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The state of Oregon has finally loosened restrictions that prohibited residents from pumping their own gas – even though it’s still illegal in most of the state. Self-service gas stations became legal in 15 rural Oregon counties on Monday. The ...

Part hobo, part hobbit and part trendsetter, Dan Price was living the tiny house lifestyle long before the tiny house movement gained momentum. A professional news photographer for 10 years, Price says he began his search for a simple lifestyle ...

In a controversial move that is gaining national attention, state social workers in Oregon took a couple’s children away because their IQs are lower than average. Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler can only see their children in chaperoned visits because ...

A bill that would give judges the power to order gun confiscation without due process has passed Oregon’s legislature and is expected to be signed by the governor. The state House on July 6 narrowly approved Senate Bill (SB) 719, ...

HILLSBORO, Ore. – An Oregon school district is asking staff not to use Santa Claus or other Christmas-themed images in their decorations out of fear they might offend students and visitors who don’t celebrate the holiday. The letter from the ...

Every gun in America should be destroyed – so says an Oregon judge with the power to sentence people to prison. “If I could I would take all the guns in America, put them on big barges and go dump ...

The EPA is suing a 77-year-old farmer for fines that could reach into the millions for building a dike to protect his property from flooding. The Register Guard newspaper reported that the agency is suing farmer William Case for fines ...

Quietly across the nation, organic farmers are making progress in their battle to raise organic, GMO-free crops without the threat of cross-contamination from genetically modified fields. And, perhaps most surprisingly, a federal court has sided with the farmers. That’s the ...

In the wake of a mass shooting at an Oregon college, President Obama is considering a plan that would require more Americans to undergo background checks when they purchase guns. The Washington Post reported that Obama intends to go around ...

Vermont in recent months became the first state to require the labeling of GMO foods, and a county in Oregon went a step further by banning all genetically modified crops. But if the U.S. House of Representatives has its way, ...