OR–3rd NewsMinute/243 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A veteran Portland police officer accused of a child sex crime has resigned. Fifty-year-old officer Scott Elliott has been on paid leave with police powers since his arrest in March. He was accused […]

OR–2nd NewsMinute/334 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Two Oregon tribes say they’re disappointed with the State Board of Education’s decision last week to ban Native American mascots in schools. The Oregonian reports The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and the […]

OR–1st NewsMinute/328 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Police in northwest Oregon say a mother and her three children were found dead in burned house, and the children’s father was found dead later in a car in what authorities believe to […]

OR–3rd NewsMinute/233 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Sen. Jeff Merkley says a proposed budget cut would surrender national forests to illegal marijuana growers. He recently wrote a letter in opposition to the Obama administration’s proposed two-thirds cut in the National […]

OR–2nd NewsMinute/233 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press   PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Portland jury has awarded $332,000 to two men, finding they were fired after they complained to Oregon regulators about the lack of an on-the-job toilet. The Oregonian reports that Douglas Eki and […]