March 03, 2012

LOCAL & STATE

• Annexing utilities would double La Pine’s city staff
• Bend officials have gloomy outlook for city's finances
• Correction
• Cracking a murder case, 16 years later
• Final patients to move into the rehabilitated Oregon State Hospital
• Freighter captain pleads guilty
• Health law is signed; session rolls on
• Higher education board restores campus gun ban
• Lawmakers confident of timber program renewal
• Local Services
• NeighborImpact director to retire
• News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs
• Obama declares storm disaster
• OR-7, the wandering gray wolf, back home in Oregon
• Organic pesticides fail in Ashland
• People on the Move
• Proposed I-5 bridge too low, Coast Guard says
• Redmond man convicted in federal wire fraud case
• Thrift store seeks items to sell
• Wintering elk herd has doubled in size

BUSINESS

• Annexing utilities would double La Pine’s city staff
• Apple touts job creation in U.S.
• BP, plaintiffs agree to settlement over 2010 Gulf oil spill
• Community Calendar
• For robot maker, the future is getting closer
• Medical device industry flexes political muscle
• People on the Move
• Redmond man convicted in federal wire fraud case
• Stockton, Calif., teeters on brink of bankruptcy
• Subscriptions? Accountability? Angie’s List makes them work
• Tart closes, Hola! to open
• Yelp shares soar in a blazing debut

SPORTS

• Athletics
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bend rallies for OT victory over Corvallis
• Contenders set to run Alaska’s 1,000-mile Idiarod
• Cowgirls ousted early by Mazama
• Ducks look to secure bye
• Football
• Johnson’s crew chief surprised by suspension
• Lava Bears dominate OSSA championships
• Lightning continue rise in East, top Rangers
• Motor sports
• New big league managers dig in
• No. 12 Murray State reaches Ohio Valley final
• Playoff format expanded from eight to 10 teams
• Prep Scoreboard
• Rose, Gillis tied for Honda lead
• Saints had bounty program to hurt opponents, NFL says
• Scoreboard
• Ski patrol sets evaluations
• Utah snaps Miami’s win streak
• White Buffaloes headed to state quarterfinals
• Winter sports

OBITS

• Death notices
• Ila Jean Seaton Cronen
• Novella Hammack
• Robert L. "Bob" Schwan
• William Hamilton, 87, theologian in Death of God movement

CENTRAL OREGON OBITS

• Death notices
• Ila Jean Seaton Cronen
• Novella Hammack
• Robert L. "Bob" Schwan

NATION & WORLD

• Accused Dover Air Force Base mortuary supervisor resigns
• Ahmadinejad rivals lead parliament vote
• Apple touts job creation in U.S.
• BP, plaintiffs agree to settlement over 2010 Gulf oil spill
• Chain of avoidable errors is cited in burning of Qurans
• Cuban activists say pope’s visit will encourage repression
• Deadly tornadoes pound South, Midwest; 27 dead
• EU leaders shift focus to economic growth
• Ex-death row inmate walks out a free man
• Former ban on black priests still reverberates through Mormon faith
• GM to suspend Volt production
• Iran’s nuclear sites are penetrable, experts say
• Medical device industry flexes political muscle
• Military, militants clash in Pakistan
• Obama backs student in furor with Limbaugh over birth control
• Obama on potential Iran strike: ‘I don’t bluff’
• Oceans’ rapid acidification endangers marine life
• Pakistan’s governing party cements grip
• Putin says he might run for president for 4th time in 2018
• Social conservatives split on GOP choice
• Star witness in suicide case noted webcam
• Stockton, Calif., teeters on brink of bankruptcy
• Subscriptions? Accountability? Angie’s List makes them work
• Syria denies Red Cross access
• U.N. report details abuses in Libya
• Yelp shares soar in a blazing debut

FEATURES

• Community Calendar
• Cuban activists say pope’s visit will encourage repression
• Former ban on black priests still reverberates through Mormon faith
• Local Services
• Obsessed with Origami

ENTERTAINMENT

• Community Calendar
• Engelbert Humperdinck to sing for UK at Eurovision
• Local Movie Times
• New mom Mariah Carey makes return at small hall
• Obsessed with Origami
• Ski patrol sets evaluations
• Smokey Robinson visits Ellington School students
• Tart closes, Hola! to open
• The Aquabats come to Saturday morning TV
• Weight Watchers open house set
• Youth choir school beginning

OPINION

• A better plan for Bridge Creek
• Appalled at GOP
• From The Archives
• Inhibiting religion
• Military service is honorable, but a draft would be a mistake
• Outraged over traps
• Tips for traveling with kids

ROADS & TRAFFIC

• GM to suspend Volt production