Ruling backs lower court finding; Agrees that police officer lied (SEE CORRECTION).
Byline: Gary V. Murray The following correction was published Aug. 2, 2008: WORCESTER - The state Appeals Court has ruled that a Superior Court judge acted correctly in suppressing evidence in a city drug case. The appellate court took no position on the judge's determination...

Company presses its mining appeal.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard You can throw a tomato from the land that is Joel Narva's passion to the land that is his preoccupation. Narva's home in Santa Clara - including the vegetable garden in the front yard that he tends so enthusiastically -...

Danish court rejects suit over Muhammad cartoons.
An appeals court in Denmark has voided a lawsuit against the newspaper that was the first to print controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad in 2005. The Western High Court in Aarhus said in June that critics did not prove that the Jyllands-Posten newspaper was trying to...

Board zips adult zone business request; 2nd application arrives from within district.
Byline: Steven H. Foskett Jr. MENDON - Three months after the town established an adult entertainment overlay district, selectmen have rejected an adult entertainment application by the End Zone Sports Pub on Milford Street. The board voted 3-0 this week to reject the application because...

Road's closed gate grates on residents.
Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard DUNES CITY - Greg Hicks and his business partners own Green Gate Road, which gives them every right to close it. But the move isn't sitting so well with the dozen or more residents who'll be locked behind a gate...

Gay couples win legal fight.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard Oregon's domestic partnership law for same-sex couples cleared a big hurdle Thursday when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a statewide referendum to repeal it. The decision makes it highly unlikely that the law can be suspended for...

Sampling survives.
Byline: The Register-Guard The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld Oregon's method of checking petition signatures. The decision vindicates the actions of Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and county elections officials, including Lane County's Annette Newingham. But that doesn't mean the state and the counties...

Elk Creek Dam: What a boondoggle.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Doug Larson Anyone seeking a perfect example of an outrageous pork barrel project should consider the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Elk Creek Dam in the Rogue River Basin. For nearly 20 years, the dam has been sitting unfinished, its deteriorating, roller-compacted concrete...

Settlement to repay adoptive families.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard The state of Oregon has agreed to pay a combined $1.7 million to thousands of families who adopted Oregon foster children and then saw their promised state assistance abruptly reduced during a 2003 state budget shortfall. The payments to the...

The public's business; High price tag, delay on police records.
COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Nearly five years after the state Appeals Court ruled that police internal affairs documents are public records, getting access to such records in a timely fashion and at reasonable expense remains an elusive goal in Worcester. For the good of the public and...