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Jim Ryun relishes memory of the last mile record set in the United States
Orange County Register· 4 days agoAt 30, Jim Grelle was an outlier in a sport that did not foster longevity, still among the world’s best distance runners eight years after he captured the 1959 NCAA title as an Oregon ...
Travel quiz: How well do you know the West Coast?
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoIf you've lived in the West for a while, you've probably covered a lot of ground. Test your travel savvy on California, the Baja peninsula, Oregon,...
On This Day in History - May 27th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 19 hours agoOn May 27, 1997, an F5 tornado half a mile wide ripped through the small Texas town of Jarrell,...
On this Japanese island, cats outnumber humans
Tulsa World· 1 day agoOn a small island off Japan's northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The "Neko Jinja," or Cat...
Mount St. Helens Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 3 days agoMount St. Helens is located in Washington, about 55 miles northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 95 miles south of Seattle. It is administered by the...
11 VA hospitals across US could get $4.6B in upgrades
Becker’s Hospital Review· 7 days agoEleven VA-operated facilities across Washington, Texas, Maryland, Oregon, Nevada, California, Connecticut, Missouri and Puerto Rico are slated to receive part of $4,603,129,000 ...
On this Japanese island, cats outnumber humans
Wisconsin State Journal· 1 day agoOn a small island off Japan's northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The "Neko Jinja," or Cat...
Multnomah County voters back property tax hike to fix region’s aging flood protection system
OregonLive.com· 6 days agoMultnomah County voters soundly backed a property tax increase to fund improvements to an aging...
The latest hot spot for illegal border crossings is San Diego. But routes change quickly
Arizona Daily Star· 6 days agoThe scenes are a daily reminder that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in...
