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• Local & Regional (New) How predators lure teens online (Video)

  A Clackamas woman shares her story of being lured online by a predator in the hopes of helping other families spot the telltale signs.
• Local & Regional (Updated) Woman on bike dies after being hit by truck trailer (Photo Gallery)

  A bicyclist was hit by a semitrailer in downtown Portland Wednesday night and later died from her injuries, police said. Investigators identified the deceased woman as 28-year-old Kathryn Leah Rickson.
• Local & Regional (New) Displaced black bear cub finds new home

  A two-month-old black bear cub was relocated to a Wisconsin zoo after being cared for by an Oregon Zoo keeper. The young bear was taken out of the wild, and possibly away from his mother, by a Medford couple.
• Local & Regional (New) Oregon schools must change Native American mascot names

  The Oregon Board of Education has voted to require Oregon schools to retire their Native American mascots within five years or risk losing state funding.
• Business Portland creates $169M urban renewal area around PSU

  The new urban renewal area could revitalize the sleepy south side of downtown. Portland State officials say it's also critical for the university's effort to keep pace with its rapid growth.
• Local & Regional (New) Dead body discovered in Tualatin trailer

  Tualatin police and Tualatin Valley's HazMat team were called out to a trailer park on the SW Pacific Highway on Thursday afternoon. A dead man was discovered inside one of the trailers along with a potentially deadly household chemical.
• Local & Regional Tip from hospital leads deputies to huge pot grow and 'store' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

  Investigators said the home, situated on a large plot of land across from a residential development, held about 600 pot plants and grow equipment with a market value of about $900,000. Deputies pulled extensive growing equipment and "inventory" from the house.
• Local & Regional Fences come down at Chapman, Lownsdale Squares

  Portland Parks and Recreation officials said the reason the fences were removed Thursday was because "the parks are restored."
• Local & Regional (New) Firefighters: Cigarette in a bucket sparked condo fire (Photo Gallery)

  Firefighters said the fire started in a plastic bucket on a porch and spread, causing $960,000 in damage to the building, which they said was valued at about $2 million.
• Life & Style 32nd anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption on Friday

  All of the Mount St. Helens visitors centers – Coldwater Ridge, Johnston Ridge and the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center – are free to the public on Friday.