AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,269 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The director of a new health insurance marketplace for individuals and small businesses says the federal government lobbed “a grenade” into the plan this month. But Oregon Health Insurance Exchange director Rocky King says […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,290 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Police say a man broke into an Oregon couple’s home and started swinging an unlit Tiki torch while they slept Christmas morning. Aaron Kirchmann of Aloha tells KGW-TV that he awoke to find the […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,287 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The State of Oregon is looking to sell $18,000 worth of lethal drugs now that Gov. John Kitzhaber has declared a moratorium on the death penalty as long as he’s in office. The Bend […]

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A University of Oregon faculty member is recovering from arm burns and some cuts suffered in a chemical explosion in a lab at a campus science building. The man was treated at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. The university says the explosion was […]

     CHICAGO (AP) – Another man whose family feared had become a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been found alive, this one in Oregon. Cook County deputies say Theodore Szal (ZAWL) went missing from the Chicago area in 1977 at age 24. His case bore enough similarities […]

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) – Oregon State Police say a California man and an injured pedestrian he stopped to help along an Oregon highway have suffered serious injuries after they were struck by a drunk driver. Police have arrested 20-year-old Chet Newell, of Klamath Falls, on  investigation of assault, drunk […]