MEDFORD, Ore., May 28 (UPI) -- Police in Medford, Ore., said they are searching for three men suspected of using flames to etch the letters "KKK" and a cross in a family's yard.

CORVALLIS, Ore., May 27 (UPI) -- Scientists aboard a U.S. research ship have discovered high levels of acidified ocean water within 20 miles of the West Coast shoreline.

WARM SPRINGS, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- Attempts to keep native languages alive are growing in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest as dozens of languages are at risk of vanishing, experts say.

CORVALLIS, Ore., May 23 (UPI) -- A team of North American scientists said corrosive, acidified water has been discovered within 20 miles of the shoreline of the U.S. West Coast.

SALEM, Ore., May 19 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is not expected to win Oregon's primary Tuesday, but that has not deterred her supporters in the state.

EUGENE, Ore., April 18 (UPI) -- Oregon state police arrested a motorcyclist who allegedly videotaped himself driving more than 100 mph on an interstate highway, officials said.

ONTARIO, Ore., April 7 (UPI) -- Authorities are investigating what led to a weekend Oregon prison riot during which a guard shot an inmate, corrections officials said.

CORVALLIS, Ore., April 7 (UPI) -- Craig Robinson, former coach at Brown University, was named Monday as Oregon State's new men's basketball coach.

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