High school coach Tris Kington on the move from two-time national champ Florida to a completely remade, youthful Wolves team: Minnesotas going to have a rough year. Of course, this little patch of earth -- beside the ramshackle trailer where he was raised and the pen where his pet goat still bleats -- that cultivated a tiny tobacco worker and transformed him into a sinewy two-time NCAA champion and NBA lottery pick wasn't always this way. Of course, this little patch of earth -- beside the...

With ballots due Tuesday, record amounts of money are being spent on two statewide measures, and Kaufman and Nelson are guiding the biggest spending campaigns. One afternoon last week, she drove to West Linn to deploy a team of canvassers, then she hit the pavement herself, walking briskly through a chilly, hilly neighborhood to knock on doors. Although she spent most of the day in campaign headquarters in the Lloyd Center mall, juggling phone calls and huddling with staffers, she prefers...

The governor did use those veto powers to allow local governments to increase property taxes by 3.66 percent this year, instead of the 2 percent that was in the compromise budget approved by both houses. Last week the DNR board approved tougher rules to combat VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia), a fish disease that cases bleeding in a number of fish varieties. DMV center vetoed Representative Lee Nerison (R-Westby) said that while the Governor vetoed the re-opening of the DMV service...

South of the Border, the same offence might ordinarily attract a three-year sentence, but Lord Hamilton said: "The illegal cultivation of cannabis by organised criminals on a substantial commercial scale appears to be a relatively new phenomenon in Scotland. South of the Border, the same offence might ordinarily attract a three-year sentence, but Lord Hamilton said: "The illegal cultivation of cannabis by organised criminals on a substantial commercial scale appears to be a relatively new...

Poll: Yes on Measure 50 - Portland Business Journal: A majority of the responders to last week's Business Pulse survey support Measure 50, which dedicates funds to provide health care for children, low-income adults and medically underserved Oregonians, and fund tobacco prevention programs, through an increased tobacco tax. A majority of the responders to last week's Business Pulse survey support Measure 50, which dedicates funds to provide health care for children, low-income adults and...