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Local & Regional Veterinarian: More marijuana means more poisoned dogs (Video)

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 22, 2013 at 12:56 PM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 7:40 PM PDT

More dogs than ever before are getting very sick from eating marijuana, and one local vet doesn't see the trend stopping anytime soon now that pot has been legalized.

Local & Regional Oregon woman missing in Hawaii found dead

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 22, 2013 at 9:19 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 9:19 AM PDT

An Oregon tourist who went missing on Oahu has been found dead, Honolulu police said Tuesday.

Local & Regional Timber country: 'A beautiful place to live, a hard place to make a living' (Photo Gallery)

By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Published: May 21, 2013 at 2:30 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 2:30 PM PDT

Nearly 1 million people live in Oregon's timber country. The region's troubles have reached a tipping point since the expiration last year of federal subsidies that were sent to rural counties across America for 11 years to offset revenue losses caused by reduced logging on federal lands to protect endangered and threatened species.

Local & Regional Ore. man buys himself a Corvette, crashes it into power pole

By KATU.com Staff Published: May 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM PDT

A man who just bought a Chevrolet Corvette ended up crashing it into a power pole and knocking out electricity to folks in Boring.

Local & Regional Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips

By Associated Press Published: May 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM PDT

California-based chicken producer Foster Farms is recalling about 6,165 pounds of its ready-to-eat grilled chicken breast strips because the strips contain wheat and soy — known allergens — which are not listed on the labels of its packages, federal agriculture officials said.

Local & Regional Butcher brings home the bacon with 'marijuana pigs' (Video)

By Lindsay Cohen Published: May 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM PDT

Pot-infused bacon? There's a shop for that.

Local & Regional Tornado stirs memories in Oregon town (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Lauren Lee Published: May 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM PDT Last Updated: May 22, 2013 at 10:30 AM PDT

It’s been two and a half years since a tornado made its way through Aumsville, leaving a trail of destruction behind.

Local & Regional Results: May 21, 2013, Oregon Election

By KVAL News Published: May 21, 2013 at 7:00 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:26 PM PDT

May 21, 2013, Oregon Election Results available starting at 8 p.m.

Local & Regional Honor Flight takes World War II veterans to see memorial (Video)

By Tom Adams Published: May 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM PDT

Seventy years after their service in World War II, some Oregon veterans got another kind of homecoming Sunday.

Local & Regional Former Duck football player Cliff Harris declines diversion, wants trial

By The Associated Press Published: May 21, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 12:48 PM PDT

Former Oregon football player Cliff Harris will face trial in Hillsboro on a domestic harassment charge.

Local & Regional How technology helped give 25 minutes' warning of impending tornado

By Scott Sistek Published: May 21, 2013 at 2:23 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 3:01 PM PDT

25 minutes of time might have saved countless lives during the devastating tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma on Monday.

Local & Regional High school senior in wheelchair couldn't go to prom (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Lincoln Graves, KATU News and KATU.com Staff Published: May 21, 2013 at 12:43 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 4:55 PM PDT

A Lake Oswego High School senior couldn’t get into prom last weekend because the venue didn’t have wheelchair access.

Local & Regional Oregon House backs Hatfield statue in US Capitol

By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Published: May 21, 2013 at 8:45 AM PDT Last Updated: May 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM PDT

The Oregon House voted Monday to pull a statue of Oregon pioneer Jason Lee from a prominent place in the U.S. Capitol and replace it with one of the late Mark Hatfield, one of the most influential politicians the state has seen.

Local & Regional Annual BBQ raises money for kids' cause (Video)

By Kat Wolcott KPIC News Published: May 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:26 AM PDT

Diggs dug deep and helped a big crowd chow down for a cause on Sunday. The 17th annual Dick Anthony Memorial Diggs BBQ Cook Off took over River Forks Park.

Local & Regional Parking fees may increase in downtown Roseburg

By Dee Dee Gatton KPIC News Published: May 21, 2013 at 10:04 AM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 10:04 AM PDT

If you park in downtown Roseburg, you might have seen them along the street: parking meters. Using those meters might cost you a few more cents in the future.