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"I think that for the people of Salem, we are far more of a benefit as a government watchdog than anything else." - Tim King

(SALEM, Ore.) - Some people have written to us lately, asking why there are not more Salem, Oregon stories showing up in our mix, and there are specific reasons for that. While we have contacted a fair number of businesses in Oregon's capitol city for advertising and support, you will only find a small handful on our site.

It is sad, because Salem really needs us and if we don't get involved in the myriad problems, then they will go unresolved for years and years. So while our Salem coverage is not where we would like it to be, our greater coverage of Oregon as a state has increased.

Op-Ed: All Learners Need Real Satisfactions As Their Major Motivator

Essential impact of self-image damaged by NCLB Requirements threatening sanctions For ANY Failures on “High-Stakes Tests”

(BEND, Ore.) - “Outside of Lake Woebegon, not all children are above average”. This overwhelming truth of school life and experience comes from a 2005 cover story in TIME magazine (2/21/05).

Their report won wide attention then --and now does so again, as Congress returns to face inevitable decision on continuing NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, already shown to be draining federal funds at ruinous costs, via a semi-racketeering approach by heavily-involved special interests.

Medical Marijuana: Intoxication?

Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Pharmacologist and Toxicologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am a Toxicologist. I always thought that intoxication meant that the person etc. was being poisoned. A person can be poisoned from slight to severe (death). Some people rate illness or pain on a scale of one to ten. One means mild while ten is severe which includes death.

Oregon Medical Marijuana Doctor Responds to Questions

Phil Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Toxicologist and Pharmacologist. In this segment, he provides written answers to viewers who have written in.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Dr. Phillip Leveque is Oregon's leading authority on Medical Marijuana. He says he has been familiar with the medicinal side of cannabis since the mid 1950's.

Medical Marijuana: Drug of Abuse!

Phil Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Toxicologist and Pharmacologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - There appear to be many people out there who don’t seem to know or accept the fact that the body produces marijuana like substance called Anandamide.

Oregon Man Leaves Baby in Nevada Brothel Parking Lot

A security guard at the Mustang Ranch heard the small girl crying in a car.

(VIRGINIA CITY, Nev.) - A Bend man is in custody for leaving his two-year old girl alone in an automobile at a Nevada brothel for more than two hours. Deputies investigating the case at the Mustang Ranch say the outside temperature was 95 degrees.

Roads Closing Near Bend Over Oregon Wildfire

Highway 20 is open but moving slowly, two other highways are evacuation routes from this part of Central Oregon.

(BLACK BUTTE, Ore.) - Evacuations have been ordered in the Black Butte area near Bend, Oregon over a wildland fire that had already burned 5,400 acres by this morning.

Carol Cushing with the Central Oregon Incident Management Team says 1,200 residences are on the evacuation list. The Level 3 fire evacuation order was issued by the Douglas County Sheriff at 2:30 PM, primary to fire behavior and public safety.

Fairview Woman Dies in Crash on Highway 62 Near Fort Klamath‏

The three individuals were reportedly employees at Crater Lake National Park.

(FOT KLAMATH, Ore.) - A Fairview-area woman died late Sunday night in a single vehicle fatal crash on Highway 62 near Fort Klamath . Two others received minor injuries.

Oregon State Police say that Sunday at approximately 11:00 PM, a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 29-year old Renea Michelle Medgley of Fairview, was negotiating a left curve on Highway 62 near milepost 95 when it lost control.

Traffic Stop Near Bend Leads to Arrest of 3 Home Invasion Suspects

Police say they are related to area burglaries and car clouts in Central Oregon.

(BEND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers arrested three Bend area residents Saturday morning when a traffic stop led troopers to connect the suspects with an earlier home-invasion type burglary in southwest Bend.

During the stop troopers say they found evidence related to other area burglaries, car clouts, and drugs.

Trucker Dies in Crash on Interstate 84 East of Pendleton‏

A passenger in the truck had to be freed by rescue workers, he had non life-threatening injuries.

(PENDLETON, Ore.) - Police say an Illinois commercial truck driver died Saturday night when he collided with a guardrail, after losing control of his truck and trailers westbound on Interstate 84.

It happened about twelve miles east of Pendleton on Cabbage Hill. A passenger in the truck received minor injuries.