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Earlier this year, we reported on the Eugene Masonic Cemetery applying to become an accredited arboretum. As of today, the association that oversees the cemetery says that accreditation has just been granted by ArbNet.

John Whiteaker, the rapscallion 1989 senior class president who as a joke bequeathed me all of his Ozzy Osbourne albums at our junior-senior banquet, and those in my grade who predicted a future in which I would replace Mother Teresa in Calcutta, would likely be surprised to know that I recently attended a concert featuring a band by the name of Whiskey.

Two drone demonstrations took place Wednesday at Emerging Technology Institute in North Carolina, where attendees learned of drone technology that can be used to transport items like blood or supplies needed to soldiers on the battlefield.

The association overlooking the operations and maintenance of the Eugene Masonic Cemetery wants it to become an accredited arboretum.

The Panama Board of Trustees accepted the retirement resignation of longtime Police Chief John Whiteaker and voted to hire a new police chief during a special meeting that took place

Statehood for Oregon was a lesson in patience as much as it was politics. We were admitted as the 33rd state of the union more than a year after petitioning. President James Buchanan signed the act on Feb. 14, 1859, but the celebration didnt happen for another month because it took that long for the news to travel across the country. But lets rewind and start from the beginning as we celebrate our 162nd birthday. Here are 14 things to know about the road to statehood: 1. Native Americans firs...