A wayward dolphin that meandered into a polluted urban canal, riveting onlookers as it splashed around in the filthy water and shook black gunk from its snout, died Friday evening, marine experts said.

But for the first time in forever, the future of the Snakepit, established 1880, is in doubt.

Henry Ford's great-grandson arrived at the shuttered auto plant to brag about a plan to revive the vast empty space: Investors would transform it into a modern factory to make solar panels and high-tech energy systems instead of Town Cars and Thunderbirds.

The EPA proposed adding the abandoned Black Butte mercury mine south of Cottage Grove to its list of top-priority cleanup sites, saying mine waste sends mercury and arsenic into the headwaters of the Willamette River's Coast Fork and into Cottage Grove Reservoir

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill, which will now go to the Senate.  So what exactly is included in the plan?  We've got the breakdown.

Environmental activists have accused Schnitzer Steel of polluting the Willamette River with runoff from its giant scrap yard in Portland.

In recent weeks, according to Democratic officials, Clinton's allies have maneuvered to secure the New York lawmaker a role more prominent than her seniority entitles her to, in recognition of her historic run for the White House.

Because of Picher's Superfund status, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is unlikely to grant assistance to homeowners to rebuild in the town.