Oregon farmers top in tech use
Oregon’s farmers and ranchers lead the U.S. in computer usage, a federal survey says.
Oregon homeowners get mortgage help
Oregon is one of 18 states in the Home Rescue Program that helps homeowners by covering up to a year of mortgage payments.
Senate president opposes Kitzhaber’s CRC plan
Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney isn’t supporting Gov. Kitzhaber’s plan for an Oregon-only Columbia River Crossing.
Judge orders longshore union to stop disrupting port
A federal administrative law judge ordered the longshore union to stop disrupting operations at the Port of Portland.
Sequestration affecting Central Oregon seniors
Many services for the elderly were cut in Central Oregon due to sequestration.
Schnitzer Steel metals recycling president resigns
Schnitzer Steel Industries’ metals recycling business president resigned abruptly with no explanation from the company.
Eugene streetcar track unearthed
Eugene’s former streetcar rails were rediscovered by work crews as they prepared Willamette Street for a repaving project.
Obamacare is for business, not for Congress
Earlier this month, President Obama took the unusual step of involving himself in an administrative matter that would have been otherwise handled by people many levels below the Oval Office. He personally approved a “solution” to a “problem” affecting health insurance benefits for members of Congress and their staffs.
Life on earth may have started on Mars
BBC: New research supports an idea that the Red Planet was a better place to kick-start biology billions of years ago than the early Earth was.
Texting drivers may violate law in New Jersey
CNN.com: A New Jersey state appeals court warns don’t knowingly text a driver — or you could be held liable if he causes a crash.