AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,344 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) – Lane County prosecutors had been seeking to install an alcohol interlock device on the car of a Veneta man before he crashed the vehicle on Christmas night, killing himself and seriously injuring three others. […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,338 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Oregon school districts have to decide by March 1 whether to accept students from other districts under a new open enrollment law approved by the Legislature this year. The change raises a number of […]

AP-OR–1st NewsMinute,315 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – Convicted of killing a highly decorated Marine Corps flying ace, Jesse Fanus was the youngest person on Oregon’s Death Row when he was sentenced to death in 1999 at age 19. Now a Marion […]

AP-NW–1st SportsMinute,362 Here is the latest Washington, Oregon and Alaska sports news from The Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) – Kevin Pangos hit 5 of 7 3-point shots and scored 19 points last night as Gonzaga opened West Coast Conference play with a 90-51 win over Portland. Sam Dower added […]

AP-OR–3rd NewsMinute,331 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) – Southern Oregon University and Jackson County health officials are hoping to get money to fund a study looking at Ashland’s low rate of children vaccinations. The Mail Tribune reports that in 2010, 25 percent […]

AP-OR–2nd NewsMinute,301 Here is the latest Oregon news from The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Drivers caught talking on their cellphones are losing the “I have to use it for work” excuse next week. That loophole in Oregon’s phoning-while-driving ban will be eliminated, one of dozens of new laws […]