Month: January 2013

2nd AP Oregon News Minutes

OR–2nd NewsMinute/325 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland firefighters trying to help a teenager suffering from a possible drug overdose had to call police for help. Police say the thrashing 19-year-old bit a firefighter in the leg last night. Then, a […]

1St AP Oregon News Minute

OR–1st NewsMinute/407 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Sheriff’s officers in Oregon’s Lane County have recovered the body of a man they think is a 27-year-old who disappeared in Douglas County last month. Officials say the body was found yesterday on the […]

3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP

Date: 01/02/2013 10:32 AM OR–3rd NewsMinute/272 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   CLACKAMAS, Ore. (AP) – Hundreds of people gathered spontaneously yesterday at the Clackamas High School baseball field after they learned about the death of the 7-year-old son of the baseball coach. Jacob Arntson […]

Local News – Fiscal Cliff averted; Gas prices up; DUII arrests up too; Our Town to say farewell to mayor

Fiscal Cliff Averted… for now… After their self-imposed deadline Congress sent President Obama legislation late yesterday to avoid a national “fiscal cliff” of middle class tax increases and spending cuts.  The House gave approval in a bi-partisan 257-167 vote and within minutes Obama walked into the White House briefing room […]