June 23, 2014, 9:45 pm 12 comments in the last 7 days.
Bob's Hamburgers to Make Triumph Return During The Oregon State Fair.

For almost anyone who grew up in Salem from 1955 to 2003, there was one fast-food restaurant that was a destination for almost everyone. That place was called: Bob’s Hamburgers.

July 26, 2014, 9:15 pm 7 comments in the last 7 days.
Scott M. Fishman, MD Profiteer 'Responsible for Opioid Addictions and Deaths'??.

I have been writing articles over the years on the prescription opioid/heroin epidemic crippling the U.S. and Canada and the contributing factors involved. These factors are the physicians paid by the pharmaceutical industry to write books and speak directly to the medical profession downplaying the long term use of opioids for chronic pain.

July 27, 2014, 8:51 pm 2 comments in the last 7 days.
Massive Online Search Underway for Missing Oregon Mother.

Police and family members are searching near and far for an Dundee, Oregon mother of two boys who was last seen at a gas station on Thursday. Family members have started a Facebook page in hopes someone will see 38-year-old Jennifer Huston, and are posting flyers around the Willamette Valley, and along the Oregon Coast, hoping to locate her or her vehicle, a 1999 dark green Lexus 470, Oregon license plate WXH 011.

July 29, 2014, 7:15 pm 2 comments in the last 7 days.
Missing Ore. Mom Seen Buying Sleeping Pills, Other Items Before Vanishing.

A missing Oregon mother from Dundee who has been the subject of a massive on the ground and social media search for her, and her vehicle, was caught on surveillance video purchasing Gatorade, a package of trail mix and a package of over the counter sleep aid pills from the local Rite Aide Drug store.

July 24, 2014, 12:33 am 2 comments in the last 7 days.
Prince of Pot Freed from US Clutches.

In 2009, a dear friend to this reporter personally, Mr. Marc Emery, aka The Canadian "Prince of Pot" was extradited to the U.S. from his homeland Canada, where he pleaded guilty to one count of "Conspiracy to manufacture marihuana". The then 56-year old martyr publicly acknowledged that he had sold cannabis seeds to American customers via mail order since 1994, and quite frankly, gaining immense popularity as well as making a financial Killing as he did it. For that dung-smearing in ole Uncle Sam's face, he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in US federal corrections, which he's about finished having served in multiple facilities across the nation.

July 24, 2014, 10:00 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
404 Students Donate Scholarship Funds to Gaza's Shifa Hospital.

404 Palestinian students from Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian camps, 194 of whom are women and 210 are men, with academic majors ranging from medicine and engineering to business and computer science have agreed to transfer this semester’s tuition grants to Gaza as an act of solidarity with their countrymen. As casualties were being brought into Shifa hospital by the minute, some in ambulances, others in cars and trucks, Ms. Hajj announced to Lebanese media that, “This act of solidarity with our countrymen under siege in Gaza is to help with emergency medical supplies and to deliver the message that every Palestinian in Lebanon is of Gaza.”

December 7, 2011, 10:10 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Agent Orange (Dioxin) Second Generation: Effects on children of Vietnam Veterans.

Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam Veterans conceived during and after the War are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the second generation. Will there be a third generation? Some members of the Armed Forces are recognized by the Veterans Administration (VA).

October 27, 2010, 2:46 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Charitable Biker Event Incites 'Criminal Profiling' from Police.

Some would say that profiling is not common in our little neck of the woods, but others would suggest that it occurs every day.

July 26, 2014, 6:51 am 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Dallas, Ore. Man Killed in Crash Near Wilsonville.

Oregon State Police troopers are on scene investigating Friday's single vehicle fatal traffic crash off the northbound shoulder of Interstate 5 about three miles south of Wilsonville. Oregon State Police spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings says at approximately 11:55 a.m., a 1993 Buick Regal four-door driven by 48-year-old Emuel Smothers, from Dallas, Oregon, was northbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 281 in the far right lane.

April 25, 2014, 12:33 pm 1 comments in the last 7 days.
Do You Really Want to Go to War With Russia? The Crazies Do!.

At times like this it appears we have crazy people making life and death decisions for the good citizens of the US. It is disconcerting to say the least to come to grips with the reality that there are many in this government who are war mongers and who appear to be provoking Russia. This is suicidal. This is not Libya, or Afghanistan, or Iraq, or Syria, or Grenada, or any of the smaller powers we have chosen to make war on.