As of Friday’s ballot returns (October 29), 38% of Democrats and Republican ballots had been received at county election offices across Oregon. Only 23% of unaffiliated voter ballots had been received. What’s going on? Unaffiliated voters are the third...

Oregon does not have any ballot measures that have grabbed the national attention, not when compared to assisted suicide, property tax limitations, and being part of the movement to ban gay marriage in 2004. In fact, this is one of the quietest ballot...

The thing that I keep coming back to in the governor’s race is the sheer number of registered Democrats vs. registered Republicans. As of the end of August 2010 (the last date we have numbers from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office), Democrats number...

The tea party has completed its run through Republican primaries with about eight wins for US Senate seats, and about 10-15 for US House seats across the country. Is this the beginning of a revolution? Evidence is mixed at best. Democrats and mainstream...

MARION COUNTY, Ore. - The sky is bright grey; the kind in September that looks like it’s going to clear out if you would just wish hard enough. Jeff and Sandy Ramp are moving about harvesting vegetables in their large backyard garden. In the...

Eight weeks before the election, and we have a great race for governor. Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber are even in the polls, the voters are getting information about the candidates from their television ads, and money is beginning to flow to the campaigns....

By Robert McMillen, KOIN’s Tech Guru Last week, Craigslist, the popular site for selling everything from cars to companionship, decided to take the adult section off of their website, at least temporarily. PC Magazine projected that Craigslist would...

By: Bob McMillen My wife and I have a running joke anytime we see a piece of news about something “they” say. “They” say that if you take vitamins everyday then….Who are “they?” No one ever sees who “they” are, but we apparently trust them implicitly....

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Your office has an IT staff that allows your company to do some amazing things. Some of those things are the ability to securely reach your company’s computer equipment while working from home, host a website, remotely...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru When I met my wife in 1996, it was a curiosity that we met on the internet. It was the days of dial up. There wasn’t even a DSL in sight. It was so unusual to meet and marry someone you originally started talking...

Fun New Internet TV Options Anyone Can Use By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru There are a slew of new ways to watch TV on the internet. This works whether or not you watch on a computer screen or directly on your TV. We will be discussing You Tube’s...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Now that the dust has settled on the iPhone 4, let’s see if you made the right choice. While all the media hype has been going to Apple (thanks to the wizard himself, Steve Jobs), the Android operating system has...

How Bizarre, How Bizarre!   Tim Becker/KOIN Local-6 Sports   I’ve laid witness to anomalous many things in my half-century of life; I’ve seen typhoons up close—2 to 3 of them a year—while growing up in Asia. And I’ve felt earthquakes that...

By Tim Joyce, KOIN Local 6 Environmental Reporter    Oregon’s junior Senator released what sounds like an impressive call to action of getting America off it’s addiction to oil. A 14 page document called “America Over a Barrel: Solving Our...

By Robert McMillen, KOIN Tech Guru I interviewed the top people at ARIN not too long ago. This stands for the American Registry of Information Numbers. They said that in 2011 we will start the transition from TCPIP version 4 to version 6. What does this...

By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru You can get viruses many different ways, but there is a type of virus which is more prevalent than any other these days. Many readers and clients ask me how viruses are delivered. We have antivirus in our computers...

Biking in Portland Using 3D Maps By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru I have been running on a treadmill for many years almost every morning. I do it to stay healthy and keep my lungs clear. Becoming healthy was the main reason for moving to Portland...

Do They Still Trust KP? By Dan Christopherson       KOIN Local 6 Sports Director        The questions poured in Monday afternoon as Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard opened the floor in his post-season...

By: Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru Many of you have seen the segment by Eric Taylor this week as he interviewed me about how to speed up your PC. It seemed to have helped a lot of people, but many more had lots of questions. I will try to answer them...

By: Dan Christopherson, KOIN Local 6 Sports Director It’s going to take a few days, Blazer fans. Maybe a week. It might even take you midway into May. At some point, you’ll shake off the disappointment of a second straight playoff run that lasted...

The Three Wisemen   By Tim Becker, KOIN Local 6 Sports Department     As painful as it has been to witness the trials and tribulations of the Trail Blazers over the past season, it’s also been wondrous to watch them come of age. Like...

By: Dan Christopherson, KOIN Local 6 Sports Director    If you worked super late or were helping with the kids’ homework or found some excuse to join Game 5 a half hour late, you missed it.  And maybe you’re the lucky Blazer fan...

The Ultimate Smart Phone By Robert McMillen, Koin’s Tech Guru “Why can’t they build a smart phone with all the features I want?” I get this question a lot from our readers. It would be part Android, iPhone, and a dash (but not too much) of Blackberry...

By Dan ChristophersonKOIN Local 6 Sports Director        He once scored 52 in a game.  He’s fired home game-winners from 35 feet.  He’s carried this Blazers’ franchise on his back for the last four years.  ...

By Dan ChristophersonKOIN Local 6 Sports Director Along with keeping track of big plays for our KOIN Local 6 nightly sports highlights, I take notes on my impressions during each Blazers playoff game. During Thursday’s Game 3 total Suns’ eclipse,...