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Gas Prices Ease at the Pumps

Gas prices this week are down in all four of Oregon's measured metropolitan areas, and in Vancouver, WA.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - "The price of gas is down a few cents this week, as the price of crude continues to back further away from the record $100 per barrel set two weeks ago." AAA Oregon Public Affairs Director Marie Dodds says the national average and the Oregon average are only a cent-and-a-half apart now.

The national average for regular unleaded is down about four-and-a-half cents in the past week to $3.061 per gallon, while Oregon's statewide average is down four-and-a-half cents to $3.076. The price of crude is at less than $92 per barrel today.

Republican Attempts to Block Oregon`s 2008 Legislative Session

Nothing like being slapped in the face with your own impotent irrelevancy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - State Sen. Larry George, R-Hillsboro, has filed suit to block the 2008 session of the Oregon Legislature in Salem. He claims he is 'defending the state constitution' but in reality it is nothing but a brazen attempt at political damage control.

The Oregon Republican Party has become used to getting its way. It dominated (some might say strangulated) the House for some two decades. Now they are out.. WAY out. In the Senate where George holds a position of greatly diminished power his side is outnumbered by around 2 to 1.

Two Sprague High Students Arrested After Fight

The two students were transported to the Marion County Juvenile Department on various charges.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - A 16-year-old male Sprague High School student received minor cuts and abrasions when he was slashed with a knife during a fight at Sprague High School on Tuesday.

Salem police said the student who was slashed with the knife had initiated a fight with another 16-year-old male student that stemmed from a previous conflict between the two of them. The other student had the knife in his jacket and slashed at the first student during the fight, causing the injuries.

Missing Snowmobiler Located Safely (NEW PHOTOS)

The rider was dehydrated and cold but refused transport to the hospital.

(CRESCENT, Ore.) - A man who took a snowmobile out for a ride last night near Crescent, Oregon and never returned, 65-year old Robert Plumb, was located safely today by a search and rescue helicopter. Plumb was located at 12:37 P.M. by an aircraft out of Jackson County, approximately 20 miles East of Crescent.

Tim Evinger with the Klamath County Sheriff's Office says Plumb is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal during the past 24 hours with temperatures overnight dipping below zero.

Navy Will Now Use Sonar in Training off California

The Navy says they can be good stewards of the environment while simultaneously protecting the national security.

(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) - The Navy announced today that two important steps have been taken under existing law and regulations to allow it to conduct effective, integrated training with sonar off the coast of southern California after a federal court earlier this month imposed untenable restrictions on such training.

In accordance with the provisions of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), and at the recommendation of the Secretary of Commerce, the President concluded that continuing these vital exercises without the restrictions imposed by the district court is in the paramount interests of the United States.

Missing Person Search Underway Near Klamath Falls

They say the man is lost in an area where there are hundreds of snowmobile tracks.

(KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.) - Klamath County Deputies responded around 7:30 PM last night on a report of an overdue person who had been snowmobiling in northern Klamath County. Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger says preliminary information is that 65-year old Robert Plumb of Crescent, Oregon left his home on a snowmobile before noon Tuesday.

"Klamath County Searchers on snowmobiles searched throughout the night after following snowmobile tracks thought to be Plumbs. The tracks continued for miles south until they met up with a more heavily used trail where the tracks blended with those from other snowmobiles."

Cartoon Strip: Nota Bene by Leonardo No. 77 - Experience Change

This is the seventy-seventh installment of the Salem-News.com original series "Nota Bene by Leonardo" by Salem cartoonist Glen Bledsoe.

(Earth-Neverland) - The contests rage. In a bizarre parody of reality television, the candidates for president perform their ritual dance of capability.

The slightest hesitation or fumble and his or her opponents strike. Sounds bytes are the order of the day. Simplistic messages are designed for the lowest common denominator so that believers can parrot them back. The messages may conflict, they may contradict, but they above all else must be short.

Howard Street Charter School Accepting Applications for 2008-09 School Year

Prospective students and their parents are invited to come any time between 2:30 and 4:00 PM to visit classrooms, meet teachers and students.

(SALEM, Ore. ) - Howard Street Charter School is now accepting applications from current 5th grade students for the 2008-09 school year.

Howard Street is a public 6th, 7th and 8th grade middle school with a strong emphasis on the arts, sciences and languages. All students are required to take three years of drama, art and science as well as three years of a foreign language.

New College of Medicine Coming to Mid-Willamette Valley

Samaritan Health Services currently offers educational experiences to more than 900 students annually at its various locations,

(LEBANON, Ore. ) - Samaritan Health Services plans to partner with Pomona-based Western University of Health Sciences to develop a college of osteopathic medicine as part of a health sciences campus in Lebanon.

Study: Black Americans Should Get Reparations for Housing Discrimination

The researchers said the majority of young, first-time white homebuyers today receive money from their parents to help them afford a home.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Historic housing and lending discrimination against black Americans has created a significant discrepancy in their overall wealth – a gap that may take reparations to close, according to research published by two Oregon State University faculty members.

The researchers argue that the situation was created by government programs that deliberately made it much more difficult for black Americans to acquire homes at the same time they made it much easier for white Americans to acquire homes. The average black American has only about 15 percent as much wealth as the average white American, even though black Americans earn about 60 percent as much as white Americans.