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Body of missing hiker Katherine Huether found in Columbia River Gorge

A father and son out for a ride on their four-wheelers discovered the body of Katherine Huether, 24, today behind some rocks at the base of an 800-foot high cliff, the Skamania County sheriff’s office said.

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Hwy. 26 traffic stop yields firearms, ‘other items of interest’

A traffic stop Friday afternoon on the Oregon highway to Mt.

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Families report 3 missing women in killer’s Seattle photo stash

Three of the women whose photos were found in a convicted serial killer’s Seattle-area storage locker have been linked so far to missing person cases by family members, a police detective said late Friday.

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Shootings, stabbings at gang-affiliated party in Walla Walla injure five

Police gave no motive for the incident

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At least a dozen on FBI’s Most Wanted list fled to or from Oregon

Christian Longo was caught two days after being added to the list in 2002.

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It’s crunchtime for credit unions

Drowning in deposits, some Northwest co-ops try to survive by asking members to take their money elsewhere

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Two Catholics align faith with their desires for the end of their lives

Two women fill out advance directives, confident that doing so is in compliance with the church’s recently revised directives.

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Evicted funeral home owners find new evidence in their family fight over properties

Notarized signatures on 2005 documents transferring ownership of funeral home and house next door to daughter were not properly witnessed

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Cedar Hills man missing since Sunday meeting in Portland returns home

A Cedar Hills man last seen Sunday at a Dim Sum restaurant in Southeast Portland has returned home and appears fine, according to a family member.

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Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival announces plays for 2011 season

For the first time ever, the festival will stage a musical on the open-air Elizabethan Stage.

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