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DEAR ABBY: I am a 55-year-old woman who had a few good jobs earlier in my career, which enabled me to buy a lovely townhouse in New England. I now work as a consultant, and I no longer earn the same kind of money I did back then. My problem:...

Dear Amy: I’m a 41-year-old man. My wife is 34. We’ve been married for 15 years. We have two children, ages 14 and eight. Our marriage has been difficult, mainly due to my PTSD from Iraq and an opioid addiction. Once I got sober, I shut out the world. I was an avoidant parent. My wife stuck with me through all of this, but 18 months ago she confessed to a short-lived affair.

Oregon softball is predicted to finish fourth in the Pac-12 and catcher Terra McGowan and second baseman Allee Bunker earned preseason all-conference honors. The No. 22 Ducks received 39 points in the preseason Pac-12 coaches poll and McGowan and Bunker are among 20 players on the preseason all-Pac-12 team, the conference announced Wednesday.

The Portland Trail Blazers lost starting center Jusuf Nurkic less than three minutes into their game Wednesday night at Memphis. Starting power forward Jerami Grant’s night ended after he suffered a concussion in the second half. For a team that’s not very deep to begin with, the Blazers appeared...

It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after one lucky winner in Kansas won $93 million in the November 19 drawing. Is this your lucky night?. Here are Wednesday’s winning lottery numbers:

Chris Hampton will earn more as Oregon’s safeties coach and co-defensive coordinator than any of his three predecessors and he has the most substantial buyout to leave UO of any Ducks defensive assistant coach from at least the last five years. Hampton signed a two-year contract through Jan. 2025...

A Clark County jury found Warren Forrest, 73, guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday in the 1974 slaying of 17-year-old Martha Morrison of Portland. It took just 90 minutes for the jury to deliberate after six days of testimony, but for Michael Morrison, the victim’s half-brother, the wait lasted 49 years. As the jury filed into the courtroom around 5 p.m., he clasped hands with 63-year-old Norma Jean Lewis, who was 15 and a Ridgefield High School student when Forrest abducted and attacked her.

A retired veterinarian accused of obsessively stalking the husband of a woman with whom he had an affair was arrested Tuesday on charges of killing the man. Steven N. Milner, 55, was already facing charges for allegedly violating a stalking order to keep away from Kenneth C. Fandrich when Fandrich was found dead last Friday in his car at Intel’s Ronler Acres campus in Hillsboro, according to police and court records.

Produced by OSU Extension, each monthly calendar provides reminders of key garden chores, such as fertilizing, pest control, planting, and maintenance. Recommendations in this calendar are not necessarily applicable to all areas of Oregon. For more information, contact your local Extension office.

Oregon added one more signee to its 2023 recruiting class Wednesday, giving the Ducks 30 scholarship high school and junior college players and 10 transfers in their class. UO’s class of high school signees ranks No. 8 by 247Sports, On3 and Rivals. Here’s a roundup of what was written...

Have the Portland Trail Blazers turned the proverbial corner?. The Blazers pulled off arguably their biggest win in months Wednesday night by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies 122-112 at the FedExForum. The Blazers (25-26) have now won four of their past five games and moved to within one game of .500.

The murder case against Billy Lee Oatney Jr. went to a Washington County jury Wednesday afternoon after six days of testimony that managed to largely exclude Oatney’s old prison buddy who is already serving a life sentence in the killing. Oatney, now 60, didn’t take the stand in his...

7 fun Galentine’s Day ideas to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2023:. Enjoy a delicious charcuterie board complete with adorable themed postcard cookies. Have a living room spa day with foot soaks, sparkly geode candles, warming face masks, relaxing heart-shaped tea bags. Head out for a picnic with the girls....

Oregon added another blue chip prospect to its already top 10 recruiting class, beating out USC for four-star cornerback Rodrick Pleasant on national signing day. The addition of Pleasant, the No. 91-ranked overall prospect in the class and one of only five unsigned top 200 players entering the day, came in the same hour the Ducks missed out on five-star athlete Nyckoles Harbor, who chose to sign with South Carolina in a recruiting battle to the very end.

With National Signing Day 2023 compete and Oregon’s No. 8 ranked class of 32 high school and junior college prospects signed plus 10 transfers, here’s a look back at what we thought the Ducks needed a year ago. We underestimated the number of additions at offensive line, edge...

A Multnomah County judge on Wednesday sentenced disbarred Portland lawyer Lori E. Deveny to 14 years in prison, citing the “sheer number” of clients she fleeced of their insurance settlements, the sum of the losses and the violation of her position of trust. “And frankly,” Circuit Judge Jerry...

It’s been a tough week for some of the state’s top teams. The Metro League has become a full blender with teams beating each other, and one of Portland’s hottest scoring teams has struggled in the past week. And the fun is only getting started. West Linn...

Publicly reported coronavirus infections ticked up slightly in Oregon in the past week but do not point to anything resembling the rapid spread of the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant health officials recently have warned about. Identified cases and COVID-19 hospitalizations statewide remain at low levels compared to earlier phases of the...

When PitchBlack, the “Shark Tank” style competition where Black entrepreneurs pitch their businesses and compete for cash prizes, returns next week, it will be at its biggest venue yet. About 70 people attended the 2015 inaugural pitch competition, held at the Village Ballroom in Northeast Portland. Seven entrepreneurs...

COLLEGE FOOTBALL, USA -- On this bonus episode of The College Football Survivor Show, Doug Lesmerises and Shehan Jeyarajah each list five quarterback recruits from the Class of 2023 that they expect to make a difference in the race for the College Football Playoff in years to come. That means...