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December 15, 2001
 Schools' Military Recruiting Ban Might End
The Portland School District's six-year-old policy of banning military recruiters on high schools would likely end under an amendment to a national education bill that passed the House...
Dalles Police Face Abuse Allegations
A 20-year veteran of The Dalles police department has resigned amid allegations of sexual abuse and a grand jury indictment. Another former officer is being prosecuted for allegedly serving alcohol to minors...
Sierra Club Sues Over Oregon Plants
The Rogue Group Sierra Club has filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an attempt to protect two rare plant species on Mount Ashland...
December 14, 2001
 Only on KGW: Slain U of P Student's Parents Wait for Answers
The mother of a murdered University of Portland student is scared to go into her own house. Kate Johnson’s brother still has nightmares. Months after Johnson’s body was found in her dorm room, her family members told KGW...
 Driver Gets Two Days in Jail for Accident that Killed Officers
The young driver who drifted off the highway and slammed into three police officers will spend just two days in prison after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide...
 Police Seek Clues to Teenager's Homicide
A team of homicide detectives returned to the quiet neighborhood where a teenage girl’s body was found left in a neighbor’s backyard. Melissa Bittler died of "homicidal violence..."
 Residents Homeless From Portland Apartment Fire
A Portland apartment fire Friday caused $230,000 worth of damage and left the occupants of eight apartments homeless. Firefighters were called to the Mallory Court Apartments in northeast Portland at about 12:30 p.m...
 Weekend Weather: Rain, Flooding Possible in Metro, Snow in Mountains
Continued rain is in the forecast for the entire weekend in the Portland area, with a potential for flooding Sunday evening and into Monday. The cold, unstable weather system could also heap up to a foot more snow in the Cascades and Coast Range.
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 Budget Cuts Could Close Prisons
Oregon corrections workers and others are worried about the possibility that budget cuts will force the state to close six prisons. They're also worried about potential cuts in training and treatment programs...
Search Continues for Missing Plane
Searchers have called off the search for a small plane with two people aboard that disappeared earlier this week on a flight between northern California and northwest Washington state...
 Memorial Held for Train Wreck Victims
A grieving farming community came together Thursday afternoon to say farewell to a mother and three children killed in a car-train collision last week. More than 1,000 people packed the Culver High School gymnasium...
 Suggestions to Ease Portland & Vancouver Traffic
A bi-state task force is considering a number of solutions to the increasing traffic congestion between Portland and Vancouver. Solutions could include added lanes in sections of Interstate 5...
 Citizens Plead Against State Education, Senior Cuts
A 90-year-old Portland woman deplored talk of cutting senior services while parents said inadequate school funding clouds their children's' future as Oregon lawmakers continued hearings in Salem on the state's budget woes...
 Some Klamath Water Allowed to Flow
With a heavy snow in the mountains, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has decided to release a small amount of irrigation water to some Klamath farmers who typically leave their fields flooded in the winter...
Portland Boat Fire Started Accidently
A fire last week that did $600,000 damage to three pleasure boats moored at the Tomahawk Bay moorage in north Portland was accidental. That's the ruling from Portland Fire and Rescue investigators...
Suspect Arrested in Beaverton Attempted Murder
Beaverton police said a suspect in an attempted murder in Beaverton in October has been arrested in Arizona. 34-year-old Johan Lasarte was taken into custody by a Phoenix officer after being stopped near the scene of an accident...
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