PHILOMATH, Ore. (AP) -- Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide...

In Loving Memory of Hazel A. Polk a memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Berean Baptist Church, 4822 N. Vancouver Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97217 at 11:30 a.m. For more information contact (503) 287-8224.

One organization is helping to keep the memory of Oregon's first Black settlers alive...

Friends of the Black Studies Department at Portland State University hosts students, faculty and community historians at a celebration of the institution's future Friday, Feb. 26 at 5:45 at the Billy Webb Elks Lodge, 6 N. Tillamook St...

Attorney General John Kroger last week met with local leaders whom he urged to bring potential civil rights cases to the attention of the Oregon Department of Justice's newly-funded Civil Rights Division...

For years, there has been a growing consensus that the tax burden on low-income families is too high in Oregon, says Joy Margheim, a policy analyst with the Oregon Center for Public Policy...

Women's Workshops *Topics include: *I can do bad all by myself  *Dismantling the "Superwoman" Syndrome * Teen Girls ages 12-17 on Self Esteem & Goal Setting * Young Women ages 18-25 on Abstinence & Declaration of Self Worth

The vicious beating and robbery of a teenaged girl by other teens in a Seattle transit tunnel – caught on video as security guards refused to intervene – has placed a different kind of spotlight on youth violence.

The Metropolitan King County Council Tuesday gave thumbs up on a Washington legislative measure to deny bail to felons arrested on a potential "third strike" offense. Councilors indicated their vote was triggered by Maurice Clemmons' fatal shootings of four Lakewood police officers drinking coffee and doing paperwork in a café Nov. 29, 2009.

Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette formally inaugurated its new regional service center at 3727 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on Valentine's Day. Dozens of people attended the event, which included a blessing ceremony, tours of the building and celebratory drumming by a group of young women...