Kevin West

If Portland-based Willamette Industries buys part of Atlanta-Based Georgia-Pacific, it would become Oregon's biggest company, shedding its status as a regional company with an obscure name and surpassing Nike.

The ``See Rock City'' barn in Dalton will not only survive, but it'll move closer to the attraction it advertises.

The ``See Rock City'' barn in Dalton will not only survive, but it'll move closer to the attraction it advertises.

The Pentagon released the names of the two Marines killed and the five injured in a helicopter crash Sunday in Afghanistan.

A 30-day "cooling-off" period was issued Sunday to prevent a strike by disgruntled United Airlines mechanics.

A U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue boat and helicopter were trying to find 36-year-old Ken Ketterman, who was last seen aboard the rear of a rented 19-foot Carolina Skiff on Sunday morning near the Perdido Pass Bridge.

Martha Stewart is not abandoning troubled retailer Kmart Corp., but she said any bankruptcy reorganization "poses certain problems for us in terms of our brand" and her company's growth rate.

Jeanne Cohee felt a knot of dread develop as soon as the contingent of Marine Corps representatives pulled up to her Maryland house.

A materials company is encouraging southern farmers to grow kenaf, a fast-growing fibrous plant that it says can be turned into a new type of environmentally friendly lumber that termites won't touch.

Four-year-old Jahlazha Johnson knows a little bit about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. She's been watching tapes of the civil rights leader and learning about the movement.