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No. 4 Oregon Turns No. 6 Arizona State Into Duck Soup

The largest crowd to attend a football game in the state, 53,379, turned out to watch the Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Pac-10) hand the Sun Devils (8-1, 5-1) their first defeat.

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - Oregon has put itself into the heart of national title race.

Dennis Dixon threw four touchdown passes before leaving with an injury, and the fourth-ranked Ducks defeated No. 6 Arizona State 35-23 on Saturday, their second consecutive victory over a Top 10 team. Dixon completed 13-of-22 passes for 189 yards and four touchdowns, and he also ran for 57 yards.

Daylight Saving Time Means Oregon Bars Get an Extra Hour

Later in the year the bars and taverns will have to close early one night, giving the hour back.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Clocks are turned back one hour at 2:00 AM Sunday as Daylight Saving Time ends. Ken Palke with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission says it will be a longer night than usual at Oregon's drinking establishments.

Experimental Airplane Crashes Near Independence

The pilot was life-flighted to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland with possible spinal injuries.

(INDEPENDENCE, Ore.) - A small experimental airplane crashed today just north of the Independence Airport. The Polk County Sheriff's Office was advised of the crash just before 4:00 PM.

Sheriff's Office Spokesman Dean Bender says the owner and pilot of the two-seater "experimental type plane" is 59-year old John "Mike" Pongracz who lives on Airport Way at the Independence Airport Airpark.

Op Ed: Are YOU `For Sale`
On Measure 50?
Your Vote Will Show

Big Tobacco is sweating this one out after poison-nicotine profits supply $12 millions for subverting Oregon voters.

(BEND, Ore.) - That old cliché “The nation’s eyes are on you” is quite literally true for Tuesday’s vote.

Big Tobacco has been forced to wreak out the largest bribe-run of political-ad monies in Oregon’s history, with $12 millions already spent.

Prison Inmates at Shutter Creek Suffer Gastrointestinal Illness

Officials are trying to pin down the cause of the gastrointestinal sickness affecting about a third of the inmate population.

(NORTH BEND, Ore.) - A gastrointestinal illness affecting approximately one-third of the inmates at Shutter Creek Correctional Institution in North Bend, on the Oregon Coast, has caused the facility to cancel visiting for the upcoming weekend.

A spokesperson from the Department of Corrections Health Services says the problem began Thursday night and had become more widespread by Friday morning, causing the cancellation of visiting for Saturday and Sunday, November 3rd and 4th.

Nye Beach Health Advisory Lifted

It should be a great weekend at Oregon's beaches.

(NEWPORT, Ore.) - A health advisory for contact with marine water at Nye Beach in Lincoln County was lifted today by the Oregon Department of Human Services, in conjunction with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

The advisory was issued Wednesday, after water samples at Nye Beach showed higher-than-normal levels of enterococcus, a type of fecal bacteria, in the marine water.

Former Albany Mayor Convicted of Violating State Tax Laws

As Mayor of Albany, Belhumeur was considered a lightning rod, fighting anti-gay groups, council members, and surviving a recall effort.

(ALBANY, Ore.) - The for mayor of Albany, Oregon, Eugene Belhumeur, was convicted today for violations of the state’s tobacco tax laws.

The former Albany area tobacco store retailer who owned and operated Snooky’s in Albany, pleaded guilty in Marion County Circuit Court to charges of Unlawful Distribution of tobacco and tax related charges.

Lead: Silently Poisoning America

Phillip Leveque has spent his live as a Combat Infantryman, Physician, Toxicologist and Pharmacologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Great numbers of our population are being slowly and silently poisoned by an insidious, hidden enemy; lead. The poisoning can resemble intestinal flu with nausea, abdominal cramps and pain, vomiting, diarrhea of constipation.

FDA Says Consumers Continue to Buy Risky Drugs Online

Self-medication a concern; FDA-approved generics may be cheaper alternative.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A yearlong U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into drugs mailed to the United States from foreign countries suggests that consumers may be buying drugs online to avoid the need for a prescription from their physician.

The FDA sampling of imported drugs also indicates that consumers continue to spend money unnecessarily on potentially risky drug products bought over the Internet.

Police Want to Reunite 75 Stolen Gnomes With their Owners

Springfield Police say a lot of calls are coming in. She told Salem-News.com that a few have already been claimed by their owners.

(SPRINGFIELD, Ore.) - Springfield, Oregon Police are investigating the theft of 75 yard gnomes that disappeared from all over the city's neighborhoods, and ended up in a family's yard.

Frogs, turtles, ducks, rabbits and all sorts of creatures comprise this gathering of ornamental yard ornaments. As they are now inhabiting the police department, Captain Richard Harrison with Springfield Police and his detectives says they are exploring ways to get these ornaments back to their homes.