With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot on Saturday night, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars — and that's after taxes.
Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of one of the biggest news stories ever experienced in the Pacific Northwest.
The woman, who was bit by a neighbor's dog, was seeking payment for medical expenses, plus pain, inconvenience, emotional stress, scaring and other general damages.
Seventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after the crash, which damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Corridor.
Hundreds celebrated Norway’s most important national holiday, Constitution Day, in Portland at a community-wide event on Friday.
About 10,000 people have signed up to run the Rock 'N Roll half marathon on Sunday.
200 people are now testing the TriMet mobile ticketing system to smooth out the wrinkles before the app goes public.
As we mentioned in the blog Thursday, there's a particularly active sunspot on the sun right now.
It had, as its opening salvo while starting to face the Earth, unleashed a moderately strong solar flare that reached us late Friday, triggering a display of the Northern Lights that reached as far south as Colorado.
The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.
All westbound lanes of Interstate 84 near 181st will close at about 11:30 p.m. so crews can tow away a wrecked semi tractor-trailer, according to a spokesman with the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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