AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/226 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon officials will release statewide unemployment figures for March on today. The jobless rate was 8.8 percent in February — the same as the month before. The rate has mostly been falling the past […]
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AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/335 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Lane County sheriff’s officers say an 84-year-old Eugene man who left a note expressing anger toward his wife of 60 years apparently shot her to death, then turned the gun on himself. Sgt. Cliff […]
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AP-NW–1st SportsMinute/268 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Marcin Gortat had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Steve Nash had 13 assists to pace the Phoenix Suns to a 125-107 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last night. The […]
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Old Town Street Closure over Rhody Days Draws Fire An application to close one block of Maple Street during the annual Rhododendron Festival in May has drawn fire from neighboring businesses in Old Town. The Chamber of Commerce wants to move the annual Vendor Fair to the block of Maple […]
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AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute/243 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — About 150 Occupy Portland protesters went on a field trip to Washington state this weekend to protest nuclear war, nuclear energy and nuclear waste. They visited Richland, next to Hanford nuclear reservation. Activist Helen […]
2nd Oregon News Minute from the AP
AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute/261 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped animal neglect charges against owners of 120 high-end horses rescued last year from a snowbound ranch in northeastern Oregon. The owner, 78-year-old Byrde Lynn Hill and her former husband Frank Baxter […]
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AP-OR–1st NewsMinute/364 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press TURNER, Ore. (AP) — A man who gave himself up following a standoff with police in Turner is a worker with the state Department of Corrections. KATU reports that 39-year-old Michael Wilson Yann turned himself in at about […]
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AP-NW–SportsMinute/270 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Marcus Thornton scored 20 points and made the winning jumper with 3.4 seconds left, lifting the Sacramento Kings to a 104-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Thornton hit a 17-footer […]
