U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says he's got enough backing in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill renewing special payments to rural timber counties in 41 states hurt by a decline in logging on federal lands.
What lit the spark 35 years ago on a video project that has racked up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube in the past month? "There's no money in it," Sam Klemke said, "but I'm having a blast."
As a child, the late Pearl Jones sat and listened to the elder ladies of Baker City, Ore., who arrived here on the Oregon Trail. Pearl's love of Oregon history was infectious - and, it turns out, appropriate.