AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,277 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say 11 people from the Portland area and southwest Washington have been charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. A one-count indictment unsealed this week accuses the suspects of using cell phones to […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,284 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press UNDATED (AP) – Police trying to catch the killer who nearly decapitated a grocery store clerk on a bike path through Ashland, Ore., are looking into the victim’s online gaming, including one video game that contains scenes of […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,278 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A 28-year-old Springfield man accused of faking cancer has been charged with theft by deception and ordered top go on trial Feb. 28. Police said members of Charles Embleton’s church who raised money for […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,351 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) – An Oregon man accused of driving drunk and causing a Vancouver, Wash., crash that killed an infant has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide. The Columbian reports that 26-year-old Christopher Roman of Hillsboro will be […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,305 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) – A 22-year-old man has told a judge he understands the murder charge against him in the fatal stabbing of an Eastern Oregon corrections officer who stopped to help a stranded motorist. Joshua Charles Weeks […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,308 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The ex-husband of a woman killed by Oregon death row inmate Gary Haugen calls Gov. John Kitzhaber a coward for halting Haugen’s execution. Ard Pratt is a former Multnomah County sheriff’s deputy who responded […]