Portland Oregon

Sinclair Broadcast Group works to renegotiate loans and avoid bankruptcy

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:16:23 +0000

may be tied to one of its television partners staring at a July 31 deadline on a loan agreement. That was the picture painted Tuesday afternoon by Hunt Valley-based Sinclair executives in a conferenc…

Police: Woman’s body found along Columbia River

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:19:51 +0000

The body of a young woman was discovered along the bank of the Columbia River, but investigators have yet to determine if it’s a 17-year-old girl missing since earlier in the week.

SRP Votes For 4.9% Rate Hike

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:20:07 +0000

… into effect in May, according to an SRP news release. The utility, which supplies electricity to more than 935,000 Phoenix-area residents, will begin implementing the changes in price plans May 1. According to SRP, a typical residential customer’s …

Web pages help parents keep ties with kids who died

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:21:29 +0000

Kate von Alt is savoring each post as she reads aloud from her son Garrett’s MySpace page. Today is Oct. 15: Garrett’s Sweet 16th birthday.

No sign that Phoenix Mars Lander has risen

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:17:20 +0000

The Mars satellite Odyssey still hasn’t received a signal from the Phoenix Mars Lander, after a three-day listening campaign to see if the solar-powered lander had re-awakened in the Martian spring

Somali official: 2 western Catholic nuns kidnapped

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:22:44 +0000

Associated Press – November 10, 2008 6:43 AM ET MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – A Somali official says gunmen have kidnapped two Western Catholic nuns in Kenya and taken them over the border into…

Defense Lawyers Seek New Trial In ‘Joe Cool’ Case

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:19:44 +0000

At least two jurors claim they want to take back their guilty votes that convicted a 20-year-old man on firearms charges that carry a possible life sentence in the hijacking and shooting deaths of four people last year aboard the “Joe Cool” charter boat.

Warren man dies after being hit by truck

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:18:24 +0000

Roseville — Police have identified a man killed Monday night after being struck by a truck on Groesbeck as Jeffrey Clayton True.

Bomb kills four US soldiers in Afghanistan’s east

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:15:44 +0000

KABUL — A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday — new evidence of rising violence in a region where clashes and attacks in the first two months of 2009 more than doubled from the same period a year ago.

Oral Roberts surges past Western Illinois 74-62

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:22:30 +0000

David Nurse sank 5 of the 6 free throws to put Western Illinois ahead 44-42.But the Golden Eagles responded with a 9-2 run, which ended with 7:59 left on Morrison's basket to make it 51-46. Western Il…