http://news.yahoo.com/local/Portland/5620 Yahoo! Local News - KGW 8 en-us PORTLAND -- The storm positioned over Oregon brought a much-anticipated blanket of white to the Cascades and a possible tornado to the Oregon Coast. On Mt. Hood, nearly eight inches of snow had fallen since Thursday -- and the grand total was expected to surpass 20 inches by the end of the weekend. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=138rr4uog/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110509_news_powerful_storm.28820131b.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110509_news_powerful_storm.28820131b.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:26:44 +0000 STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Toby Gerhart bowled over the Oregon defense to make the Cardinal bowl eligible for the first time in eight years. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13a1bj7ne/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_sports_ducks_stanford.2947a5b2d.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_sports_ducks_stanford.2947a5b2d.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:26:33 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13ghudo83/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110609_business_irs_refunds_oregon.28db5ccdc.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110609_business_irs_refunds_oregon.28db5ccdc.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:26:32 +0000 SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- A bicycle helmet helped an Oregon teenager survive without serious injury when her head was run over by a car following a collision. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=135p8a8h0/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_news_teen_helmet.29492f7e1.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_news_teen_helmet.29492f7e1.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:25:03 +0000 SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Economists say a jobless rate of 11.5 percent in Oregon is made worse by a high underemployment rate. Recent figures show about one in five Oregonians in the labor force can't find a job, are working fewer hours than they would like or simply have given up looking. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=136m4m6a7/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_business_job_rate.294972b59.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_business_job_rate.294972b59.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:53 +0000 SALEM, Ore. -- Anti-crime groups and prosecutors are taking aim at the Oregon Legislature's move to reduce many state prison inmate sentences as a way to save money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=139uphji5/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_news_inmate_release_.292f6728f.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_news_inmate_release_.292f6728f.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:43 +0000 ASHLAND, Ore. -- When Southern Oregon University junior Montique Holman gets dressed in the morning, she slips into the closet of the dormitory room she shares with sophomore Stephen Williams. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=134518vmt/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_news_coed_dorms.292dde78d.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_news_coed_dorms.292dde78d.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:33 +0000 FT. HOOD, Tex. -- A Portland native stationed at Fort Hood is expected to survive after being shot in Thursday's rampage on the Texas Army post. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=1396sd0cg/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110609_news_ft_hood_victim_.28f9553ae.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110609_news_ft_hood_victim_.28f9553ae.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:24 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13avqndcg/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_news_salmon_sea_lions.292fcaee7.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_news_salmon_sea_lions.292fcaee7.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:13 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Bank of America account holders enjoy a surprise benefit this weekend as the Portland Museum of Art and Pittock Museum open up to them, for free. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=1393aqltl/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110609_news_pittock_mansion.28eb08e69.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110609_news_pittock_mansion.28eb08e69.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:24:03 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Brandon Roy had 24 points and five rebounds, Steve Blake added 15 points and the Portland Trail Blazers got a lift from their new-look lineup in a 96-84 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=1394ore1q/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110609_sports_blazers_spurs.290a55aec.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110609_sports_blazers_spurs.290a55aec.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:23:53 +0000 TUMALO, Ore. -- She was the worst of the survivors from a massive equine rescue in 2003. Her rescuers described the mare as a "living dead, tottering skeleton" who could barely hold herself up. Malnutrition deprived her growth. Abnormal woolly fuzz replaced normal hair. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=138reula5/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110709_news_healing_horses.292e60df0.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110709_news_healing_horses.292e60df0.html?npc Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:23:45 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman announced today the 80-hour suspension of two Portland police officers in association with the death of a man who died in police custody three years ago. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13giheumr/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_news_chasse_saltzman_police.2849d9640.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_news_chasse_saltzman_police.2849d9640.html?npc Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:23:53 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. -- Police believe they have captured the so-called Fantasia Bandit, the suspect in a dozen recent robberies across the city. The FBI dubbed him Fantasia only one day before his Wednesday afternoon arrest. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13i6kgav3/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_news_fantasia_bandit_arrested.284e28619.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_news_fantasia_bandit_arrested.284e28619.html?npc Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:23:43 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=138ooihc1/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_grehsam_cyclist_hit.284c2670b.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_grehsam_cyclist_hit.284c2670b.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:53:43 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13cad40ku/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_marion_county_steer_hit.28458fbbd.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_marion_county_steer_hit.28458fbbd.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:08:43 +0000 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October. Figures released Wednesday put initial jobless claims at 12,681 for the last week of the month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13hdmb5o0/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_business_unemployment_claims.28452b200.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_business_unemployment_claims.28452b200.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:53:53 +0000 SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Should Oregon let medical marijuana users obtain concealed handgun permits? That question was before the Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13db2lmnb/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_health_medical_marijuana.284553a5b.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_health_medical_marijuana.284553a5b.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:53:43 +0000 Ongoing traffic problems on SW Beaverton Tigard Highway have prompted state transportation officials to consider closing on- and off-ramps instead of widening the road in order to ease congestion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13nqchitf/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_news_odot_beaverton_tigard_highway.283a38f6d.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_news_odot_beaverton_tigard_highway.283a38f6d.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:53:43 +0000 PORTLAND -- A bicyclist died after getting hit by two cars in North Portland early Wednesday morning, police said. It happened just before 2:30 a.m., near the intersection of Willamette Boulevard and North Haven Street. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Portland/KGW_8/SIG=13am3r123/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgw.com%2Fnews-local%2Fstories%2Fkgw_110409_news_bicyclist_killed.282d38b4e.html%3Fnpc http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_110409_news_bicyclist_killed.282d38b4e.html?npc Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:25:34 +0000 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:26:44 +0000