Associated Press
John Yokoyama, owner of Pike Place Fish Co., lets a salmon fly at his famous business below the Pike Place Market clock, in Seattle. The fish-flingers at the Pike Place Fish Co. have started a revolution, encouraging fun in the workplace. It began with a video the company made 10 years ago of the fish-tossers, who mix and banter with the public-market crowd as they hurl customer selections across the counter to be weighed and wrapped.
E-mail healthy part of social life, report says
PORTLAND (AP) - A new study suggests that women are more likely than men to forge or renew relationships by e-mail, indicating they are using the Internet to expand a healthy social life.
Residents seek end to camping on beach
TILLAMOOK (AP) - Tillamook County commissioners want the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department to close a half-mile of beach between Manzanita and Neahkahnie Mountain to camping because of health concerns raised by campers leaving behind human waste.
Harry Potter still welcome in Dallas
DALLAS, Ore. (AP) - Students here can keep hearing about the exploits of Harry Potter and his magical crew, the Dallas School Board decided Monday.
China coming to pick up wheat
PORTLAND (AP) - A ship from China is arriving in Portland Wednesday to pick up the first Pacific Northwest wheat shipment to the Asian nation in two decades.
Conservation group sues over grizzlies in Washington
PORTLAND (AP) - A conservation group has sued the U.S. Forest Service, alleging that the agency's policies in Washington's Colville National Forest are failing to protect grizzly bears.
Whistleblower teacher will get paid from district
WEST LINN (AP) - The West Linn-Wilsonville School District must pay a teacher damages after it retaliated against her when she raised concerns about asbestos and PCB exposure in two buildings, situations for which the district later was fined.
Shower girl files suit to be valedictorian
COQUILLE (AP) - A girl who lost her post as valedictorian of a small rural high school for showering with some boys filed a lawsuit Monday asking a judge to restore her title and allow her to speak at graduation.
Wyden brings up suicide bill so he can kill it
WASHINGTON (AP) - As part of a strategic maneuver, Sen. Ron Wyden today introduced a bill that is identical to an anti-suicide bill he wants to defeat.
