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Expanded Landslide Database Released

24 April 2014 Oregon Geologists Offer Expanded Landslide Database A new, expanded statewide database of landslide locations was released this week by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.  The interactive, web-based map shows more than 46,000 known landslide locations in the state. The department hopes the tool will […]

2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 09:26 AM AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/291 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The Marion County Commission has ordered a waste-to-power facility to stop accepting boxed medical waste after learning it might be using the remains of aborted fetuses from British Columbia to […]

Statewide Interactive Landslide Map

Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon (SLIDO) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | What is the Statewide Landslide Information Database for Oregon? SLIDO release 3.0 is compilation of landslides in Oregon that have been identified on published maps. The database contains only landslides that have been located on […]

NW Sports from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 04:59 AM AP-NW–SportsMinute/247 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros […]

1st Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 04/24/2014 03:59 AM AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Lawyers for four gay and lesbian couples and the state of Oregon are urging a federal judge to strike down the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Michael McShane […]

Not Our First Rhody-Oh!

23 April 2014 Rhody Grand Marshall Announced Things will have a decidedly “western” slant during the 107th annual Rhododendron Festival next month.  Chamber Executive Director Cal Applebee says the theme this year is a play on words. Cal Applebee – “Not our first Rhody-Oh!” And, keeping with the western theme:  […]