Parks commissioners in Hillsboro decided Tuesday to cover some unexpected cost overruns for a minor league baseball stadium that's under construction.

Snow experts are examining a large avalanche that plowed through Heather and Clark Canyons in the Mount Hood Meadows ski area Friday morning. The areas were closed and nobody was hurt, but experts want to know what triggered the slide.

If you can’t tell the difference between what your city government does, and what the county does, you may not be alone. A new audit out Tuesday calls on Portland and Multnomah County to clarify their core functions.

Judson Randall is of the people who reported strange debris washed up on the Oregon coast. He suspects it came from the tsunami that hit Japan two years ago. He discusses the discovery with OPB's Geoff Norcross.

Oregon authorities have contacted the Japanese Consulate in Portland to find out whether a piece of presumed tsunami debris that washed up at Oceanside on Friday is culturally significant.