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Robotic Elk Decoy To Help Oregon Troopers Bust Poachers

The primary focus of the Division's WED program is to apprehend nighttime or closed season violators.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Poachers beware!

The big elk you thought you shot just might be a decoy donated by the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust to Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division to combat poaching in Oregon.

Union County Triple Homicide Defendant Pleads Guilty; Sentencing Scheduled

The guilty pleas were entered pursuant to a negotiated settlement.

(UNION COUNTY, Ore.) - Union County District Attorney Timothy Thompson says this supersedes the previously filed Information after his capture in Thurston County, Washington on August 3rd.

The state agreed to not seek the death penalty on the Aggravated Murder charges. As part of the plea agreement, Cook will provide a truthful and complete recitation of the details of the crimes, verified by polygraph.

Walking the Last Free Mile with Eddy Lepp

Eddy tried claiming medical and religious protections but the arguments were not allowed in Federal Court.

(PISMO BEACH, Calif.) - Today Eddy Lepp called me at about 10:30 a.m. and said they were getting ready to pass through Pismo Beach. I hopped into my car and caught up with them on the freeway and followed them to Lompoc.

There was a traffic jam on the way down and I figured that in Eddy's mind there was probably no big rush as he was on his way to serve a 10 year mandatory sentence in Federal Prison for growing Marijuana.

Oregon Fugitive Arrested in Michigan

Springer is being held in Kent County, Michigan, pending extradition back to Oregon

(MCMINNVILLE, Ore.) - After four months on the lamb, 21-year old Damien Andrew Springer of McMinnville was apprehended Friday around 2:00 p.m. by the United States Marshals Service in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Officials say that in February, Mr. Springer was arrested and lodged in the Yamhill County Jail for Rape in the Third Degree, Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, and Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor by McMinnville Police Department.

Oregon (I can`t go home): The Rest of the Story

The song written to spotlight the plight of an Oregon woman serving a life sentence in a Turkish prison remained at number one in 1974 for nine weeks in the NW, and was number 16 on Billboard's national charts.

(SALEM, Ore.) - During the summer of '74, one song took over the airwaves. It was the haunting tale by a local band, in rememberance of a girl from Oregon who was being held in a Turkish prison.

"Oregon (I can't go home)" by Black Hawk County wasn't an official song for our state, but made a large impression on me while growing up here in the 70's. It was beautiful, and really connected myself and my friends to the Oregon we knew and loved.

Jury Acquits Washington Man in Medical Marijuana Case

After nearly two years of relentless accusations and threat of jail time, it is now all a matter of history.

(PORT ORCHARD, Wash.) - A Washington man who being prosecuted for marijuana in spite of the fact that he is a legal, registered medical marijuana patient in Washington, has been acquitted by a jury. His wife was also arrested in the May 2007 raid at their home, and she previously pleaded guilty over pressure from the Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office in Port Orchard.

54-year old Bruce Olson had faced one count of "manufacturing" (growing) marijuana and one count of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. The trial lasted a full two weeks

Washington State Marijuana Trial on National Stage

Thousands are anxiously watching the case against a retired stone mason as they move into closing arguments.

(PORT ORCHARD, Wash.) - The majority of Washingtonians voted together in 1998 for the health and safety of its ill residents. Supporting the medical use of marijuana was not a hard choice for most, and the state has adjusted very well overall to bringing these sick patients into the fold.

Contrary to these ideals seems to be one particular man: Kitsap County Prosecutor Russ Hauge (pronounced howgy). His opinion of the thousands of legal medicinal use patients seems to be nothing less than disapproval.

US Drug Czar Mis-Used Marijuana Statistics as Scare Tactics While Arrests Soar, Reports Reveal

The US House of Representatives celebrates the end of alcohol prohibition, while marijuana users are still considered criminals.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The major U.S. government study of drug use shows that the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has badly failed to meet its own goals for reducing use of marijuana and other illegal drugs, according to a pair of new reports by George Mason University senior fellow Jon Gettman, Ph.D.

In addition, ONDCP and its chief, "Drug Czar" John Walters, have misused treatment statistics to suggest that marijuana is dangerously addictive when the government's own data suggest that arrest-driven treatment admissions have wasted tax dollars by treating thousands who were not truly drug-dependent. All while the FBI's new tally is the highest marijuana arrest total ever-reported in law enforcement history.

Lebanon Meth Bust Lands Three Behind Bars

Meth continues to be a scourge on our Oregon communities

(LEBANON, Ore.) - Three people were arrested after detectives executed a search warrant for narcotics at 491 Cleveland Street in Lebanon yesterday at about 5:30 PM, according to Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller.

According to authorities, about 1/4 pound of methamphetamine was seized in the raid, with a wholesale street value of $4,000 to $5,000. They say that if broken down in smaller "user" amounts the value would increase to $11,000.