Traffic came to a temporary standstill on northbound Interstate 5 – from Woodburn to just north of Wilsonville – on Thanksgiving Day, as Oregon State troopers swooped in for a reported hit and run.
Union Gospel Mission served up Thanksgiving meals until 2 p.m. today – an annual tradition known as "Love Your Neighbor Day." More than 200 volunteers dished up turkey, stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, vegetables and pie.
Get out and explore with our weekend guide to holiday festivities such as Friday’s downtown Portland parade, the largest Christmas bazaar in America, and zoo and Grotto lighting festivals. Then break from holiday fanfare – with a Paul McCartney-biography book signing, Portland’s worldwide gemstone exhibition, and more.
Jack Batchelor and his wife Carol returned home to the Eugene-Springfield area a week ago for a two-week respite and to spend Thanksgiving with family after living through the 8.3-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Samoa on Sept. 29. They say they have much to be thankful for.
From KATU
One week, Rhonda Rebmann’s niece had the flu.The next, her 10-year-old tabby cat started showing respiratory symptoms. Buddy Lou died four days after she brought the cat to the family’s veterinarian, the first feline H1N1 death in the United States.
“It’s crazy,” said Rhonda Rebmann. “I would never have thought, never have thought a cat [...]
From KATU
Jason Stiner lives across the street from Janna’s Little Monkeys, a daycare operated by Janna Bauman. On Friday, 2-year-old Lincoln Weathers died while under Bauman’s care.”It was unbelievable,” said Stiner. “Words can’t express. When I saw it happen, I dropped to my knees.”Stiner doesn’t paint a very pretty picture of his neighbor.”All we hear [...]
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