Topic: oregonians

Though Tropical Storm Gustav isn't projected to make landfall along the Gulf Coast until the end of Labor Day weekend, the American Red Cross is preparing for the anticipated hurricane by deploying volunteers and staging supplies in key communities. Six volunteers from the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross will leave for Baton Rouge, LA today to assist with setting up shelters...

A quick take on one of the non-delegate, non-politician, non-media Oregonians hanging out in Denver. She's a vendor with a company in Portland, and she surrounds herself with the products of death. Ewwwww! If the biodegradable coffin business ever takes off, its executives can point to this year's Democratic convention as the breakout moment. The convention organizers' goal of making the...

Hot new SurveyUSA poll: Do you approve or disapprove of the job George W. Bush is doing as President? Approve: 27% Disapprove: 70% Not Sure: 3% Meanwhile... A SurveyUSA poll released yesterday shows...

This is one of those articles that the Democrats and the Teacher's Union Thugs DON'T want average Oregonians to see or read. So folks take a look at this and remember it. Remember what the...

In the two years before the current economic downturn hit Oregon made headway against food insecurity and hunger. The share of adult Oregonians in households experiencing food insecurity was 9.4 percent in 2007, down from 12.3 percent in 2006 and 15.7 percent in 2005. Households facing “food insecurity” are those that are not always sure where their next meal is coming from. In most...

From the Promote Oregon Leadership PAC comes this encouragement: Increasing Fuel Eefficiency, Bringing Relief at the Pump House Republicans Propose Repealing Costly Mandate With Oregonians experiencing lower fuel efficiency and higher gas and food prices, House Republicans last week announced...

Janet Bain(Photo © J. Maus) The Portland arm of media juggernaut Clear Channel is in the process of developing an educational series of messages that will help educate Oregonians about the benefits of biking to our communities and encourage more positive behavior on the roads. The effort is being spearheaded by Janet Bain of Southwest Portland-based Clear...

There’s an old saying about Oregonians: “We don’t tan – we rust!” Never was the aphorism more evident than yesterday when WWP greeted and escorted his siblings and other relatives along the Oregon coast. The normally serene summer scene to...

Gordon Smith needs and wants to be seen as a moderate Republican in Oregon. He shifts positions with feints to the left and then to the right. In the process his stands on positions are finally being seen by voters as pure mush. With so much pandering, Smith certainly seems panicked. Smith's own ambivalence makes it hard to tell if he's running for himself or the Republican Party. Even though...

...it's in the Kamloops Daily News. Greg Drinnan, sports editor of the Daily News, reported the really, really big news that the sale of the Winter Hawks to an Alberta oil magnate is all over but for the formality of league approval. Drinnan's sources indicate a total clean-slate approach on the hockey operations side, which means an end of the Ken Hodge era. (General manager and former...