Getting disaster supplies together takes effort – and dollars. For cash-strapped families struggling to keep afloat, preparing for the worst might seem like a luxury.  But making the effort to build up an emergency kit and supplies could save your family's lives. And you can build your emergency supplies kit over time, making it far more affordable, if you're on a tight budget.

A Black employee who found a noose over his workstation in a predominantly Latino company has won a full-time job and a financial settlement from his employers, the Oregon Attorney General's office announced this week.

Give it to the gods of timing.                -
For this year's Red Cross Breakfast of Champions event in Portland, the organization decided to put their focus on earthquakes. If you didn't know any better, one might think the Red Cross organized the annual event in response to the earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday. But no, it was pure coincidence.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag flying from his pickup truck has enlisted the help of a conservative civil liberties group in hopes of getting his job back.

Craig Fondren of Sabin Community Development was honored this week as one of eight Newsmakers of the Year, at the annual Royal Rosarian Newsmakers' Awards Banquet

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon's public universities have asked the Legislature for more power to manage their affairs as they face a future that promises fewer taxpayer dollars and increased pressure to raise tuition.

Word that Jefferson High School won't be fielding a single Rose Festival princess this year – the first time any school has ever missed out on the venerated institution – has outraged and saddened local boosters

A new study on the public's perception of crime reveals some troubling disconnects between reality and fantasy. Despite having the lowest crime rates since the 1960s, a majority of Oregonians wrongly believe that crime rates either rose or stayed stagnant.

Portland-based uLynk — riding the wave of digital coupons, texting software and social media strategies for small businesses – is a blossoming startup that was galvanized by failure.

SEATTLE (AP) -- The biggest surprise about the Nisqually earthquake was that it wasn't worse.