World & Nation
A moderately strong earthquake, variously put at magnitude 5.3 to 5.7, caused minor injuries and some pockets of property damage in Oregon on Thursday, reminding the Northwest that it, like California, is vulnerable to the great grindings of the continental plates along the Pacific Coast.
March 26, 1993
High School Sports
Don Baird, a former world-class pole vaulter and member of the 1976 Australian Olympic team, has become an entrepreneur specializing in getting large corporations and high school sports organizations together.
Jan. 18, 1989
Five years ago, the Oregon High School Activities Assn., the state’s governing body of high school sports, was almost broke.
A ruling by the state Supreme Court Thursday involving a former Irvine cheerleader will allow most public schools to continue setting higher grade standards for cheerleaders than athletes.
Aug. 19, 1994
California
Robert Ransom, education activist who was the first president of the United Teachers-Los Angeles, has died at the age of 77.
Nov. 8, 1993
A gunman opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon community college Thursday, killing at least nine people before dying in a shootout with police, authorities said.
Oct. 1, 2015
The 26-year-old gunman who opened fire on fellow students in his community college English class, killing nine people, was an Army boot camp dropout who studied mass shooters before becoming one himself.
Sports
Camden Lewis kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired, and No. 11 Oregon extended its winning streak to seven with a 37-35 victory over Washington State.
Oct. 27, 2019
The latest on Thursday’s deadly shooting at a community college in Oregon (all times local): 11 p.m.
For 24 years, Deanna Dyksterhuis and her husband have been growing blackberries, wheat, sweet corn, table beans and peppermint in the rich soil of the Willamette Valley, and also nurturing a growing concern over the effects of environmental regulations on farmers and loggers.
March 6, 1986