Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police in Portland are issuing their New Year’s Eve warning against – celebratory gunfire in city neighborhoods. Police say officers last year responded to 16 calls regarding reports of someone firing a gun on New Year’s […]

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Persuaded by a man’s argument that his campsite was his home, the Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed his conviction for illegally carrying a concealed weapon. The Oregonian reports that the appeals court held that 66-year-old […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/267 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press LINCOLN CITY, Ore. (AP) – Police in Lincoln City, Ore., say their search for a shrimp fisherman missing on Siletz Bay on the Oregon coast has been called off. A police spokesman says a jacket believed to belong […]

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press MOLALLA, Ore. (AP) – Two people have been rescued after their car went over a 30-foot cliff and into the Molalla River. Clackamas County deputies say rescuers found two men on top of an upside down vehicle that was almost […]

Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – Northwest wind developers are once again grappling with uncertainty as the federal tax credit for renewable energy production is set to expire tomorrow. It’s a familiar challenge for the industry. The credit nearly expired a year […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/216 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – State labor officials say about 98,000 workers in Oregon will get a pay raise when the minimum wage goes up on Jan. 1. It’s a 15-cent an hour hike, from $8.95 to $9.10. The […]