PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — As a young woman, Sharon Zenger traded in her driver's license for a seeing eye dog. Zenger started life with almost normal vision, but as a toddler was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. G...

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — When anesthesiologist Richard Wick opted to practice in rural Walla Walla after his residency last summer, the decision put him at odds with most of his classmates. Young physicians tend to flock to jobs in big cities. Wick, w...

PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — Skip Nichols walked to the podium, breathed deeply and shared one of his most agonizing life experiences. Nichols, a Vietnam veteran and retired managing editor of the East Oregonian, had cobbled together the words during a Red...