August 06, 2009

LOCAL & STATE

• ‘A very small number’ use assisted suicide law
• Are grocery organic$ worth the price?
• Ashland Creek has high bacteria levels
• Bend man arrested after domestic dispute
• Business Calendar
• Cascade Bancorp: Where does it stand?
• Caution urged as fire risk is still high
• Collection of property taxes falls sharply
• Correction
• Deschutes get grant for 911/OSP building
• Deschutes official delays his pay raise
• District seeks funds to build new school in Warm Springs
• Families mend slowly 1 year after Gearhart plane crash
• Health club gunman was bitter over women
• InEnTec Chemical leaving Bend
• Irrigation district in line for stimulus funds
• Keep your vision sharp
• Need health insurance?
• News of Record: Permits
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Pets
• Open burning banned in city
• OPEN SPACES, HAPPY FACES
• Public Safety Day is Saturday in Sunriver
• Room taxes end fiscal year on a down note
• Signs of recovery seen in state report
• 4 steel electric ferries heading for recycling
• Surprise! That engine rattle was a snake

BUSINESS

• A little extra juice for electric cars
• Are grocery organic$ worth the price?
• Biotech drugs a smaller battle in war over health care reform
• Business Calendar
• Cascade Bancorp: Where does it stand?
• Cisco earnings fall 46% but beat expectations
• Collection of property taxes falls sharply
• College scholarships aren’t just for athletes or top students
• Correction
• Deschutes official delays his pay raise
• InEnTec Chemical leaving Bend
• Irrigation district in line for stimulus funds
• Mortgage company regulator to step down
• News Corp. loss hits $203M on writedown
• News of Record: Permits
• Recalls
• Regulators investigate Goldman bonuses
• Regulators resist plan to reform financial oversight
• Room taxes end fiscal year on a down note
• Senate reaches ‘cash for clunkers’ deal
• Services sector index dips; factory orders up
• Signs of recovery seen in state report
• Small cuts help families stay afloat
• Speculation stirred on Buffett successor
• Tough economy bringing colleges, alumni together
• Trench mistake could cost $1M at Seattle port
• WSU loses migrant worker education program

SPORTS

• An Ochoco opportunity
• Baseball
• Big returns expected for Columbia salmon
• Elks clinch playoff berth
• Fly-tying corner
• Football
• Hunting and Fishing Events Calendar
• Living on the edge on the Limpopo
• Local golfer makes Hogan Cup team
• Major League Baseball
• Mickelson in a better place, ready for golf
• On the Air
• Paranoia reigns with NFL franchises
• Prineville cowboy wins all-around at Washington rodeo
• Report: Roy agrees to 5-year extension with Trail Blazers
• Scoreboard
• Sports betting
• Steelhead good in lower Deschutes
• Trails of youth
• Volleyball officials needed for high school matches

OBITS

• Budd Schulberg won an Oscar with ‘Waterfront’ screenplay
• Former Greek junta minister Nikolaos Makarezos dies

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Mildred Ann "Mid" Sivers
• Ruth E. Harlan Corder

NATION & WORLD

• A little extra juice for electric cars
• Aquino’s funeral has political overtones
• Eugene Rep. Edwards promoted to Senate
• Forensic vets’ work helps take a bite out of dogfighting
• Former Greek junta minister Nikolaos Makarezos dies
• If you keep cool, you’ll sleep
• Intimate homecoming plays out in public
• Iran’s ahmadinejad sworn in
• Missile strike kills wife of Taliban leader
• Pope gets album deal with Geffen records
• Senate reaches ‘cash for clunkers’ deal
• U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945
• U.S. warns Korea that work remains

FEATURES

• Biotech drugs a smaller battle in war over health care reform
• Classes
• Get an appointment with Medicare
• Get to know your summer fruits
• Gluten allergy a growing problem
• If you keep cool, you’ll sleep
• Interpreting egg labels
• Less-invasive treatments a relief for patients with varicose veins
• Need health insurance?
• Pope gets album deal with Geffen records
• Regular exercise before a stroke could lead to better recovery
• Suicide trends
• Sun in your eyes?
• Trainers keep student-athletes playing
• U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945

ENTERTAINMENT

• Abdul is leaving ‘Idol’
• AFS student exchange program seeks families
• Brady to host new ‘Let’s Make a Deal’
• Brown to be sentenced for Rihanna assault
• Budd Schulberg won an Oscar with ‘Waterfront’ screenplay
• Calendar
• Community Datebook
• Free classic car event, benefit in Redmond
• Get back to the ’60s, Sterling Cooper-style
• Ledger’s Modest Mouse video ‘King Rat’ debuts
• Movie Times
• Pope gets album deal with Geffen records
• President, first lady make best-dressed list
• Rapper C-Murder’s murder trial begins
• Sunriver Nature Center car raffle to raise funds
• Swim meet to affect Juniper center hours
• ‘The Good Wife:’ After the scandal
• Tumbling Bear comes to Madras air show

OPINION

• A dead tax
• Badly treated doc
• Congressional factions give backbenchers more bite
• Don’t leave region’s students behind
• Hasty health reform
• Proposed Cascade Locks casino is a compromise