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The advisory, issued September 16 and updated September 18, covered the stretch of river from Ross Island to Sauvie Island.
(October 2, 2014, 2:35 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
The Oregon Health Authority has lifted a health advisory for the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon.
Water monitoring has confirmed reduced levels of blue-green algae and their toxins.
(October 2, 2014, 2:05 pm) SPRINGFIELD. Ore.
The Oregon Health Authority has lifted a health advisory issued August 5 for Walterville Pond, located off Oregon Route 126, five miles east of Springfield.
58 percent of the incidents took place at a private residence, 17 percent in a residence hall or other university property and 10 percent at a fraternity.
(October 2, 2014, 2:00 pm) EUGENE, Ore.
One of the first surveys of its kind, performed by a nationally known UO psychology professor, appears to confirm a widely held belief that campus sexual assault is a hugely underestimated problem.
A recent Wells Fargo survey showed that 27 percent of Americans are more worried about their financial health than their physical health.
(October 2, 2014, 2:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
In an effort to help customers succeed financially, Wells Fargo is offering its customers in Oregon and S.W. Washington their free consumer credit score, and complimentary credit report now through Nov. 15.
The suspect attended a Southwest Portland area church, and may have had access to additional victims who were used as babysitters for the Wehage family.
(October 2, 2014, 1:42 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
The Portland Police Bureau Sex Crimes Unit is asking for the public's help in identifying any additional victims that may have had contact with 39-year-old Joseph William Wehage.
The starting line for the Portland Marathon and Portland Marathon Half is at SW 4th and Taylor in downtown Portland. The events start together at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday.
(October 2, 2014, 12:30 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
On Sunday, the Portland Marathon will require the following restrictions and closures in the Portland area.
Cleveland High School was placed into a precautionary lockdown during the incident, and has now returned to normal operations.
(October 2, 2014, 9:25 am) PORTLAND, Ore.
Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m., Portland Police Central Precinct officers responded to the area of Southeast 25th Avenue and Franklin Street on the report of three armed men walking along 25th Ave.
The owners of the renowned Joel Palmer House fine dining restaurant in Dayton decided to make another investment in town by renovating a building to house the new Barlow Room right in the heart of downtown.
(October 2, 2014, 7:10 am) DAYTON, Ore.
Dayton's downtown revitalization efforts were a clear stand-out at the 2014 Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Awards given by Oregon Main Street on Oct. 1 during the Oregon Main Street Annual Conference in McMinnville.
The Samuel Robert Winery Historic Restoration project transformed a 1913 building, which had provided for various uses and received several historically inappropriate updates over the century, back to its original structural framework.
(October 2, 2014, 7:09 am) AMITY, Ore.
The Samuel Robert Winery received an Excellence in Downtown Revitalization Award for the "Best Historic Restoration Project" from Oregon Main Street on Oct. 1 during the Oregon Main Annual Conference in McMinnville.
Oregon's theme mirrors the national theme - Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives! Test Yours Every Month!
(October 2, 2014, 4:05 am) SALEM, Ore.
In support of the theme of National Fire Prevention Week, and at the request of the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal to expand Fire Prevention Week into Fire Prevention Month, Governor John Kitzhaber has proclaimed October as Oregon Fire Prevention Month.
Open fires are prohibited, including campfires, charcoal fires, cooking fires and warming fires, except at designated locations.
(October 2, 2014, 4:00 am) PENDLETON, Ore.
As of 12:01 a.m., October 2, the Oregon Department of Forestry has modified the fire prevention related Regulated Use Closure which is in place on private forestlands protected by the Northeast Oregon District.
To help public health officials monitor for illness and keep it contained, they encourage people to talk to their doctors if they have recently travelled to West Africa.
(October 1, 2014, 5:00 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
Oregon public health officials say they are ready to respond in the unlikely event a person ill with Ebola infection arrives in the state, but they emphasize that risk of exposure remains low.
30-year-old Michael William Olson who lived in the area died after suffering a fatal gunshot wound.
(October 1, 2014, 4:45 pm) PORTLAND, Ore.
The Portland Police Bureau's Homicide Unit, in cooperation with Crime Stoppers of Oregon, is asking for the public's help to solve a homicide that occurred in the Woodstock Neighborhood of Southeast Portland.
The suspect allegedly exposed himself in a sexual manner to two small children, ages 6 and 10.
(October 1, 2014, 4:30 pm) CLACKAMAS, Ore.
On Tuesday, detectives with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Child Abuse Team made an arrest in the Sept. 20 indecent-exposure incident at the Old Navy in Clackamas Promenade.
According to investigators, the abuse had been going on over the course of over a month, and victim knew Leffler.
(October 1, 2014, 3:17 pm) CORVALLIS, Ore.
Corvallis police have arrested a man on multiple sex crimes for sexually abusing a female under the age of 12.
Corvallis police say at 4:45 a.m., the victim was approached by Corvallis resident Kevin Steinberger who asked him for some money.
(October 1, 2014, 11:42 am) CORVALLIS, Ore.
A Corvallis man is lucky not to have sustained more serious injuries after another man tried to rob him after he took money out of a Bank of America ATM machine Wednesday morning.
A reward of up to $1000 is offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in this case.
(October 1, 2014, 11:30 am) JEWELL, Ore.
Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division asks for the public's help for information to identify the person responsible for the mid-September unlawful killing of a large bull elk on the Jewell Meadows Elk Refuge in Clatsop County.
Asthma is a common chronic childhood disease and an estimated 48 percent of American homes have a gas stove that is used.
(October 1, 2014, 11:15 am) CORVALLIS, Ore.
Parents with children at home should use ventilation when cooking with a gas stove, researchers from Oregon State University are recommending, after a new study showed an association between gas kitchen stove ventilation and asthma, asthma symptoms and chronic bronchitis.
Officers were called to the report of a shooting just after 11:00 p.m. When officers and medical personnel arrived, they located a victim suffering critical injuries.
(October 1, 2014, 9:50 am) PORTLAND, Ore.
Portland police are investigating the death Tuesday night of an adult male in the 6100 block of Southeast 52nd Ave.
A commercial truck transporting a 70,000 pound condenser by Bigge Crane and Rigging Company was traveling downhill when the rear car started to swerve and lost control.
(October 1, 2014, 9:00 am) MILL CITY, Ore.
Highway 22E three miles west of Mill City is partially blocked while workers try to clear a commercial truck crash in which a 70,000 pound cylindrical condenser rolled onto the highway.