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Haggling Goes Mainstream

3:42 PM Sat, Apr 12, 2008 |

Last week I reported on the growing trend of haggling in stores not known for negotiating price breaks.
http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_040308_business_haggle_stores.2b655881.html

In putting together the story we randomly approached shoppers and I was surprised at how many of them said they are haggling more than e...



Slipping into the shadow

2:33 PM Wed, Feb 20, 2008 |
KGW Meteorologist Joe Michaels

For anyone out there who enjoys a good skyshow, you'll be in luck later tonight. A total lunar eclipse will happen this evening!

What is a total lunar eclipse? It's a bit tricky, but I'll try to explain it. Think of three different balls - one large, one medium, and one small. The large ball is the sun, the medium ball is the Earth, and the small ball is the moon. The light from the large ball, the sun, shines onto the Earth, the ...



Covering that controversial NH poll

10:54 AM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 |
Pat Dooris

By Pat Dooris

I've covered a fair number of political campaigns and the results of various polls. But I've never been able to get the raw questions that go into polls---until now.
Read excerpt from poll questions
Monday I came into possession of the questions created by Portland company Moore Information, as part of a series o...



Stroke Prevention

4:54 PM Sat, Jan 05, 2008 |
Jane Smith

You wouldn't know Marjory Jenkins suffered a stroke just four days ago.
The 82 year old's speech was slurred on New Year's Day while she spoke to her sister on the phone. Jenkins' daughter, Ruth, a speech therapist, noticed the sign immediately and called 911.
That call may have saved her Mom's life.
Jenkins was rushed to Providence where a CT scan revealed several small clots in several arteries. Jenkin's condition worsene...



Blazer Believer, on and off the clock

8:56 AM Wed, Jan 02, 2008 |
Teresa Bell

By KGW reporter Katherine Cook

I love my job.

But when it cuts into big Blazers home games, like the one against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday afternoon, well let’s just say it can be tough to punch in the ole time card.

So imagine my delight when my manager called me up Sunday morning and said, It’s Blazers Heritage Night, you’re covering the game!

I put on my red shirt.

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Going Inside "Behind The Lens"

8:45 PM Sun, Dec 30, 2007 |

By Amy Troy

Candid talk and original music.

That's what you'll find during the New Year's Day special on KGW-TV, called Behind The Lens.

Sure, you can catch a newscast almost any time you turn on your television.
But few really know what photojournalists go through, to capture those images for a newscast.
At 6pm on January first - you'll find out. In candid language.

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$500 in toys: That's a lot of snowcones!

3:53 PM Sun, Dec 16, 2007 |

by Amy Troy

Ten children are making Christmas merrier for 135 other kids. Way to go!

Here's a cyber high-five to the children of the Portland Quarter Midgets Club.

I met the group Saturday, December 15th, at Cedar Hills Crossing. My husband and I were collecting toys for the Newschannel-8 Great Toy Drive. While we met many generous souls as they dropped off new, unwrapped toys to be del...



Special Election night 2007

6:23 PM Tue, Nov 06, 2007 |
Frank Mungeam

KGW political analyst Len Bergstein blogs on the ballot measure races for M49 and M50 starting at 8 p.m.

A random thought -- even with the failure of M50 , health care remains at the top of the list of issues most Oregonians want their government to solve...that means even more focus on the Health Commission recently appointed by Governor ...



More Melting in the Northwest

4:46 PM Tue, Nov 06, 2007 |
KGW Meteorologist Joe Michaels

My story today – about climate change and Mt. Hood’s glaciers – is a story that needs to be told. Mt Hood's shrinking glaciers are just a symptom of a much larger problem.

For more than two decades the debate over climate change and global warming has raged. Is global warming happening? If it is happening, are people to blame? Questions like these have swirled about the scientific community for years, often with murky or inconclusi...



I'm So Sorry

8:31 AM Fri, Oct 26, 2007 |
Scott Burton

"I'm so sorry." They are three simple words. But right now in Rancho Bernardo these words are all you hear. They convey support, empathy and encouragement. They also fill the void of not knowing what to say. How do you use the English language to describe what we're seeing here?

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As the sun rose over south...