AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,310 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press FAIRVIEW, Ore. (AP) – The mother of a man killed by Fairview officers disputes the police account of the shooting. Sandra Kelley called police Friday night when her 37-year-old son Larry McKinney came home drunk. She tells The […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,279 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Democrats and their allies have pumped more than $1 million into a Portland-area special election to replace former Congressman David Wu. Republicans have spent $85,000. Wu is a Democrat who resigned after a woman […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,242 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – An effort is afoot to unionize 2,000 faculty members at the University of Oregon. The Register-Guard reports (http://is.gd/ZjQzx2 ) that advocates have started fanning out to ask supporters to sign cards seeking state recognition […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,278 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – The on-time graduation rate for Oregon high schools rose 1 percentage point in 2011 compared with the previous year to 67 percent. The figures being released today show that 1 out of 3 students […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,322 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Portland transit police have arrested an 11-year-old boy who displayed a loaded gun during a dispute on a light rail train last night. A group of boys and girls had a dispute with another […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,276 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Conservationists and Native American tribes have filed a lawsuit over the Navy’s expanded use of sonar in training exercises off the Washington, Oregon and California coasts, saying the noise can harass and kill whales and […]