Oregon Legislature making final push… Oregon lawmakers will make one final push this week to find an agreement that would allow all of them to declare victory and leave Salem before Wednesday’s self-imposed deadline. With the budget and Governor John Kitzhaber’s Medicaid reform plan all but crossed off the list, […]
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3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,319 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man with restraining orders from eight people is accused of running his former boss off the road during the weekend and holding her against her will with a gun. KGW reports police […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,230 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The AAA auto club reports the average price of gasoline in Oregon is $3.89 a gallon. That’s up 23 cents in a week and 41 cents in a month. Some metro prices from the […]
1st Oregon News Minute
AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,322 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – The U.S. Coast Guard says power has been restored on a 648-foot car container ship that was drifting without power off the Oregon coast southwest of the Columbia River mouth. The Coast Guard says […]
NW Sports Minute from the AP
AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,243 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Garrett Sim had a season-high 25 points to help Oregon hold on for a 74-73 win over Oregon State last night. DeVoe Joseph and Olo Ashaolu (ah-SHOW’-loo) added 16 points […]
Local News: Oregon Budget Deal Reached; Siuslaw Bridge Interpretive Center; Fraudeville; Local Sports
Oregon Budget Compromise won’t close prison Lawmakers in Salem reached a budget compromise last night that avoids closing a prison in Salem, but cuts payments to people who provide in-home care to seniors and people with disabilities. The budget agreement also calls for cuts in middle management positions. That move […]
3rd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,237 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – A Douglas County couple who killed a neighbor’s dog with antifreeze have been sentenced to six months in jail. Bernard and Mitzi Daugherty were found guilty last week of animal abuse and criminal mischief. […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,266 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon lawmakers have reached a budget compromise that avoids closing a prison in Salem but cuts payments to people who provide in-home care to seniors and people with disabilities. The budget also calls for […]