Family, friends and fellow students of siblings Jason, Tina and Devin Roe console each other in front of picture boards placed in memory of the children Thursday at Culver High School.
Culver mourns loss of four CULVER (AP) - A grieving farming community came together Thursday afternoon to say farewell to a mother and three children killed in a car-train collision last week.
Security breach reported at PDX PORTLAND (AP) - Security guards at Portland International Airport cleared passengers from the south concourses Thursday night after a security breach, forcing about 500 people to pass through security checkpoints a second time.
Search turns up no sign of plane PORTLAND (AP) - Searchers found no sign Thursday of a small plane with two people aboard that disappeared on a flight between northern California and northwest Washington state.
Vandals hit Mt. Ashland MEDFORD (AP) - Vandals broke into a storage room at the Mount Ashland Ski Resort, damaging a sled and throwing beer kegs and trash into the snow.
Mercy Corps regains its base in Afghanistan PORTLAND (AP) - The Portland-based international aid group Mercy Corps regained access to its office in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday, nearly three months after local workers were kicked out by the ruling Taliban.
Citizens speak out against cuts in education, services SALEM (AP) - A 90-year-old woman deplored talk of cutting senior services while parents said inadequate school funding clouds their children's' future as lawmakers continued hearings Thursday on the state's budget woes.
Lebanese man pleads innocent to charges PORTLAND (AP) - The lawyer for a Lebanese man accused of federal weapons violations acknowledged Thursday that his client had received Palestinian weapons training but denied it was terrorist-based.
Metro ends case-by-case expansion system PORTLAND (AP) - The Metro Council, which must sign off on urban growth in the Portland area, decided Thursday to end a system of case-by-case reviews for development proposals.
Clerk suspended for chasing robber EUGENE (AP) - A supermarket clerk who foiled a would-be robbery was suspended for at least three days because he violated a company policy by chasing a suspect out of the store.