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BigBrick.com Offers Oregon Home Sellers Money-Saving Solutions

The Web site provides a free listing, free legal paperwork and even a free sign for home owners selling their home without a real estate agent.

(BEND, Ore.) - When Shawn and Molly Kelly’s Bend, Oregon home failed to sell after six months on the market with a realtor, they decided to drop the price and sell it on their own. They enlisted help from the free service BigBrick.com that included listing their home for nothing on the company's Web site.

Two days later, a buyer saw their house on BigBrick.com and made an offer. The closing is next month.

Police Name Man in Freeway Cocaine Arrest

The approximately 66 pounds of cocaine has an estimated value of $600,000.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Washington State man was arrested Saturday afternoon when an Oregon State Police trooper reportedly discovered 31 kilos of cocaine concealed in a sport utility vehicle during a traffic stop on Interstate 5 in the Salem area.

State police have released the man's name and age, but no further information is being released due to the ongoing investigation, OSP Spokesman Greg Hastings said.

Salem-News.com Talk Radio Every Weeknight

The show is off to a roaring start! You can catch it here on Salem-News.com from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM weeknights.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Salem-News.com Live Radio Talk Show Will air tonight for the fourth consecutive night with Cody Sheets and Tim King.

So far the program appears to be a great success and is available here on Salem-News.com and you can also follow the links on this story to BlogTalkRadio which hosts the radio program.

Soaring Global Wheat Prices Increase Hunger for Millions of Afghans

WFP asks for $77 million in U.S. Aid.

(KABUL, Afghanistan) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Afghanistan today urged the international community to fund a sharp increase in needed food assistance for poor persons and families in Afghanistan who cannot afford to pay soaring local prices for wheat, a staple of the Afghan diet.

Global food prices, particularly of wheat, have risen to all-time highs in the last 12 months, and have adversely affected millions of Afghans, for whom wheat flour is the food staple used in making bread.

Red Cross Gala to Support Disaster Budget Deficit

The evening is described as a “fabulous evening of romance” which includes wine, hors d’ oeuvres, silent & live auctions, dinner, live music, dancing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A record number of local disasters in the Marion and Polk Communities has increased the importance of the Red & White Gala fundraiser which supports local American Red Cross disaster responses.

The Willamette Chapter has spent over $50,000 responding to local house fires and weather related disasters since the beginning the current fiscal year on a budget of $47,800. With five months left in the fiscal year, the chapter is relying heavily on its Fifth Annual Red & White Gala fundraiser to raise desperately needed funds for the Local Disaster Relief Fund.

Monaco Coach Corporation Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter Conference Call on the Web

This will be live over the Internet - Simply log on to the web at the address monaco-online.com Wednesday, February 6th at 2:00 PM eastern time.

(COBURG, Ore.) - Dedicated to quality and service, Monaco Coach Corporation is one of the nation's leading manufacturers of motorized and towable recreational vehicles. Headquartered in Coburg, Oregon, with substantial manufacturing facilities in Indiana, Monaco Coach employs approximately 5,200 people.

The Company offers a variety of RVs, from entry-level priced towables to custom-made luxury models under the Monaco, Holiday Rambler, Safari, Beaver, McKenzie, R-Vision and Dodge brand names.

Taxpayers Have a New Way to Pay Taxes Electronically

You can pay taxes as far back as 10 years.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Taxpayers can electronically pay their personal income taxes directly from their checking or savings account, thanks to a partnership between the Revenue department and U.S. Bank.

From the department's website, you can instruct U.S. Bank to transfer money from your checking or savings account to the department. You don't need to have a U.S. Bank account to do it.

Famed Aviator Mary Feik To Highlight Women In Aviation Month

Aircraft and restoration specialist highlights "Women in Aviation" Month.

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - Mary Feik, recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and a Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, will speak at Evergreen Aviaition Museum in McMinnville on March 1st.

After overhauling her first automobile engine at age 13 and later aircraft engines at 18 years of age, Mary taught aircraft maintenance to crew chiefs and mechanics for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942.

Marion County`s Electronics Recycling Program Expands

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality recently recognized Marion County as Oregon's top recycler

(SALEM, Ore.) - Marion County Public Works - Environmental Services has expanded its electronics-recycling program to accept televisions, microwaves, and photocopy machines. The County has also added an additional drop-off location for electronics recycling just north of Woodburn.

Oregonians Donate More Than 15,000 Wireless Phones in 2007 to Aid Domestic Violence Survivors

Used Phone Donations from Oregon Help Company Provide $1.7 Million in Cash Grants and 60 Million Minutes of Service to Help Victims of Domestic Violence

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Verizon Wireless said today that consumers and businesses in Oregon donated 15,048 old and no-longer-used wireless phones in 2007 to the company’s HopeLine recycling and reuse program.

The company collected 1,068,000 phones across the country – a record number representing the most phones collected in one year by HopeLine, an increase of 17 percent from last year’s total of 910,000 phones.