One in three kids are bullied and one in six parents don't know their child is the victim of a bully.  Tom Parker, with “Lines for Life,” says their youth life is staffed with kids to help kids.  The kids trouble shoot the problem and offer solutions for where they can go for help.  For more go online to: www.lifesforlife.org.

A cougar in a tree was tranquilized early Friday morning in Vancouver.  A man's dog scared the cougar into a tree near northeast 117th and Major Street, east of I-205.  Captain Murray Schlenker with Fish and Wildlife says it's an older female.  The big cat had to be tranquilized twice before it went to sleep.  It was moved it to another location.

With the start of the summer travel season just weeks away, you'd better plan on setting aside more money for gas.  The average price of gas in Oregon is up 17 cents in the last week to an average of $3.77 a gallon.  Analysts say the price of crude oil is the main reason for the increase; it's increase more than $10 a barrel over the last three weeks to $9.  The longer crude prices remain high, the higher the price of gas will go.  Add the demand of the summer travel season that'll begin next month and that'll put more pressure to keep gas prices high.

A change to Oregon’s Bottle Bill will set up a string of redemption centers around the state.  They will take your recyclable drink containers.  Representative Mark Johnson says the plan includes two zones.  The first privately funded centers will be in the most populated areas of the state.

The fourth Saturday of July will be known as "The Day of the Cowboy" in Oregon. State lawmakers have approved a resolution that's been passed in other states as national day of honor for the folks who rope and ride. Klamath Falls Senator Doug Whitsett carried the bill in the Senate. Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords carried the proposal in the U.S. House in 2008, and her state was the first to pass the resolution in their legislature.

Inmates in the Washington County Jail can now have video visits with friends and family.  Sergeant Bob Ray says it doesn't cost the county anything; the equipment cost is paid for by the company supplying the service.

Calls cost $9.90.  Each call lasts 30 minutes and there's no limit to the number of calls that inmates can make.  Traditional in-person visits are limited to two visits of 60 minutes a week.  The calls, like all inmate communication, are monitored.

A proposed law that will require Oregon School Boards to develop policies for use of personal electronic devices like Ipads and Smartphones in the classroom is headed to the Governor for final approval. Senator Mark Hass says bill allows students to use their own Smartphones or I-pads, but it does not require them to use their own devices or buy them to participate in classroom activities.  It also tells districts to find out if textbooks and other instructional material is available online for free.  If approved by the Governor, the policies must be set by the 2014-2015 school year.

The report shows that Jacob Roberts bought magazines for an AR-15 rifle and ammunition three days before the shooting.  But, his friends didn't learn until two days before the shooting that he didn't move to Hawaii like he planned.  He spent the early morning hours on the day of the shooting with his friends.  They didn't know it, but that's when he stole the rifle.  Only two minutes elapsed from the time he entered the Macy’s to when a call to 911 was made, shots were fired killing two and wounding a third, and the deputies arrived at the mall.  They didn't find Roberts body for another 21 minutes; dead in a service hallway.

A proposal to increase penalties for people who buy sex with children has been watered-down in an Oregon Senate Committee and Senators aren't happy about it; but they moved the proposal to the House anyway, trusting a committee to will do the work to restore some of its strength. Senator Floyd Prozanski says, in it's latest form, the bill only makes the sex trafficking crime a felony on a third offense, but when they're done amending it in the House, they hope it will maintian a very stiff penalty for the first offense, including jail time.  Shared Hope International, a group working to end human trafficking, recently gave Oregon a grade of "D" on their report card.  They say the state's laws do not give law enforcement the tools they need to investigate, arrest and imprison pimps and johns who abduct and sell children for sex.

Got old drugs?  The Drug Enforcement Administration and local police agencies want to take them off your hands this weekend.  DEA Special Agent Selby Smith says the goal of the 6th Annual “Take Back Day”  is to collect and safely dispose of 165 tons of old prescription medications, to keep them out of the hands of children and others who would abuse them .   Last year's event collected 2.7 tons of meds in Oregon.  In Central Oregon, the Black Butte Ranch Police department can collect your old prescriptions.

The State of Oregon is ordering Western Sky Financial to stop doing business here and fined the company $17,000.  Van Pounds, with the Oregon Division of Finance and Corporate Securities, says the South Dakota based company was charging excessive interest rates and they have received seven complaints.  Western Sky is also not registered to make loans in Oregon.  Pounds says that before you take out a loan with a company you can check them out at the Consumer and Business Services website.

Answering a text message can put you in jail; if you do it from the jury box.  A judge in Oregon noticed an unexpected glow on a juror's chest while the courtroom lights were dimmed during video evidence in an armed-robbery trial.  The juror was texting.  Marion County Circuit Judge Dennis Graves cleared the courtroom and excused all jurors except Benjamin Kohler, 26.  Graves held Kohler in contempt, and Kohler spent most of Tuesday and Wednesday in the county jail.