission minor sales check on March 21st by refusing to sell alcohol to a minor.

The 81 percent passing rate is above the statewide average of 78 percent. The commission performs the minor sales checks in an effort to reduce drinking by minors, which is a serious problem throughout the state.

Experience the Middle Ages in Salem

The SCA period encompasses pre-17th century Western Europe, with an emphasis on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

(SALEM, Ore.) - If you have never attended a renaissance fair, then your chance is coming up. Saturday April 12th is the day old world chivalry comes to Salem, it goes from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM and it happens at the city's Riverfront Park on Marion Street.

The event allows people of all ages a chance to gain an appreciation of what life was like long ago in Europe. The knights, their ladies, the peasants, the shopkeepers, join the artisans and craftsmen who enjoy showing their wares.

Oregon National Guard Deploys to Bangladesh to Support Bilateral Exercise

Guard members will work with military from 12 nations.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Eight members of the Oregon National Guard are deployed to the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to participate in a three-week long Exercise Shanti Doot, which commenced April 2nd.

The team, comprising both Army and Air National Guard members, will join over 600 international soldiers in an operation designed to enhance regional capacity for peacekeeping operations

Death Toll Unknown After Chinese Police Fire on Tibetan Protesters

Those killed by Chinese paramilitary forces include several women and a young boy.

(KATHMANDU, Tibet) - Paramilitary police in China’s southwestern Sichuan province fired on a crowd of Tibetan protesters demanding the release of two detained monks, killing and wounding an unknown number of people, Radio Free Asia reports.

At about 8:00 PM last night, paramilitary People’s Armed Police fired on a crowd of several hundred monks from the Tongkor monastery in Kardze and several hundred residents, witnesses told RFA’s Tibetan service.

Catholic Community Services Breaks Ground on New Community Home

The Northeast Salem home will join CCS' first Community Home for Children which opened in Keizer in 1998, as well as two homes in Salem, and one in Woodburn.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Catholic Community Services has broken ground on the Highland neighborhood Community Home for Children, and plans to open the doors to the two-story home in June.

Officials with the Catholic Church say the homes for children provide stable, nurturing neighborhood homes and a family for children in long-term foster care.

Child Abuse Prevention Advocates Honor Thousands of Victims in Salem (VIDEO)

A special event kicks off Child Abuse Prevention Month.

(SALEM, Ore.) - They say only a fraction of the children who suffer abuse in this country report those crimes. What we do know is that in 2006 alone, there were over 12,000 child abuse victims in this state, and advocates say it is far too many.

During a special event Thursday in Salem on the steps of the state capitol, voices were heard offering words of support and hope.

How So Many Web Site Owners Are Still Making The Same Old Mistakes (VIDEO)

Ecommerce Experts give their number one tip on how to improve web sales and conversion

(SALEM, Ore.) - The first of two new shows in which top e-commerce experts examine some of the more common mistakes that are made online, how to avoid making them and, if you already have, what you can do right now to resolve them.

This first show features expert advice from Bryan Eisenberg, Cofounder of Future Now, and David Meerman Scott, best-selling author of The New Rules of Marketing & PR, as they explain how to build and run a highly effective e-commerce site that makes every conversion it can.