Pancho Francisco loads a Christmas tree onto a truck ramp Thursday at Holiday Tree Farms southwest of Corvallis. The company ships about a million trees yearly out of the valley to international and domestic vendors.
Couple: Rewrite law on roadkill PRINEVILLE (AP) - A Crook County couple wants to change the law to allow Oregonians to take animals killed by cars without getting permission from state officials.
Klamath ski area proposal withdrawn GRANTS PASS - With no clear signals whether the Bush Administration would make it easier to build ski areas on federal land, Jeld-Wen Inc. has formally given up its $4 million effort to develop Pelican Butte ski resort on the Winema National Forest.
U of O to return donation EUGENE (AP) - The University of Oregon will return an $850,000 donation made by the defunct Portland investment firm Capital Consultants, school officials said Friday.