News on The Oregonian

The Oregonian newspaper lays off 37 workers

2010-02-24T14:00:29Z

<div id="subtitle">The Oregonian newspaper in Portland lays off 37 people, mostly in newsroom</div><div><p>Oregon's largest newspaper has cut 37 workers, or about 5 percent of its staff.</p><p>The Oregonian delivered the bad news to workers Wednesday morning and offered them severance packages.&...

Oregon man sues over tree that fell and hurt him

2010-02-22T12:31:44Z

<div><p>An Oregon man has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and a logging company on allegations that they failed to cut down a tree before it fell and injured him.</p><p>The suit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland City Hall; mayor apologizes for interruption</div><div><p>An overdone bagel forced the evacuation of Portland's City Hall. The Oregonian reported that City Hall emptied for about 20 minutes Wednesday morning while firefighters dealt with the burning bagel...

Ore. man accused of snipping bus passenger's hair

2010-02-23T00:58:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Portland, Ore., man accused of snipping fellow bus passenger's hair; similar cases reported</div><div><p>A prosecutor says a Portland man accused of sneakily snipping a fellow bus passenger's hair as he sat behind her New Year's Eve is a suspect in a number of similar incidents. Jared Weston ...

Thief steals Oregon AG's briefcase from parked car

2010-02-23T11:46:49Z

<div id="subtitle">Thief breaks into Oregon attorney general's car, takes briefcase containing badge, documents</div><div><p>Someone broke into the car of Oregon's top law enforcement official and stole a briefcase containing his badge and a book of phone numbers for various law officers in the state.</p><p>The Orego...

Editor Rowe leaving Oregonian; Bhatia to take over

2010-02-23T19:23:32Z

<div id="subtitle">Editor Sandra Rowe leaving The Oregonian; Executive Editor Peter Bhatia to succeed her</div><div><p>Oregonian Editor Sandra Mims Rowe announced Monday she is leaving the newspaper at year's end. Executive Editor Peter Bhatia was named her successor.<...

Rockets Trail Blazers Basketball

2009-12-05T20:30:40Z

Portland Trail Blazers' Martell Webster comforts Greg Oden after his injury in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets at the R...

APTOPIX Rockets Trail Blazers Basketball

2009-12-05T20:30:39Z

Portland trail Blazer's Greg Oden reacts moments after falling to the floor in pain in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. (AP Phot...

Fire engulfs Portland school

2010-02-24T07:15:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Fire engulfs southeast Portland school</div><div><p>A three-alarm fire has been reported at an Oregon elementary school.</p><p>The fire at Marysville Elementary in Portland began at about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, and the thick black smoke w...

New publisher named for Oregonian newspaper

2010-02-24T14:16:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Former Orange County Register publisher to lead Oregonian paper, which he carried as boy</div><div><p>N. Christian Anderson III, honored for innovations as a leader of the Orange County Register, has been named publisher of The Oregonian newspaper.</p><p>...

Oregonian publisher Stickel to retire

2010-02-25T09:40:31Z

<div id="subtitle">Oregonian publisher Fred Stickel, 87, announces retirement</div><div><p>Fred Stickel, publisher of The Oregonian, said Wednesday he will retire after guiding Oregon's largest paper for more than three decades that included toasts to five Gorge Hotel on Oregon's Hood River to reopen</div><div><p>The historic Columbia Gorge Hotel is expected to reopen in September, according to Portland, Ore., mayor seeks comments on proposal to ban carriages in city after horse death</div><div><p>Portland Mayor Sam Adams has turned to Twitter to ask for feedback on a proposal to ban horse-drawn carriages in the city after a ho...

Oregon sheriff ordered to be a cadet again at 70

2010-02-27T03:53:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Ore. certification agency orders basic training for veteran sheriff back from retirement</div><div><p>The Oregon agency that certifies police officers says the sheriff of the state's most populous county — a member of the force for nearly half his 70 years — has to go back to basic training.</p><p>McDonald's</div><div><p>An Oregon man spent Memorial Day in jail after dialing 911 to complain that a McDonald's worker was rude and didn't give him an orange juice he ordered. Portland, Ore., in recent weeks without bumping into ads for the new mobile broadband service from Clearwire (CLWR). Product reps demoed the service at at least one college alumni association holiday party. Clearwire placed ads on TV and in Oregon tow-truck driver demands 'drop fee' from bloody woman assaulted by her boyfriend</div><div><p>Neither a bloody face nor a deputy's plea could stop a tow-truck driver from doing what he's paid to do. The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said a Portland State Players Held in Mexico After Incident in Cabo San Lucas, University Says</div><div><p>Two Portland State basketball players have been detained in Mexico after an incident in Cabo San Lucas, according to the university.&a...