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Local & Regional Coast Guard rescues teen from Ore. surf

By Associated Press Published: May 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM PDT

A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a teenage girl from the surf on the northwest Oregon coast.

Local & Regional Cross on memorial vandalized (Video)

By KCBY News Published: May 20, 2013 at 12:30 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 11:26 AM PDT

Someone apparently made their feelings known about the controversial cross on the memorial in a Coos Bay park by vandalizing it.

Local & Regional Bodybuilding grandpas take center stage at Oregon Ironman (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Ty Steele Published: May 20, 2013 at 8:46 AM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 1:27 PM PDT

They say age is just a number, and two grandfathers in their sixties took that advice to the stage of Oregon’s premier bodybuilding show in Lincoln City.

Local & Regional Campground closes due to 'root rot' in trees

By KPIC News Published: May 20, 2013 at 9:53 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 10:10 AM PDT

A campground on the North Umpqua River will be closed, due to a safety hazard the Forest Service says could result in healthy looking trees suddenly falling over.

Local & Regional Climbers remember Mount St. Helens eruption 33 years later (Video)

By Lincoln Graves, KATU News Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:59 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 12:18 PM PDT

Saturday marks the 33rd anniversary of one of the biggest news stories ever experienced in the Pacific Northwest.

Local & Regional Man found dead inside a flipped car along riverbank (Photo Gallery)

By KVAL News Published: May 20, 2013 at 9:01 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 10:29 AM PDT

A man was found dead in his overturned car late Sunday morning by a man walking along Thomas Creek near Highway 226, state police said.

Local & Regional Sewage dumping into the Coquille River a thing of the past (Video)

By Ricky Maranon KCBY News Published: May 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 9:23 AM PDT

The City of Coquille says that raw sewage leaks into the Coquille River are now a thing of past. The city's water treatment facility is now complete.

Local & Regional The Big O: Photos of Friday's flat track action (Photo Gallery)

By KVAL News Published: May 18, 2013 at 11:55 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 5:18 PM PDT

Two dozen teams will hit the flat track this weekend for "The Big O", a roller derby tournament hosted by the Emerald City Roller Girls and the Lane County Concussion at Eugene's fairgrounds. Friday's bouts featured two Boise Id. teams: the Capital City Skull Crushers and Treasure Valley Roller Girls.

Local & Regional Oregon students going to Cuba 'to see a country that's lost in time' (Video)

By Nicole Comstock, KVAL News Published: May 20, 2013 at 7:50 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 12:31 PM PDT

Three Oregon universities are sending 15 of their students to study abroad in Cuba, a destination that few Americans get the chance to visit.

Local & Regional Wash, Ore. among states to get money for tsunami debris cleanup

By Becky Bohrer, Associated Press Published: May 18, 2013 at 6:15 AM PDT Last Updated: May 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM PDT

The five West Coast states affected by debris from the 2011 tsunami in Japan are about to receive an initial $250,000 each from a $5 million gift from Japan for cleanup.

Local & Regional Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 2:51 PM PDT

Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.

Local & Regional Roseburg man brings a little Hollywood to town

By Dee Dee Gatton KPIC News Published: May 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 4:07 PM PDT

Who says Hollywood has to stay in California? Dennis Bellis of Roseburg has decided to bring a little Hollywood to town.

Local & Regional Be aware, it's a bear! Awareness week at the Wildlife Safari (Photo Gallery)

By Kat Wolcott KPIC News Published: May 17, 2013 at 12:33 PM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 4:10 PM PDT

It's Bear Awareness Week, and KPIC News hung out with the bears of the Wildlife Safari for a story set to air tonight on KPIC at 5&6.

Local & Regional Oregon bill would legalize medical pot retailers

By Associated Press Published: May 17, 2013 at 11:30 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 12:07 PM PDT

Oregon legislators are considering a bill to legalize and license medical marijuana retailers, calling it a step toward reining in abuses of the state's 15-year-old effort to allow people to use pot for therapy.

Local & Regional Nice shot turns into a body shot: Target shooter injured

By KVAL News Published: May 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM PDT Last Updated: May 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM PDT

A man got shot as his nephew went to "fist bump" him while target shooting with a pistol Thursday in the mountains outside Roseburg.