Carter, Markgraf and Sizemore are in, Novick is out. Hundreds of candidates for state electoral offices tossed their hats into the ring by the filing deadline Tuesday at 5 p.m., and dozens more filed. […]

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Oregon Attorney General John Kroger kicked off National Consumer Protection Week Tuesday by unveiling a new online search feature that will allow consumers to look for complaints against businesses.

Dubai, UAE 9 March 2010: Cisco Cisco today unveiled details about the companies that will be sponsoring Cisco Networkers Bahrain 2010. Through sponsorship packages, industry accredited networking foru. […]

SALEM, Ore. • Ben Westlund, the son of Apple Valley co-founder Bud Westlund, died Sunday of cancer, family members said. Westlund, 60, was the son of Long Beach oilman Bernard "Bud", and Dorothy Rey. […]

Heather Gass always felt she had to suppress her conservative views, living as she did in the liberal San Francisco Bay area. A year ago that all changed.

The public is invited to two memorial services for state Treasurer and former Central Oregon legislator Ben Westlund, who died Sunday of cancer at the age of 60.

State Treasurer Ben Westlund died last night after a long battle with lung cancer. (Updated at 3:46 pm: statement from Westlund’s spokesman follows at the end of this post.) Westlund, 60, first publ. […]

By BRITTANY JACKSON Times-News Correspondent If you've visited Connemara in Flat Rock or read about Carl Sandburg's life, you know how much the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, author and folk singer love. […]