If your local news needs go back farther, try the Oregon Index , an indexing project by the Oregon State Library and several Oregon public libraries. The Oregonian , the Eugene Register Guard , and Bend Bulletin are on the Internet for local news around the state. Find a comprehensive list of U.S. dailies at AJR NewsLink . Another U.S., news sites to check out is NewsLibrary. This includes an archives, some going back ten years or more for newspapers in the Knight Ridder chain.
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If old news is your interest, try out Newspaper Archives on the Web . This is a directory of U.S. newspapers with archives on the Web. There may be a charge for full text. Make the world your doorstep. Find a comprehensive guide to the world's English-language online media at NewsDirectory.