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Two-alarm fire damages West Linn home

It took firefighters about 80 minutes to control the blaze, which heavily damaged a home at 1913 Sunburst Terrace. The residents were away at the time, fire officials said.

Body found in Willamette prior to fireworks

As thousands flocked to Portland's waterfront for fireworks and blues Saturday evening, authorities recovered a body found floating in the Willamette River nearby. Authorities believed the body had been in the water for some time.

Fleeing car drags cop 50 feet through lot

A police officer was dragged about 50 feet through a parking lot early Saturday when a car suddenly took off in reverse as the officer was trying to prevent the driver from escaping.

Father, son found dead with 'traumatic injuries' in McMinnville

Someone reported finding the bodies of the father and son at a home at 915 S.W. Cozine Lane No. 16 about 10:30 a.m., police said. When officers arrived, they found the pair with "obvious traumatic injuries," police said.

Police: Motorcyclist was going 122 mph on I-205

According to Oregon State Police, a trooper using radar clocked the 2007 Suzuki SX7 motorcycle going that fast while the operator was heading south on I-205 near Powell Boulevard about 3 a.m.

Ore. woman killed in Va. Tech bike accident

A Virginia Tech spokesman says an Oregon woman has died after a dump truck struck her bicycle on the university's campus. Spokesman Larry Hincker identified the victim as 61-year-old Bonnie Tinker of Portland, Ore. She was there attending a conference.

Coyote Ridge inmate in coma after cellmate fight

The sister of a Coyote Ridge prison inmate says he lost his left eye and remains in a coma after a beating at the prison in Connell. Laurie Ingram of Pasco told The Tri-City Herald that 45-year-old Scott William McDonald underwent seven hours of surgery at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Teen nearly drowns at Blue Lake Park

According to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, the girl was reportedly wading in a shallow area when she slipped down a 45-degree drop on the lake bottom. The girl's condition is unknown and her identity has not yet been released.

Ex-UO student sentenced for string of robberies

Eugene police Detective Jeff Donaca said Thursday that Samuel Sourikoff had "two lives" between May 2007 and December 2008, when the 22-year-old robbed a Eugene restaurant four times and targeted jewelry stores in Eugene, Nevada and California.

While we celebrate the Fourth, Ore. Guardsmen will deploy to Iraq

"Saying goodbye doesn't get easier with practice," said Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who visited Fort Stewart's Cottrell Field in Georgia to see his soldiers deploy for a fourth time since taking office in 2003.