PORTLAND EXPLOSION-FINE Oregon company fined $4,900 for Portland natural gas blast (Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon safety officials have fined a company nearly $5,000 for its role in a Portland natural gas explosion that caused an estimated $17 million in damages and seriously injured […]

  HOUSTON (AP) — Jarrod Dyson hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth inning and Jean Segura drove in a run later in the inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros Thursday night. Dan Altavilla pitched a scoreless eighth for the win […]

  CORRECTIONS OFFICER-SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Oregon jail officer pleads guilty to sexual misconduct KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A corrections officer accused of having a sexual relationship with a female inmate at an Oregon jail has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of official misconduct and custodial sexual misconduct. Court records show […]

  OIL TRAIN ACCIDENTS APNewsBreak: Thousands of defects found on oil train routes BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Inspectors have found almost 24,000 safety defects over the past two years along U.S. railroad routes used to ship volatile crude oil. Data obtained by The Associated Press shows many of the defects […]

  LANDLORD ATTACKS RENTER Man accused of attempting to restrain his renter for rape (Information from: The Register-Guard, http://www.registerguard.com) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Police say a Eugene man has been arrested for trying to rape his female renter using a homemade restraint system in his basement. The Register-Guard reports 61-year-old […]